{"product_id":"weingartner-beethoven-symphony-no-3-1936-pasc071","title":"WEINGARTNER Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (1936) - PASC071","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 3 'Eroi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eca'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1936\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eDuration 45:35\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eVienna Philharmonic Orchestra\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;\"\u003eFelix Weingartner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fBill Rosen's Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fThe closest we shall now get to that confident man who was not intimidated by Brahms and thought he knew how Beethoven’s greatest symphony ought to go578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eSometime in the early 1890’s, Brahms was\nspending some time at the Meiningen court. He had a very high opinion of\nthe orchestra there and had conducted the premieres of some of his own\nworks with the orchestra on occasion as well as appearing as soloist. He\nnoted that Felix Weingartner, the orchestra’s permanent conductor, was\ngiving a concert with the first half devoted to Berlioz and the second\nhalf comprising only Brahms’ Second Symphony. Brahms ran into\nWeingartner during the afternoon and told him with a bit of sarcasm, as\nwas his wont, that he hoped Weingartner would have a little energy left\nfor his work after all that Berlioz. Weingartner, about 30, very\nhandsome, self-confident, and of the minor nobility, assured Brahms that\nhis finest efforts would be reserved for the symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eBrahms attended the performance and afterwards\nrepaired to the local café with his coterie. Weingartner did likewise.\nBrahms stood up and invited Weingartner over for a drink, something he\nalmost never did. One must assume that his reaction to the performance\nwas very positive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eThe characteristics of self-assurance and\nApollonian nobility informed everything that Weingartner did. I have\nalways felt that the pinnacle of Eroica performance was eternally\ncontended for by Toscanini (1938, NBC) and Furtwängler (1952, Berlin).\nBut based on Pristine Audio’s brilliant reprocessing, Weingartner’s must\nbe considered for some space on that crag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eWeingartner is never as taut or propulsive as\nToscanini, but there is more light and shade. There is an occasional\nmoment where Toscanini seems like a demented PacMan, running down the\ntrack, chewing up notes and spitting out music. Weingartner does not\nachieve the elemental, primordial Wagnerian fury that Furtwängler does\nin the funeral march, but his Scherzo is delightfully balanced and the\nhorns are superb. There is not so much incident in Weingartner’s Eroica,\nbut he knows where the real climaxes are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eA beautiful example is just before the\nrecapitulation in the first movement: the development is winding down\nsuspensefully; we are anticipating the recapitulation; and a single horn\ncomes in with the main theme in what seems to be a bar prematurely.\nFollowing which the whole orchestra crashes in with the two chords which\nare the signature of the symphony. Ferdinand Ries, Beethoven’s pupil\nexcoriated the horn player for this “error”, after which Beethoven gave\nhim a box on the ear. This is how Beethoven wrote it. Toscanini passes\nit like a country station not on his route. Furtwängler does a good job,\nbut Weingartner makes it seem right because he really screws up the\nsuspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eIn truth, the really magnificent thing about\nthis recording is the SOUND. Pristine Audio has removed the hum and the\ndistortion; they have somehow returned missing frequencies and harmonics\nto the dumb shellacs of 1936. The result is not a 2007 stereo or SACD,\nbut the closest we shall now get to that confident man who was not\nintimidated by Brahms and thought he knew how Beethoven’s greatest\nsymphony ought to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC071.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eFelix Weingartner was the first conductor to record all nine of Beethoven's symphonies, and had been steeped in the tradition for many years by the time he came to cut the twelve sides which comprise this fabulous 1936 recording.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eAs with a number of other classic recordings of Beethoven there have been numerous transfers and restorations of these recordings. However, with the use of a wonderful set of near-mint Columbia 78s to work on, kindly donated to Pristine Audio for this purpose, and the application of the Pristine Audio Natural Sound technique, it has been possible to take this already superb recording a great step further forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWith the elimination of a harsh upper register and the evening out of some minor errors in the frequency response we finally hear the true majesty of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the massive reverberation of the recording hall. This truly in an heroic 'Eroica'!\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\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, 'Eroi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eca'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVienna Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eConducted by \u003cb\u003eFelix Weingartner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003eRecorded 22nd and 23rd May, 1936\u003cbr\u003e Issued as UK Columbia LX.532-537\u003cbr\u003e Matrix numbers CHAX 112-123, Takes 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2\u003cbr\u003e Transfer and Natural Sound remastering by Andrew Rose, March 2007\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuration 45:35\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PASC071.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PASC071.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f","brand":"Pristine Classical","offers":[{"title":"Ambient Stereo 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":54932292960595,"sku":"dne1789301704996","price":9.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Mono 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":54932292993363,"sku":"dtg1789301704997","price":9.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/1833\/9155\/files\/weingartner-beethoven-symphony-no-3-1936---pasc071_1.jpg?v=1789301712","url":"https:\/\/vendnora.com\/products\/weingartner-beethoven-symphony-no-3-1936-pasc071","provider":"luckagni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}