Track Listings (8) - Disc #1| All Artists: Gunter Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester Title: Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1 & 2 Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: RCA Victor Europe Original Release Date: 1/1/1985 Re-Release Date: 8/21/2001 Album Type: Import Genre: Classical Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Symphonies Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 743216645824 |
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 | Gunter Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1 & 2 Genre: Classical
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CD ReviewsSuperb live performance 11/01/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Listen to this recording and you will know that you have been enlightened. To listen to Wand conduct is to listen to the wise and the learned. The music comes out effortlessly and shines through without hesitation. You hear passages and phrases beautifully shaped and well played by the NDR. The 1st movement is well played and well articulated. The 4th movement is forceful and propels to the end marvellously.Listen carefully to the 4th movement of the second symphony and towards the end you will note a hint of familiarity(?) of a comedy. The playfulness and alertness is refreshing and is one which I have not heard in years.Throughout the 2nd and 3rd movements are beatifully played.Add to that, this being a live recording delivers all the thrill and atmosphere to make this THE CD to own for Symp Nos 1 and 2 apart from John Eliot Gardiner's which is played on period instruments. Lastly the music is brought to front in that it shines out and this is Beethoven being played truthfully." Gunter is just as Good if not Better! Allan | 01/09/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "My God, was this recording magnificent!When I first picked this CD up I was skeptical, I've never heard of somebody named Gunter Wand, nor the NDR Symphonyorchestra and ....the price seemed a tad high. However, the red RCA tag assured me that it won't be too bad of a recording, so I bought it nevertheless.Eager to hear how Mr. Wand sounds, I immediately placed the CD in my portable CD player when I got out of the store (I didn't buy it from Amazon.com :( ), and it moved me right from the start! The tempo of the 1st movement seemed just Perfect (Karajan's was a tad slow) and the sound was brilliant (it was recorded in 2001). I kept listening, and noticed how truly graceful some passages were performed by the NDR. It truly brought out the best of Symphony No.1 and 2 of Beethoven: the Mozartian grace, the hint of Romanticism and sheer energy in them.To be honest, back in the "Karajan Days" I would usually get bored with the 2nd movement of the 1st symphony and 2nd symphony. But not with Mr. Wand and the NDR! Oh no, it was moving and filled with emotions, very powerful.Greatest Recommandations for anyone who loves music." Great performance! Don | Wilmington, Germany | 10/19/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "I enjoy clasical music, but don't have the time or money to listen to several recordings of the same piece. This is a great recording of these symphonies. Sound quality is excellent as well as the performance. If you're looking for recordings of Beethoven's 1st and 2nd, you can't go wrong with Wand."
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