Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Elisabeth Grummer, Marga Hoffgen, Ernst Haefliger, Gottlob Frick
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE23414
Release: 2008
Size: 1.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Applause
Symphony No. 3 In E-Flat Major (‘Eroica’), Op. 55
02. Allegro Con Brio
03. Marcia Funebre: Adagio Assai
04. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace
05. Finale: Allegro Molto – Poco Andante – Presto
06. Applause II
07. Applause III
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125
08. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo – Un Poco Maestoso
09. Molto Vivace
10. Adagio Molto E Cantabile
11. Presto – Allegro Assai
12. Applause IV
These recordings of two Beethoven symphonies date from a period of change in the history of the Berlin Philharmonic. Ever since his first encounter with the Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan wanted nothing more than to be its principal conductor.
These recordings shed light on his early work with the orchestra as a visiting conductor and as the successor to Wilhelm Furtwängler. Beethoven’s Ninth, with a sterling quartet of vocal soloists, has a large-scale command of form and a dense, coherent sound that reveal Karajan well on his way to the first complete recording of the symphonies.