Jochum/BRSO: Mozart 40/Schubert 5 - DG LPEM 19120, rare photo cover
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ITEM DESCRIPTION:
This handsome and elusive LP – a superb collector’s copy – from Deutsche Grammophon (LPEM 19120, German pressing, AH tulip label, mono – no stereo edition exists) featuers conductor Eugen Jochum and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in magnificent performances of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major D. 485* and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550, both recorded in the rich acoustics of the Herkulessaal, Munich on 9 February 1957* and 26 October 1957.
Wrote the critic M.M. in her review for the January 1959 issue of The Gramophone:
“The pairing—a happy one—exhibits clearly the extreme similarity of groundplan of the two works, yet their very considerable emotional contrast : the Schubert serene and innocent, the Mozart tender yet lined. Perhaps it is the Schubert that Jochum handles the more happily; here nothing happens to qualify the serenity throughout. After a beautifully shaped opening movement, the andante is allowed its say with a steady pulse, a virtue beyond the patience of many conductors faced with this rather long-winded expanse; the minuet may seem on the leisurely side, but has the corresponding advantage of allowing the same tempo reasonably to be held for the trio; and the finale does indeed get under way. Rather too hastily, as a matter of fact, on the engineering side of things; there is an excessively short break between these last two movements, only just time indeed for D.G.G. to get their usual "clunk" in at all.
“The Mozart (played in the version without clarinets) is handled a little less effectively; for though again there is splendid propulsion in the finale, there is less of this quality in the minuet than the underlying determination of the music might seem to warrant, and rather more in the andante than perhaps suits the underlying grief. Yet about the right choice of tempo for any one movement there is room for many opinions; and I would press much more firmly a further objection—that in the first movement Jochum sets not one tempo, right or wrong, but two: and this surely must be wrong. When the first subject gives way to the second it appears to take all the music's motive power with it; and Mozart simply cannot flow so erratically.
“Yet throughout there is the most beautiful orchestral playing, stylish and round toned in wind and strings alike. The latter are not too many in number, allowing a very happy balance; indeed in the Schubert sometimes the firsts might even be thought to be on the backward side, and, at others, thc flute to tell too easily—both of them, needless to say, tendencies which do much less harm to the music than the opposite extremes, much commoner on record. The general quality of sound is high, just a little woollier than D.G.G.'s best; in general I would recommend the Schubert strongly, the Mozart only with reservations about the erratic first movement.”
Incidentally, the striking cover photo of Jochum was taken by Heer, Würtzburg. There are fine liner notes (uncredited) on the reverse side of the jacket, printed in German, English, and French.
CONDITION:
The gradations of condition I use are as follows: MINT, Near-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor.
The condition of the jacket is near-MINT. There is minor bumping at corners, light edgewear, and a bit of creasing, but that is all. However, there are no seamsplits, bends, or owners' markings and the album remains solid, bright, glossy, and quite striking in appearance – overall, a lovely collector's copy.
The condition of the LP itself is near-MINT. Although surfaces are not absolutely silent (and thus I have rated it NM vs. MINT), really this is a very fine copy and playback is truly superb. However, if you must have absolutely perfect surfaces, then please do not buy this LP. Overall, this rates as a very fine collector's copy.
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