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Jarvi: Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, No. 1 (FLAC)

Jarvi: Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, No. 1 (FLAC)
Jarvi: Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, No. 1 (FLAC)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: RCA
Size: 235 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

Sympony no 5 in C minor op. 67
1. “Allegro con brio”
2. “Andante con moto”
3. “Allegro”
4. “Allegro”
Sympony no 1 in C major op. 21
5. “Adagio molto – Allegro con brio”
6. “Andante cantabile con moto”
7. “Menuetto/Allegro molto e vivace”
8. “Finale/Adagio-Allegro molto e vivace”

Put on your running shoes

A new take on Beethoven’s 5th symphony – or certainly a faster one. Jarvi’s interpretation of Beethoven’s work entails a lightning cadence (faster than Kleiber’s rendition even) which is refreshing: my new favorite although I wonder if it is so fast that some of the subtleties of the movements are lost as a result. Better still, it allows you to really compare two takes on a masterpiece (slower vs. faster) which draws light to the subtleties I just mentioned. Either way, it is an excellent version.

The harmonics are A1 – truly a reference recording. It is dual-disc, and I’d highly recommend the SACD layer if you have the technical capabilities in your listening system.

1st Symphony is very good too, but you’ll be more taken by the 5th (or at least I was). I’ll be getting Jarvi’s other Beethoven Symphonies as they become available.

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