Eroica Archive
BEETHOVEN: “Eroica” Symphony; STRAUSS: Horn Concerto – Pittsburgh Sym. Orch./ William Caballero/ Manfred Honeck – Reference Recordings
Great sound and great performances, full of extraordinary insights.
SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture; Symphony No. 4; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 – Swiss Festival Orchestra/ Wilhelm Furtwaengler – Audite
Audite restores the last of Furtwaengler’s glorious appearances in Lucerne, Switzerland.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, Prometheus and Consecration of the House Overtures – Orch.of the Southwest German Radio/ Vienna Symph. Orch. / Jascha Horenstein – Pristine Audio
BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus – Overture, Op. 43; Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”; Overture to the Consecration of the House, Op. 124 – Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio/ Vienna Symphony Orchestra (overtures)/ Jascha Horenstein – Pristine Audio PASC 505, 66:20 [ww.pristineclassical.com] ****: Andrew Rose and Pristine Audio extend […]
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Ov.; Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica” – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Berlin Philharmonic Orch./ W. Furtwaengler – Pristine Audio
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62; Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica” – Vienna Philharmonic Orch. (Op. 55)/ Berlin Philharmonic Orch. (Op. 62)/ Wilhelm Furtwaengler – Pristine Audio PASC 488, 62:07 [avail. in various formats from www.pristineclassical.com] *****: Great performances in the best sound by the great Futwaengler from the World War II era. […]
BEETHOVEN: Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola; Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello ‒ Andinghello Ensemble / BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”; Die Weihe des Hauses Overture; King Stephan Ov. ‒ Beethoven Orchester Bonn/ Stefan Blunier ‒ Both MD&G
BEETHOVEN: Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op. 25; Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 3 ‒ Andinghello Ensemble ‒ Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm multichannel SACD MDG 903 1953-6 (2+2+2), 65:29 (6/3/16) ***: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55, “Eroica”; Die Weihe des Hauses Overture, Op. 124; König Stephan Overture, Op. 117‒ […]
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, “Eroica”; Coriolan Ov.– Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall – Alia Vox
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55, “Eroica”; Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 – Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall – Alia Vox multichannel SACD AVSA9916, 52:14 (4/29/16) *****: Beethoven in wonderful, powerful overdrive: the finest original-instruments performance of the Eroica that I know. I usually think of Jordi Savall only in connection with […]
R. STRAUSS: Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings; Sinfonia Domestica – French National Radio Orch./ BBC Sym. Orch./ Jascha Horenstein – Pristine Audio
A fine reissue from 1953 sessions with Jascha Horenstein, with broad pace and sensitivity.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C Major; Symphony No. 3, (Eroica) – Philharmonic-Sym. of New York/ Willem Mengelberg – Pristine Audio
Historic 1930 readings of Beethoven from New York grant an epic breadth to scores Mengelberg leads in the grand Romantic tradition.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 32 in c; Fantasia in g; “Eroica” Variations and Fugue; Polonaise in C – Inna Faliks, p. – MSR Classics
Faliks is an excellent Beethovenian with keen insight into this most elusive of structures: the variation.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica”; Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major – New Queen’s Hall Orch./ Sir Henry Wood/ Halle Orch./ Sir Hamilton Harty – Pristine Audio
The British complement of Beethoven interpreters for the 1927 Centennial Series concludes with grandly wrought performances of the Eroica and B-flat Symphonies.
Emanuel Ax: Variations = BEETHOVEN: “Eroica” Variations and Fugue; HAYDN: Variations in F Minor; SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes – Emanuel Ax, p. – Sony Classical
Emanuel Ax renders three sets of variations in contrasting styles with verve, aplomb, and a love of the keyboard that make for special listening.
BEETHOVEN: The Symphonies – Soloists/ Laurens Collegium & Cantorej, Rotterdam/ Orchestra of the 18th Century/ Frans Brüggen – Glossa (5 discs)
Brüggen’s second complete effort; while the results are never in doubt as to sincerity, they are at best mixed.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica” – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Wilhelm Furtwängler – Tahra
The CD layer is a slight improvement but the SACD layer is unlistenable.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”; RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales – Israel Philharmonic Orch./ Giuseppe Sinopoli – Helicon
Giuseppe Sinopoli’s appearance before the Israel Philharmonic exhibits both disciplined power and sheer elegance, adding new strings to his legendary harp.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 3 – Berlin Philharmonic/ Arthur Nikisch/ Berlin State Opera Orch./ Oskar Fried – Pristine
Two “first” complete recordings of Beethoven symphonies grace this disc, a look into the past that both fascinates and awes, as Nikisch and Fried demonstrate the musicianship of a bygone age.
BEETHOVEN: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” – Orch. Sym. de Montreal/Kent Nagano – Sony
Nagano brings his idiosyncratic energy and textural clarity to bear on Beethoven’s “Promethean” scores.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”; R. STRAUSS: Don Juan – Concertgebouw Orch./ Willem Mengelberg – Pristine
The iconoclastic Willem Mengelberg has an Eroica to complete his rousing 1940 survey of the Beethoven Nine.