Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 & No. 7

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Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5 & No. 7
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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Excellent music with a PLUS
  
  Excellent music with a big plus. The complementary disc in which Mr Zander comments the music is a very accesible illustration of the world of classical music and its performance.

• Zander is a Thinking Person's Artist
  I heard his performance of Beethoven 5 on NPR and HAD to purchase it. The tempos (Beethoven's metronome markings) were hot and the performance was full of angry HUMOR, which always comes as a surprise to me. Though he doesn't take the crazy-wonderful dynamics choices that Szell does, this is a CD with two of my favorite Beethoven Symphonies, crisply and furiously performed, with a BONUS CD of Zander discussing Beethoven, tempi and Beethoven's relationship with the newly-invented (at his time) metronome.

• Excellent, but it will spoil you for slower tempi ...
  I bought this on the recommendation of reviews here and elsewhere, and am VERY pleased with it. The performance is first rate, and the sound quality is quite good but not great. (One reviewer described the sound quality as "opaque", and I concur, else I would have given it five stars.) The companion disc is worth the price of the set, and one need not be a Music Theory Major to understand Zander's analysis. Just a warning, though, after becoming accustomed to Zander's quicker tempo - which, if you agree... more info

• You'll want your own too
  Having grown up an avid fan of Bernstein's Young People's Concerts I was thrilled when I ran into this recording. The music is fabulous and the "lectures" are fascinating, edifying and very understandable. Everyone I've played this for agrees and wants their own copy.

Tracks:

1. 1. Allegro com brio
2. 2. Andante con moto - Più moto
3. 3. Allegro
4. 4. Allegro - Tempo 1 - Presto
5. 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
6. 2. Allegretto
7. 3. Presto - Assai meno presto
8. 4. Allegro con brio
9. Introduction
10. Discussion and Performances of Moonlight Sonata
11. Discussion and Performances of Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1
12. Discussion and Performances of Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 2
13. Discussion and Performances of Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 3
14. Discussion and Performances of Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4
15. Discussion and Performances of Symphony No. 7, Mvt. 1
16. Discussion and Performances of Symphony No. 7, Mvt. 2

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