HISTORIC BLACK HMV: ARTHUR NIKISCH CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 5th SYMPHONY (1913)
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ACOUSTIC BLACK HISTORIC 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE' SET: D 89-92 (4 RECORDS) (1913)
PRESSED FROM GERMAN 'GRAMMOPHON' MATRICES.
SYMPHONY #5 IN C, OP. 67 (BEETHOVEN) 8 SIDES
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY PROF. ARTHUR NIKISCH.
RECORDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE- CONDITION '2'.
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DOCUMENT FEATURING INFLUENTIAL CONDUCTOR ARTHUR NIKISCH. COPIES OF THIS SET ARE MOST UNCOMMON.
Arthur Nikisch (12 October 1855 – 23 January 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London, Leipzig and—most importantly—Berlin. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Liszt. Johannes Brahms praised Nikisch's performance of his Fourth Symphony as "quite exemplary, it's impossible to hear it any better."
On 10 November 1913, Nikisch made one of the earliest recordings of a complete symphony, Beethoven's 5th, with the Berlin Philharmonic, a performance later reissued on LP and CD by DGG and other modern labels. He also made a series of early recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, some of which display the portamento characteristic of early-20th century playing.
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