1935 WEINGARTNER Beethoven Symphony No 9 Choral MAYR ANDAY VIENNA COLUBMBIA M227
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Doyen of composer-conductors, Felix Weingartner, friend to Wagner and enemy to Mahler, and steeped into the style of 19th century conducting on this thrilling 1935 rendition of Beethovens 9th Choral Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic Orch and Choir and the Stars of the Vienna Opera.
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano, who would soon record her Cherubino in the Fritz Busch Glyndbourne recording of Figaro
Rosette Anday, contralto, the great Hungarian Singer.
Georg Maikl, tenor
Richard Mayr, bass-baritone, the greatest Ochs in Rosenkavalier ever !!!
Beethoven - Felix Weingartner, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Luise Helletsgruber, Rosette Anday, Georg Maikl, Richard Mayr – Symphony No. 9 In D Minor (Choral)
Label: Columbia – Set 227
Format:
8 x Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album,
Released: 1935
Genre: Classical
Style: Classical, Romantic
A1 I - Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (commencement)
B1 I - Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (Part 2)
C1 I - Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (Part 3)
D1 I - Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (Part 4)
E1 II - Scherzo: molto vivace (commencement)
F1 II - Scherzo: molto vivace - Presto - molto vivace (Part 2)
G1 II - Scherzo: molto vivace - coda - presto (completion)
H1 III - Adagio molto e cantabile - andante moderato (commencement)
I1 III - Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante - Adagio (Part 2)
I2 III - Adagio molto e cantabile (Part 3)
J1 III - Adagio molto e cantabile (completion) / IV - Choral Finale (Part 1): Presto - Allegro ma non troppo
J2 IV - Choral Finale (Part 2): Vivace - Adagio cantabile - allegro assai
K1 IV - Choral Finale (Part 3): Allegro assai - Presto - Recitativo: Allegro assai
K2 IV - Choral Finale (Part 4): Allegro assai vivace - Alla Marcia
L1 IV - Choral Finale (Part 5): Andante maestoso - Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro energico
L2 IV - Choral Finale (Completion): Allegro ma non tanto - Prestissimo
Symphony No 9 recorded in 1935
Complete 8x 12" Columbia records
Comes with original Album and notes
CONDITION: EXCELLENT close to PRISTINE faint scuffs, faint 7mm scratch on side 6&7 do not sound, plays EXCEPTIONALLY quiet faint ticks
Album EXCELLENT binding and sleeves sound, minor rubs at edges
A SUPERB COPY
From a review:
Felix Weingartner's 1935 recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, and solists Louise Helletsgruber, Rosette Anday, Georg Maikl, and Richard Mayr, is right now my favorite performance of the work. With regards to the performance itself, this is certainly one of the three or four really ESSENTIAL Ninths to own. The First Movement beings with ghostly, fleeting shadows gradually erupting into the grandiose main theme, the Recapitulation sounds like Hell itself, and the Coda brings forth what sounds like the endof the Universe. The Scherzo has a perfect blend of weight and mercurial fleetness, the Adagio is urgent without sounding in the least rushed, and the Finale has a fervor that few can match, especially with the radiant singing of Louise Helletsgruber, Rosette Anday, Georg Maikl, and above all, the thrilling Richard Mayr. The Weingartner "Choral" Symphony is a must for every Beethoven lover.
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