Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
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Brand: BEETHOVEN,L.V.Composer: Beethoven
Conductor: Kleiber
Orchestra: Vpo
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Allegro Con Brio
- Andante Con Moto
- Allegro
- Allegro
- Poco Sostenuto- Vivace
- Allegretto
- Presto
- Allegro Con Brio
Music reviews of Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Music Review: The Legacy of a Genius
Rating: 5 Stars
Carlos Kleiber, who died aged 74 on July 13th 2004, was the most exciting and frustrating conductor. An acknowledged genius, admired to the point of reverence by such different personalities as Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado, whenever he lifted his baton (which happened rarely enough, no matter what he was promised - unlimited rehearsals, any ammount of money), something greater than music happened.
Even more rarely did he venture into the recording studio. Again: whenever he did, something special came about. His legendary recording of the 5th (and also the 7th) is almost unanimously considered the greatest 5th ever recorded. All others must be meassured by it, none pass this test. Kleiber 'did' rhythm as well and better than, say, Mengelberg - his grasp on texture was firmer even than Karajan's - his sense of musical architecture exceeds that of Karl Bohm. No conductor had his uncanny ability to end a piece. The shy, gratutiously difficult, perhaps somewhat autistic, sometimes abbrasive, sometimes witty Kleiber, never recorded a work that could not feasibly be the best recording of the particular piece he chose (his repertoire was painfully narrow - LvB 5th, Brahms 2nd, Schubert 3rd, Tristan, La Traviata, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Fledermaus...).
None, however, have reached the undisputed status of this one. In its third life as a SACD, it will continue to outshine, outsell, outlive all other rivals. Forget 'historically informed', forget discussions about tempo... under Kleiber this work is everything you can imagine it to be, and all along it will always sound 'just right'. Never forced, never wilful, there is not a hint of 'interpretation' - just music at its most frightening, at its most beautiful, lyrical...
Enjoy!
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Media Type: SACD
Artist: BEETHOVEN,L.V.
Title: SYM 5/7
Street Release Date: 05/13/2003
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