Great Conductors: Pfitzner, Kleiber
On this CD:
1. Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Erich Kleiber
2. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Hans Pfitzner
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Erich Kleiber deserves to be remembered as much more than the father of Carlos. He was one of the greatest conductors of his time, and he would probably be even better remembered if his career had not been interrupted by the Nazi era. (He spent most of those years in South America, where he made no recordings.) Most of his postwar Decca recordings have been reissued and deleted, and a Teldec collection of short works from Telefunken 78s was poorly transferred. So we have little opportunity to enjoy his work outside of his only stereo recording, a brilliant reading of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. In this 1929 recording, Kleiber whips the ragtag orchestra into a surprising semblance of competence, and delivers a lively, engaging performance with plenty of insight and humor. Pfitzner, best known as a composer, gets no such engagement from the orchestra, and his performance of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony is rather dreary. The strong residue of surface noise left by restorer David Lennick doesn't help the performances, but Kleiber's vivacity cuts through it and is worth the (modest) price of the disc. --Leslie Gerber
Great Conductors: Pfitzner, Kleiber, Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Erich Kleiber, Hans Pfitzner, Berliner Staatsopernorchester, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Orchestral & Symphonic, Romantic Symphony, Symphonic
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Release Date: 1999-04-20 |
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- My Fatherland: The Moldau (Vitava), Symphonic Poem No.2 - Bruno Walter/New York PO
- Ste No.3 in D BWV 1068: Air - Karl Bohm/VPO
- Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: Allegro Non Troppo - Victor De Sabata/BPO
- Ov 1812 - Willem Mengelberg/Concertgebouw Orch
- Palestrina, Act I: Prld - Hans Knappertsbusch/BPO
- Vn Con in D, Op.61: Rondo Allegro - George Szell/VPO
- An Der Schonen Blauen Donau - Erich Kleiber/BPO
- Pno Con No.3: Rondo (Allegro) - Sir Malcolm Sargent/LPO
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ASIN: B00004U4AO
Release Date: 2000-10-17 |
Tracks:
- Sym No.2 in D, Op.36: Adagio Molto - Allegro Molto - Berlin State Opr Orch/Erich Kleiber
- Sym No.2 in D, Op.36: Larghetto - Berlin State Opr Orch/Erich Kleiber
- Sym No.2 in D, Op.36: Scherzo - Berlin State Opr Orch/Erich Kleiber
- Sym No.2 in D, Op.36: Allegro Molto - Berlin State Opr Orch/Erich Kleiber
- Sym No.4 in B flat, Op.60: Adagio - Allegro Vivace - Berlin State Opr Orch/Hans Pfitzner
- Sym No.4 in B flat, Op.60: Adagio - Berlin State Opr Orch/Hans Pfitzner
- Sym No.4 in B flat, Op.60: Allegro Vivace - Trio Un Poco Meno Allegro - Tempo I - Berlin State Opr Orch/Hans Pfitzner
- Sym No.4 in B flat, Op.60: Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Berlin State Opr Orch/Hans Pfitzner
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Erich Kleiber deserves to be remembered as much more than the father of Carlos. He was one of the greatest conductors of his time, and he would probably be even better remembered if his career had not been interrupted by the Nazi era. (He spent most of those years in South America, where he made no recordings.) Most of his postwar Decca recordings have been reissued and deleted, and a Teldec collection of short works from Telefunken 78s was poorly transferred. So we have little opportunity to enjoy his work outside of his only stereo recording, a brilliant reading of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. In this 1929 recording, Kleiber whips the ragtag orchestra into a surprising semblance of competence, and delivers a lively, engaging performance with plenty of insight and humor. Pfitzner, best known as a composer, gets no such engagement from the orchestra, and his performance of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony is rather dreary. The strong residue of surface noise left by restorer David Lennick doesn't help the performances, but Kleiber's vivacity cuts through it and is worth the (modest) price of the disc. --Leslie Gerber
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