MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 2 x 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm Halfspeed
CONDITION sealed
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski - conducting
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827)
symphony no. 3 in e flat major op. 55
allegro con brio - 15:59
marcia funebre. adagio assai - 13:58
scherzo. allegro vivace - 5:32
finale. allegro molto - poco andante - presto - 10:25
symphony no. 4 in b flat major op. 60
adagio - allegro vivace - 11:12
adagio - 9:30
allegro molto e vivace - un poco meno allegro - 5:49
allegro ma non troppo - 6:22
Often cited as a tonal example of his “new path", Beethoven’s Third Symphony allows several possible explanations for its revolutionary character
To describe the work as a tonal picture of heroism, romantic revolution and its initial dedicatee Napoleon Bonaparte is quite legitimate, considering its Marche funèbre, which is often played in France to commemorate the dead
No less exciting from a compositional aspect is the new way in which the thematic material is used, whereby it is gradually massed together, magnifying its unbounded energy until the regular beat completely disintegrates
An orchestral dialogue breaks out in a fast tempo, rather like a sinewy, light athletics competition - there is a tightness, a broadening and concentration of orchestral resplendency and musical material
Composed in the time between the Third and the weighty Fifth, the Fourth Symphony, with its classical form, is like a haven of tranquility between the contrasting emotions of her two disparate sister works
Drawn along by the romantic expressiveness of the weightless opening which feels its way towards safety as it were, the music of the first movement soars upwards to sanguine elation
In true tradition of the genre, the second movement is simply entitled Adagio
Here the rich and melodic music is reduced down to a diminished ensemble with chamber-music-like transparency
Full of good humour and buoyancy, the effervescent Finale storms ahead via short contemplative passages and surges upwards to new heights of orchestral fury
Wojciech Raisky, who always demands a highly cultivated sound and finely balanced phrasing from his orchestra, delves into the depths of the score to create a cheerful, contemplative yet very impressive interpretation, which reveals - even after several listenings - a wealth of previously unheard details
Halfspeed mastered!
RECORDING 2009 at the church of "Stella Maris" in Sopot, Poland
ENGINEERING Andreas Spreer, Roland Kistner
LABEL Tacet
MASTERING Andreas Spreer
RELEASED 2017
AVERAGE RATING 5 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Classic
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
