BEETHOVEN THE NINE SYMPHONIES - KLEMPERER - UK MINT FIRST PRESSING 9 LP BOX SET
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Title: Beethoven ?– The Nine Symphonies
Artist: Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra
Very rare IMMACULATE MINT 1970 UK FIRST PRESSING 9-disc vinyl LP box set from the His Master’s Voice Stereo Library Series, with black & white postage stamp labels, housed in a 12" square thick card picture box complete with an extensive & illustrated booklet and original inner sleeves. The records are in as-new flawless Mint condition and sound as wonderful as ever and the clean and sharp box is in Excellent Plus to Mint condition for a sleeve of this type and age. See pics. Most of the LPs have NEVER been played. A superb collector’s copy of this legendary box set of the Beethoven Symphonies.
Highly desirable for its very rare first pressing matrices, and immaculate Mint condition vinyl, and increasingly difficult to find in this kind of condition. This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this extreme rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.
Catalogue Number: His Master’s Voice – SLS 788 ?(BOX 78801 – 78809)
Release date: 1970
Overall Grade: Mint/EX+/EX+ (LP/Cover/Booklet)
Notes:
EMI Records Limited
EMI House, 20 Manchester Square, London, WIA IES
? 1958, ? 1959, ? 1960, ? 1961, ? 1962, ? 1963, ? 1964
Rights Society: none
Label Code: none
Includes a 12" x 12" 24 page booklet.
This box set of LPs is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition – if ever.
"Klemperer’s greatness is not just his fidelity to the score. It’s his ability to convince that his tempos ’work’ – which they generally do – and the reason is he sees each movement whole. This structural focus, the organic building of climaxes, the lofty expression all come from Klemperer giving the music time to breath and articulate – always with a sense of purpose and direction."
This is the extremely rare real thing: a genuine flawless MINT CONDITION 1970 UK first pressing. The records are in immaculate as-new condition and the box and inner sleeves are in near mint condition. All items are free from any major defects. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1970, not reprints or replacements. The LPs are the original 1970 UK stereo LPs, a few of which were only played occasionally on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for. Most were never played.
"The joy is that Klemperer’s spacious and focussed Beethoven symphonies remain available not only as a superb cycle on its own terms but one that is a valuable alternative to the slick and uneventful way of presenting this music that is becoming more and more the norm."
Credits:
Baritone Vocals – Hans Hotter
Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
Conductor – Otto Klemperer
Liner Notes – Ernest Newman, Otto Klemperer, Walter Legge, William Mann
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Christa Ludwig
Orchestra, Chorus – The Philharmonia Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Aase Nordmo Løvberg
Tenor Vocals – Waldemar Kmentt.
This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this rare piece of music history in this condition.
AND IT MUST SELL IN THIS ONCE ONLY SALE
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