....fesselnd wie die Leibowitz-Aufnahmen der Beethoven-Sinfonien - nur mit einigen Schatten durch Ungenauigkeiten seitens der auf muckenden Wiener...! Holger L.
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.
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.
Buena interpretación, y a un buen tiempo, pero ahí un clarinete está tocando desafinado.
vecktorious 5 months ago
The best interpretation of Leonore overture shold be by Furtwangler,in my opinion.
MrAlgykcho 11 months ago
@MrAlgykcho Also(my opinion) is his stunning rendition of the Beethoven Leonore Overtures--the BEST I ever heard.
johnhrobiii 11 months ago
....fesselnd wie die Leibowitz-Aufnahmen der Beethoven-Sinfonien - nur mit einigen Schatten durch Ungenauigkeiten seitens der auf muckenden Wiener...! Holger L.
GERICHLOH 1 year ago
@Nachtmarchen I bought alot of used Scherchens lps on westminister and transferd them to cd. The music and his musicianship transends the technology.
tenorismo 2 years ago
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.
MrAlgykcho 2 years ago
What an Impressive and passionate music he created!
TheGanglo 2 years ago
Thanks for the clarification.
billyguns2 2 years ago
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?
billyguns2 2 years ago
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.
Nachtmarchen 2 years ago 2
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.
billyguns2 2 years ago
The greatest, most intense Eroica ever recorded! Sadly out of print for the moment.
Nachtmarchen 2 years ago