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| Gemini - Beethoven: Symphonies No 2 & 7, Mass In C / Beecham | |||||
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Release Date: 05/24/2005 Label: Emi Classics Catalog #: 86504 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Jennifer Vyvyan, Monica Sinclair, Richard Lewis, Marian Nowakowski Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beecham Choral Society
Number of Discs: 2 |
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Beecham's Beethoven Seventh has generally had rather a bad press over the years, but I find it a most impressive affair. It was always said that Beecham didn't like Beethoven, but he chose to conduct his works more often than that remark would suggest, and the results were usually highly impressive, and if he made disparaging remarks about the composer there were few others who escaped his mock scorn at some point. It's true that in the first movement Beecham doesn't probe as deeply as, say, Toscanini or Klemperer, but it's a serious, thoroughly purposeful piece of conducting, with rhythms clearly articulated, and a good deal of strength and vigour. The slow movement is massively, broodingly played and has a magnificent sense of architectural span; there is high seriousness here with Beecham quite belying his usual image. One can imagine the blaze in those expressive eyes, with the bearded jaw set firm—''Can't conduct Beethoven eh? I'll show 'em''. The scherzo is serious too, with superbly sprung rhythms, and the finale has extraordinary thrust, determination and explosive energy for a man who celebrated his eightieth birthday before the sessions were completed. The performance as a whole is adorned by magnificent playing from the RPO and a first-class 1958–9 recording which has both body and clarity.
The Ruins of Athens music has a 1957 recording which is not quite so vivid, but is still pretty good. Beecham shapes this less than first-rate score with great skill, and his performance makes an attractive pendant to the main work. -- Gramophone [8/1989, reviewing an earlier reissue of the 7th Symphony and Ruins of Athens, EMI 69871] |
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Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36 by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1801-1802; Vienna, Austria |
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Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1811-1812; Vienna, Austria |
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Ruins of Athens, Op. 113 by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beecham Choral Society Period: Classical Written: 1811; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 03/29/1957 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio 1, London, England Length: 21 Minutes 32 Secs. Language: German |
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| Notes: The Turkish March was recorded in Salle Wagram, Paris on October 9, 1957. | |||||
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Mass in C major, Op. 86 by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||||
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Performer:
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano),
Monica Sinclair (Alto),
Richard Lewis (Tenor),
Marian Nowakowski (Bass) Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beecham Choral Society Period: Classical Written: 1807; Vienna, Austria |
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Date of Recording: 04/21/1958 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio 1, London, England Length: 42 Minutes 59 Secs. |
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| Notes: This selection is sung in Greek and Latin. | |||||
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