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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exceptional Performance of the 9th Symphony,
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This review is from: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Audio CD)
This superb performance is the first major orchestral recording with the new Jonathan Del Mar-edited score, without relying too much on excessively fast tempi. The sound quality wrought by Sony's engineers is quite good, though not nearly as crisp as Teldec's and Deutsche Grammophone's for their Barenboim and new Abbado Beethoven symphony cycles, respectively. Yet despite this major shortcoming, Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic offer a stellar version of the 9th Symphony that is as electrifying as the Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic 1977 version, which many regard as the definitive recording of this symphony.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perhaps the best ninth in the last 5-10 years,
By Greg Hales (Vacaville, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Audio CD)
The singers in the last movement are excellent. The overal sound is very good. Abbado take's fairly fast but not Hogwood speed demon tempos. The Berlin Philharmonic is on top form with the woodwinds and horns beautifully caught. The venue in Salzburg is not often used, but Sony seems to have done a good job on the recording. Abbado has quicker tempos then on his VPO recording from the 80's. However it works and this recording may be the best we have had for some years.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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a great modern performance in state-of-the-art sound,
By R. Hutchinson "autonomeus" (a world ruled by fossil fuels and fossil minds) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Audio CD)
This is a splendid version of Beethoven's 9th, recorded live at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 1996. As Fanfare said in its review: "This performance can take its place beside the finest available editions." In my opinion, where Abbado and his Berlin Philharmonic excel is in the second movement, the "Molte vivace - presto." I have never heard it played with such incredible vivacity, the dance rhythms literally propelling me to my feet! The critics seem to agree that this performance is much better than the one from a few years later by Abbado and the BPO which is included in the Beethoven Symphonien 1-9 box set.
The first version I heard of the 9th was Karajan and his BPO, and it left me cold (other than being struck by the famous melody for the chorus of the 4th movement, which I first knew as a church hymn long ago). Admittedly it might have partly been due to my lack of receptivity, but I think if there had been some special spark in it, I would have responded. Now I've discovered both this Abbado recording and the historic recording of Furtwangler at Bayreuth in 1951 (see my review) and I cannot stop listening to one of the all-time great works. Though this 1997 version has been deleted, the version that I recently bought is an updated "Masterworks Expanded Edition" from Sony (Sony Classical/Legacy SK 93011), released in 2004, so it is quite available, but apparently not yet through Amazon. It adds an excellent but short bonus track, the finale (Allegretto) from "The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43."
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