{"product_id":"toscanini-beethoven-symphony-no-9-in-d-minor-choral-op-125-1941-pasc152","title":"TOSCANINI Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral', Op. 125 (1941) - PASC152","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 9 'Chor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eal'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded Argentina, 1941\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 63:51 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eJudith Hellwig, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003esoprano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Lydia Kindermann, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ealto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e René Maison, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003etenor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Alexander Kipnis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ebass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Colón Orchestra \u0026amp; Chorus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Arturo Toscanini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC152.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eOne of the most sensational performances ever recorded!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLatest technology brought to bear on this new XR remastering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eToscanini's July 1941 Buenos Aires recording of Beethoven's Choral Symphony is well-known - if not notorious - among afficionados of the maestro for two major reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eFirstly - and perhaps most importantly - for the performance. Here we find a driven, almost savage outpouring of music. The sheer energy of this remarkable concert appears further highlighted by the prominence in this recording of the tympani, though even without this there is an almost wild current of energy running through much of the symphony, and perhaps as a result of this it ranks amongst the all-time favourites of many people's Toscanini Beethoven 9ths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003ePerhaps it would be even more universally hailed if it were not for the second matter, which is the dismal quality of the original recording. It seems that just about every fault one might hope to avoid is to be found here - lengthy sections of high disc surface noise, both in terms of hiss and crackle; the kind of clicks and scratches forever associated with analogue disc recordings; crosstalk, where we hear a completely different recording 'breaking through' and clearly audible alongside the present recording; peak distortion; a limited frequency range; a poor tonal balance; poor microphone positioning; occasional pitch instability - I could go on...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWere it not for the extraordinary nature of the performance, these technical shortcomings would surely rule out the time and effort required to try and resurrect this recording. As it is, several previous attempts to restore it have been attempted, with varying degrees of success; it is my hope and belief that the present remastering has made further and significant inroads into the creation of a truly listenable 1941 Ninth, in which one is not continually distracted and put off by extraneous noises and faults, emerging from the murky depths of a sonic soup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eIn addition to major corrections to tonal balance, and the usual efforts to reduce surface noise, the restoration process here included a note-by-note removal of intrusive crosstalk, one frequency at a time. This painstaking work (where one of course has to be exceptionally careful not to remove the adjacent frequencies which make up the actual Beethoven recording) required an almost forensic approach, with continual reference to score and other recordings, and has only become feasible in the latter half of the present decade. It is my sincere hope that this, and all the other work carried out in this restoration, will succeed in finding new and enthusiastic listeners to this most remarkable historic document.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/b\u003eSymphony No. 9 'Chor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eal' in D minor, Op. 125\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Hellwig, \u003c\/b\u003esoprano\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lydia Kindermann, \u003c\/b\u003ealto\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e René Maison, \u003c\/b\u003etenor\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alexander Kipnis, \u003c\/b\u003ebass\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColón Orchestra \u0026amp; Chorus (dir. 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