But they are also the grandest, most unsentimental, most purposeful versions in the catalog.Ģ1 - The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer, Otto Klemperer. By today's standards, these performances are hopelessly old-fashioned: dark, heavy, and frequently very slow. Otto Klemperer's Beethoven is one of the towering achievements in the history of recordings. A protege of Mahler, Klemperer approaches these works with a mind (troubled as it was by manic-depression) that was informed both by turn of the century romanticism and by post-war rigid intellectualism.īeethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos. This 10-CD set not only includes the complete symphonies but also all nine overtures and extracts from the Incidental music to Egmont and the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus. Klemperer, having fights for his own life, could relate to this compelling desire to express what was inside of him. Recorded: 26th-27th March 1956 in Studio One, Abbey Road, London (track 2-6) 21st-22nd October 1957 in The Kingsway Hall, London (tracks 1-1 to 1-4) 28th-29th October 1957 in The Kingsway Hall, London (tracks 2-1 to 2-5) 22nd-24th October 1959 in Studio One, Abbey Road, London (tracks.īeethoven s symphonies & overtures have always been of high interest to all types of music lovers. Cover artwork based on a photograph of Otto Klemperer. Remastered By, Liner Notes – Andrew Rose. Klemperer, Beethoven, The Philharmonia Orchestra – The Beethoven Symphonies Volume Two. 60Ĭover artwork based on a photograph of Otto KlempererĢ6th-27th March 1956 in Studio One, Abbey Road, London (track 2-6)Ģ1st-22nd October 1957 in The Kingsway Hall, London (tracks 1-1 to 1-4)Ģ8th-29th October 1957 in The Kingsway Hall, London (tracks 2-1 to 2-5)Ģ2nd-24th October 1959 in Studio One, Abbey Road, London (tracks 1-5 to 1-8)