Track Listings (9) - Disc #1| All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Gwyneth Jones, René Kollo Title: Beethoven: 9 Symphonien; Ouvertüren [Box Set] Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Release Date: 10/25/1990 Album Type: Box set Genre: Classical Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Symphonies Number of Discs: 6 SwapaCD Credits: 6 UPC: 028942348127 |
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Leonard Bernstein's Beethoven cycle for Deutsche Grammophon has remained one of the best around for nearly three decades. It was the first large project that Bernstein recorded live--or mostly live, there were patch-up s... more » |
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Amazon.com Leonard Bernstein's Beethoven cycle for Deutsche Grammophon has remained one of the best around for nearly three decades. It was the first large project that Bernstein recorded live--or mostly live, there were patch-up sessions after each concert--and these performances really do capture the inspiration of the moment. Particularly outstanding are the versions of Symphonies 3, 6, 7, and 9, though reaction to Bernstein's Fifth is a matter of taste. On balance, though, this is an excellent set. --David Hurwitz Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsOne of the best sets around J. Buxton | Waltham, MA United States | 10/31/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is Bernstein in his prime conducting the greatest symphonies ever composed, with the world's greatest symphony orchestra, the VPO. Bernstein never failed to put his individual stamp on interpretations, and these recordings are no exception. I like the "live" feel of the recordings, with numbers 3,6,7, and 9 particularly good. If you live in the U.S. the only way to purchase nos. 1,2,4,7, and 8 is in this set. You currently cannot purchase them individually (unless you order it from overseas). Number 7 is one of the best ever recorded in my opinion, and number 9 is the best of Bernstein's three versions available. The only letdown was number 5, which is quirky. On the whole a great set." If you like Lenny, you'll love this cycle Ytzan | Athens, GR | 05/06/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "I am a great fan of Bernstein. I believe he is (was) great in every recording he has made although I know that the critics won't agree. All the symphonies are great but for me the crown of this set are the No 5,6,7. Apsolutely magnificent. Although I also have Karajan's early cycle (1963) and I have heard his 1977 cycles I think Bernstein is much better." Far short of bernstein's best Beethoven, which was in NY Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 09/11/2005 (3 out of 5 stars) "Bernstein in New York was the essence of "American" Beethoven: dynamic, extroverted, heedless of Germanic conventions, totally displaced from the long line leading from Nikisch to Furtwangler and Klemperer. In Vienna he lost his American perspective, but the one he gained wasn't better. The Viena Phil play wonderfully, as always, but this is their composer, not Bernstein's. In general the readings are much more fleet and small-scalled than in NY, and although nothing is wrong exactly, not a single performance, to my mind, is better than what he did before--the sound is certainly no great shakes, being dry and uninvolving. Bernstein shouldn't have tried to compete on hallowed gorund, not in Beethoven, at least. His Fidelio from Vienna is the one exception, but these readings aren't."
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