MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter - conducting
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
symphony no. 3 in e flat major op. 55 (“eroica”)
allegro con brio - 16:00
marcia funebre: adagio assai - 15:45
scherzo: allegro vivace - 6:04
finale: allegro molto; poco andante - 12:20
Recordings of classical repertoire in the Fifties and Sixties were made during a time of technical development, which is hardly given a thought in our day with its global digitalisation and mass reproduction
To appreciate the improvement offered by stereo recording technology over even high-quality mono recordings, one can do no better than listen to the present rendition of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, which was recorded on the threshold of transition
Bruno Walter and his handpicked Columbia Symphony Orchestra present this major orchestral work with its heroic, revolutionary character as a grand symphonic undertaking
Thanks to the new studio technology, Beethoven’s 'new path', and his daring experiment with musical form and content is revealed with previously unheard of depth and amplitude
Just how prudently Walter approaches the score is shown again and again in the highly detailed reconstruction and finely chiselled rendition of passages for small ensembles
Instead of depending upon brusque contrasts of the elements, Walter’s conducting concentrates on exposing the wealth of differing styles and tonality in the score
This strategy of balancing out the contrasts blazed a trail for today’s unremitting search for the much-heralded original sound
RECORDING January 1958 at Legion Hall Hollywood, USA
ENGINEERING --
LABEL Columbia
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED 2017
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Classic / Symphony
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
