Masur: Beethoven 9 Symphonies, Ovs - Philips 416 274-1 (6LP box set, sealed)
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ITEM DESCRIPTION:
This beautiful 6LP box set – a still-sealed copy – from Philips (416 274-1, Dutch pressing, label iteration unknown – presumably silver/red labels, stereo, booklet included) features Kurt Masur and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig's complete Beethoven Symphony cycle, as well as these same forces' accounts of 4 of the Overtures, recorded in Philips' finest analog sound – open, warm, and rich. Masur's cycle was made in cooperation with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Berlin and was set down over a 2-year span, beginning in February 1972 and ending in January 1974.
At one time, Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra's recording of Beethoven's Fourth was Rosette winner (a) in The Penguin Guide. Speaking of the entire cycle, its erudite authors wrote:
"Kurt Masur's earlier anologue Beethoven cycle has much to recommend it in its natural, unforced expressiveness and finely disciplined playing. The Eroica is exceptionally fine, particularly its nobly paced slow movement, and in the Fourth Symphony Masur is marvellously alert."
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And wrote the excellent critic Robert McColley for Fanfare:
"What distinguishes this reissue is the quality of Kurt Masur's interpretations, always faithful to the letter and spirit of Beethoven's scores, free of eccentricity, and completely engaging. Playful and robust in the more classical scores of the First, Second, Fourth, and Eighth; heroic and solemn by turns in the "Eroica" and the Fifth; poetic in the "Pastorale"; vivacious in the Seventh; and masterful in changing moods in the Ninth…The orchestra is both disciplined and responsive, and soloists and chorus in the Ninth are as good as any you are likely to hear."
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Tracklist:
Sinfonie Nr. 1 C-Dur Op. 21
Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
8:50
Andante Cantabile Con Moto
8:28
Menuetto (Allegro Molto E Vivace)
3:28
Finale (Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace)
5:39
Sinfonie Nr. 8 F-Dur Op. 93
Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
9:58
Allegretto Scherzando
4:19
Tempo Di Menuetto
4:29
Allegro Vivace
7:30
> rec. January 1974
Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur Op.36
Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
12:49
Larghetto
12:50
Scherzo (Allegro)
3:43
Allegro Molto
6:36
> rec. January 1974
Sinfonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur Op.55 ''Eroica''
Allegro Con Brio
15:14
Marcia Funebre (Adagio Assai)
15:55
Scherzo (Allegro Vivace)
5:48
Finale (Allegro Molto)
12:03
> rec. November 1973
Ouvertüre C-Moll Zu H.J. Von Collins Trauerspiel ''Coriolan'' Op. 62
Ouvertüre C-Moll Zu H.J. Von Collins Trauerspiel ''Coriolan'' Op. 62
8:13
> rec. November 1973
Sinfonie Nr. 4 B-Dur Op.60
Adagio Allegro Vivace
11:38
Adagio
10:02
Allegro Vivace
6:48
Allegro Ma Non Troppo
7:00
> rec. November 1972
Musik Zu J.W. Von Goethes Trauerspiel ''Egmont'' Op. 84 Nr. 1
Ouvertüre F-Moll
8:35
> rec. November 1972
Sinfonie Nr. 5 C-Moll Op.67
Allegro Con Brio
7:53
Andante Con Moto
9:52
Allegro
Allegro
14:06
> rec. February 1972
Leonoren-Ouvertüre Nr. 3 Op. 72b
Leonoren-Ouvertüre Nr. 3 Op. 72b
7:15
> rec. February 1972
Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-Dur Op.68 ''Pastorale''
Erwachen Heiterer Empfindungen Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande (Allegro Non Troppo)
12:38
Szene Am Bach (Andante Molto Mosso)
12:29
Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute (Allegro)
Gewitter, Sturm (Allegro)
Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefühle Nach Dem Sturm (Allegretto)
18:00
> rec. November 1973
Sinfonie Nr. 7 A-Dur Op.92
Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
12:02
Allegretto
8:34
Presto - Assai Meno Presto
8:43
Allegro Con Brio
6:39
> rec. October 1972
Sinfonie Nr. 8 in F-Dur Op. 93
Allegro Vivace e Con Brio
10:08
Allegro Scherzando
4:25
Tempo Di Menuetto
4:36
Allegro Vivace
7:41
> rec. January 1974
Fidelio-Ouvertüre Op. 72c
Fidelio-Ouvertüre Op. 72c
6:25
> rec. January 1973
Sinfonie Nr. 9 D-Moll Op.125
Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
16:04
Molto Vivace
13:48
Adagio Molto E Cantabile
14:34
Presto - Allegro Assai
23:30
> with Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), the Leipzig Radio Chorus (Chorus Director: Horst Neumann), the Berlin Radio Chorus (Chorus Director: Dietrich Knothe), and the Children's Choir of the Dresden Philharmonic Chorus (Chorus Director: Wolfgang Berger)
> rec. January 1974
CONDITION:
The gradations of condition I use are as follows: MINT, Near-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor.
The condition of the still-sealed box is near-MINT. Really, there are no flaws to speak of and the box appears as new. Some of the shrinkwrap is torn and falling away, but this is still a genuinly sealed, unplayed copy – the ideal collector's copy.
The condition of the booklet is MINT. It has never been handled.
The condition of the 6 LPs is MINT throughout – these are still-sealed, unplayed, pristine collector's copies.
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