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Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonien | 
 enlarge | Artists: Gundula Janowitz, Waldemar Kmentt, Hilde Rossel-majdan
Creators: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Herbert Von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
Label: Deutsche Grammophon 1963 / 2007
Category: Music
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 13359
Format: Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.1 x 2.1
MPN: 429036
UPC: 028942903623
EAN: 0028942903623
ASIN: B000001GBQ
Release Date: June 5, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio | | • | 2. Andante cantabile con moto | | • | 3. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace | | • | 4. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace | | • | 1. Allegro con brio | | • | 2. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai | | • | 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace | | • | 4. Finale |
Disc 2
| • | 1. Adagio - Allegro con brio | | • | 2. Larghetto | | • | 3. Scherzo. Allegro | | • | 4. Allegro molto | | • | 1. Adagio - Allegro vivace | | • | 2. Adagio | | • | 3. Allegro vivace | | • | 4. Allegro ma non troppo |
Disc 3
| • | 1. Allegro con brio | | • | 2. Andante con moto | | • | 3. Allegro | | • | 4. Allegro | | • | 1. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings upon arrival in the Country. Allegro ma non troppo | | • | 2. Scene by the Brook. Andante molto mosso | | • | 3. Merry Gathering of Country Folk. Allegro | | • | 4. Thunderstorm. Allegro | | • | 5. Shepherd's Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm. Allegretto |
Disc 4
| • | 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace | | • | 2. Allegretto | | • | 3. Presto | | • | 4. Allegro con brio | | • | 1. Allegro vivace e con brio | | • | 2. Allegretto scherzando | | • | 3. Tempo di Menuetto | | • | 4. Allegro vivace |
Disc 5
| • | 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso | | • | 2. Molto vivace | | • | 3. Adagio molto e cantabile | | • | 4. Presto | | • | Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Toene!" - Allegro assai (final chorus from Schiller's "Ode to Joy") |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
By general consensus, Herbert von Karajan's first (1963) Beethoven cycle for Deutsche Grammophon is the best of the four (!) that he recorded. The Berlin Philharmonic was in top form, and they had not yet made an artistic fetish out of the bland smoothness that typified the conductor's later recordings of this music (and just about everything else). Karajan's squeaky clean, emotionally cool Beethoven will always be something of an acquired taste, but this set makes the best possible case for it. --David Hurwitz
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| Customer Reviews: Read 83 more reviews...
 powerful December 16, 2008
William Youmans (NYC, NY)
It is fashionable to deprecate Von Karajan - maybe because of his Nazi youth. But this set of the Symphonies excels. Only the 9th feels a bit messy. There are no better recordings of the 2nd, 6th, and 4th that I have heard. It's all thrilling from the very start. If you're looking for a set, you won't find a better, unless it's Bohm.
 Simply the best October 16, 2008
Eric Leung
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are looking for recording, his last cycle is the choice (Digital), but if you are looking for performance, then you should pick this cycle. Simply the best !!!
Big set that is grossly over-hyped. September 9, 2008
Alex Vox (Winnetka, IL)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This collection in some bizarre way became "standard" version of force-fed Beethoven. It is well recorded but I prefer fresher and less pompous interpretations.
I especially liked this Beethoven Symphonies 1,2,3,4,5,6 and Art Galleries of the Time, 2DVDs+3CDs Ultimate MosaicDVD Collection
Beethoven's music is full of emotions but when it is overturned with grotesque oversized, overemphasized emotions the entire performance sound hysterical.
Exciting and engrossing recordings March 10, 2008
William J. Coburn (Basking Ridge, NJ USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed listening to Karajan's 1963 set ever since I bought it on sale at the Record Hunter in New York in the late 1980's. I don't find the renditions unemotional as some do. The performances are fast and dramatic. To some the sixth is too fast, but the slower tempos we have become accustomed to are only received tradition just as phlegmatic renditions of Bruckner's symphonies were once the norm. The performances often have the drive more typical of early music versions of classic works, except the pieces are being played by a larger orchestra than would have been common before the twentieth century. They are powerful renditions but not heavy-handed or turgid.
As in his recordings for DG of the Brahms and Schumann symphonies, Karajan also shows his ability to shape passages. Long acquiantance with a score enables a conductor to do that. A distinct plus is the sound is excellent.
 Okay! Good for a preference recording January 13, 2008
T. Q. Nguyen (Boston, MA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's very well played, well recorded, very standard for general audience or listeners. It's very Karajan. It's nice and pleasant to listen to. Nothing is deep, nothing is special, and overall, very boring and forgettable. I bought this set when I was still a music student. It was good when I needed to listen for study in a Beethoven Symphony class. But now I don't touch it any more.
Kleiber (Eric for #3, and Carlos for #4, #5, and #7), Walter, and Gardiner are among my favorite. They are all different but all wonderfully and amazingly memorable.
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