London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 & Egmont Overture (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 & Egmont Overture (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:05 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Everest

In presenting a new recording of one of the world’s most popular symphonies, the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven, it is fitting that it should be conducted by a musician internationally acclaimed as one of the foremost Beethoven interpreters of our day, Josef Krips. All the dynamism of the music and its performance has been faithfully preserved through the magic of Everest sound.

Josef Krips’ cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven’s nine symphonies was recorded in 1960, originally on 35mm film for the Everest label, but this deluxe audiophile treatment was hardly apparent in several inferior-sounding reissues over the years. However, this situation has been rectified by Madacy, who reissued the Everest recordings in a fresh remastering from the original tapes. This recording is reasonably faithful to the professional but not fully polished sound of the London Symphony Orchestra, presenting the way it sounded before its rise to world-class status; the orchestra is quite smooth in a fairly reverberant acoustic that provides a pleasant aural effect. Krips may be grouped among conductors of the conventional approach to performing Beethoven that was prevalent in the mid-20th century, for his performances reflect a preference for a full-size orchestral scale, modern instruments, and homogenization of timbres. Interestingly, Krips’ tempos tend toward the fast side, which early music orchestras would later adopt as the norm for period practice, especially in Beethoven. These recordings of the symphonies are solidly played and consistently clear in reproduction, and first-time listeners seeking a bargain could hardly do better than to try this set. –Blair Sanderson

Tracklist:

01. London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 “Fate”: I. Allegro con brio (08:19)
02. London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 “Fate”: II. Andante con moto (10:49)
03. London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 “Fate”: III. Allegro (05:46)
04. London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 “Fate”: IV. Allegro (09:03)
05. London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Egmont Overture – Incidental Music, Op. 84 (08:06)

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