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Hermann Scherchen conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in Eb, op. 55 "Eroica" 1/6

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Uploaded by on Apr 11, 2009

1st Movement - Allegro con brio, Part I

Recorded 18 September 1958, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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  • Buena interpretación, y a un buen tiempo, pero ahí un clarinete está tocando desafinado.

  • The best interpretation of Leonore overture shold be by Furtwangler,in my opinion.

  • @MrAlgykcho Also(my opinion) is his stunning rendition of the Beethoven Leonore Overtures--the BEST I ever heard.

  • ....fesselnd wie die Leibowitz-Aufnahmen der Beethoven-Sinfonien - nur mit einigen Schatten durch Ungenauigkeiten seitens der auf muckenden Wiener...! Holger L.

  • @Nachtmarchen I bought alot of used Scherchens lps on westminister and transferd them to cd. The music and his musicianship transends the technology.

  • Hermann Scherchen is one of my 10 best conductors (both histry & live), this is a good performance, only a little bit too fast ( faster than Toscanini). His best performance is Beethoven's Nineth. Aslo Malher's N0.7, Haydn's N0.100..etc.

  • What an Impressive and passionate music he created!

  • Thanks for the clarification.

  • You say "in his British mono cycle," referring to this recording, but in "More Info" you state "recorded in Vienna in 1958." Which is it?

  • Not to mention how much attention he pays to the percussion, this is perhaps one of the most striking feats of Scherchen's style - Beethoven liberated the timpani, no one makes that as obvious as Scherchen, especially in his British mono Beethoven cycle.

  • This is one of a handful of the greatest "Eroicas" ever recorded, IMO; it joins my select list of Toscanini/NBC 1949, Weingartner, Klemperer/RDO 1957, Klemperer/EMI 1954, E. Kleiber/VPO 1953, and Furtwangler/VPO 1944. It is the fastest of the lot; the tempo and the fact that he takes the repeat were quite revelatory in its day.

  • The greatest, most intense Eroica ever recorded! Sadly out of print for the moment.

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