Although the recordings by Böhm and Bernstein are quite fine. DG has made some very fine recordings in Vienna (like Bruckner 7 en 8 with Karajan, or Bruckner 9 with Giulini, or Mahler 3 with Abbado), but in these Beethoven symphonies the sound is not SOTA (but also not really bad). Eighth music director Sir Georg Solti bookends this broadcast with Wagner’s Overture to Tannhäuser and the Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde. DG used the Großer Saal of the Musikverein. In his first season as principal conductor, Bernard Haitink led the Orchestra in Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, which became the second release on the new CSO Resound label. All Decca recordings - also those of end 50's - have better sound than all DG (actually all other) recordings (including the most recent one, Nelsons in 2017).ĭecca used the Sofiensaal for recordings with the VPO, and for good reason. None of these recordings is a strong favorite, but Abbado, Bernstein, Karajan and Kleiber come close.Ī curious thing is the sound. Schmidt-Isserstedt is rather laid-back in the first 2 movements, Böhm a little less so I prefer these 2 movements with more energy, and the 2nd movement not too slow, not dragging like a funeral march. It's all big-band Beethoven of course, which is a kind of guilty pleasure, specially in this symphony.Īll fine recordings, Furtwängler excepted (too chubby). The Chicago Symphony Orchestra recorded Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony in 1955 with Fritz Reiner conducting for RCA, in 1971 with Carlo Maria Giulini conducting for Angel, and in 19 with Sir Georg Solti conducting for London. 3 other recordings by Furtwängler (DG and Orfeo) [According to ArkivMusic I'm only "missing": And as he has already recommended, BUY the Kleiber 5th! There is no other like it, IMHO.After requiring the Beethoven symphony cycle by Nelsons I found out that I have 11 recordings of the 7th symphony played by the Wiener Philharmoniker (VPO): Records have been stored in exceptionnal. I agree with Rushton, the best Beethoven is not found in sets. Warning about grading : We recently acquired a big collection of approximately 3000+ records in superb shape. BTW I like them best with the volume up a bit. Excellent sound, SACD if you care, straight ahead performances. Vanska recent performances - a complete set of performances but not in a box set yet. He did a similar set of the Schumann Symphonies with the same result. Scrubbed from the over orchestrated performances that were so common for so many years and are still highly regarded.īernsteins set - despite his general reputation for overblown distorted interpertations of a lot of music, in this set he gets the 'beat' - it is uplifting and energized. Harnoncourt's set which blends the efect of the HIP but uses modern instruments. I'm not up to deep, 'brooding' Beethoven. Well I have some recommendations for complete boxed sets, but right up-front, I like my Beethoven clean, clear lined, and energized. These are all very good performances by an excellent conductor, and the recording quality by Wilkinson is excellent. This set often sells for under $25-50 on the used market. I don't think it was ever packaged as a box set.įor a box set, if you must, consider looking for the performances by Rene Leibowitz and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded in marvelous sound by Kenneth Wilkinson (Gerhardt, producer) for Readers Digest. I love getting a realistic feel of the vibration of a bass violin string when it is bowed.
#Beethoven 7th symphony solti series#
These are special, imo.įor period instrument histroically informed performances, you might consider the series by Norrington and the London Classic Players on EMI. I have a CD of Beethovens 7th Symphony recorded by George Solti and the Chicago Symphony and the bass is extremely deep (some passages go down to 30 Hz) and powerful. So far, they have completed on vinyl the 1st and 2d on one disc, the 5th, and the 7th (Tacet L149, L157 and L164). These are very nice, fresh performances in excellent sonics don't be put off by the lack of big name recognition. Tacet Records has been working on a cycle of new recordings by Kajski and the Polish Chamber Philhamonic Orchestra and releasing them on vinyl.
Sym 9, Solti/ChicagoSO, Decca 6BB 121/2 (or London) Sym 8, Norrington/LondonClassicPlayers, EMI EL 2705631
Sym 6, Walter/ColumbiaSO or Kleiber/Concertgebouw Sym 3, Kleiber,Eric/VPO in mono on London/Decca
Sym 1 & 2, Marriner/ASMF, Philips 6500 113 Only one boxed set to recommend (see the end), but I'd first recommend you consider individual LPs to get better performances than any one boxed set provides overall.Īmong more well known performances in good sonics that I'd recommend:
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