Willem Mengelberg conducts Beethoven (2000)
Willem Mengelberg conducts Beethoven (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 672 Mb | Total time: 67:08+63:47+71:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pearl | # GEMS 0074 | Recorded: 1937-1942
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 672 Mb | Total time: 67:08+63:47+71:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pearl | # GEMS 0074 | Recorded: 1937-1942
These recordings were made between 1937 and 1942, and they represent the sum of Mengelberg's commercially released Beethoven for the Telefunken label.
Mengelberg is not for purists, who sometimes still call him "Mangleberg." His tempos are fluid, to say the least, and he has no hesitation about slowing down or speeding up in mid-phrase to make an (almost always exciting, almost never illogical) interpretive point. He was one of the most emotional conductors of the period; Leonard Bernstein took a page or two from his book. His Beethoven is irrepressibly swaggering and masculine except when it is meltingly tender. And like many of his contemporaries – including, one should add, Arturo Toscanini – Mengelberg made adjustments to Beethoven's scoring and dynamics. Usually, this was done to bring out details normally buried by modern instruments playing in modern concert halls. Limitations in the recording process probably were a factor too. Those who are interested in changing instrumental techniques over the course of the 20th century will hear a sterling example of the old way of doing things in the Concertgebouw's marvelous playing. String vibrato is less prominent in these recordings, and portamenti are used both for expression and to create a living legato.
We owe Pearl a debt for making these stimulating recordings available again in fine transfers. Basic repertoire burnout is always a danger, particularly where historic recordings are concerned, but with Mengelberg on the podium, even the unconverted are bound to stay awake.– Raymond Tuttle
Being that there are so many faceless and characterless Beethoven sets on the CD market today, this set comes as a refreshing reminder of the days when interpreters were INVOLVED with the music they played! Yes, these are individualistic performances, but as in the case of Furtwaengler, this is the work of a thinker, a seeker who is not afraid of personal committment to the works he performs. And in fact, all of his tempo modifications seem to naturally arise from the ebb and flow of the music itself, rather than being imposed upon it. I find these Telefunken renditions much superior both in sound and in interpretation to the live Beethoven recordings on Music and Arts (formerly on Philips), which seemed unnatural and mannered in comparison to the smooth integration of tempi on the Pearl set. If you listen to this set at one sitting, I suggest you save the "Eroica" for the last, as this is one of the two or three greatest accounts of the score. By contrast, his older version with the NY Philharmonic on Biddulph sounds hopelessly stodgy, and the sound on that recording is wretchedly poor. The whole Pearl set is a real treasure, and here's hoping that the rest of Mengelberg's Telefunken recordings find their way to CD.–Ralph J. Steinberg
Performer:
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Willem Mengelberg, conductor
Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
CD1:
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
01. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
02. Andante cantabile con moto
03. Menuetto, Allegro molto e vivace
04. Finale, Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ("Eroica"), Op. 55
05. Allegro con brio
06. Marcia funebre, Adagio assai
07. Scherzo, Allegro vivace
08. Finale, Allegro molto
CD2:
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
01. Adagio - Allegro vivace
02. Adagio
03. Allegro vivace
04. Allegro ma non troppo
Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67
05. Allegro con brio
06. Andante con moto
07. Allegro
08. Allegro
CD3:
Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68
01. Allegro ma non troppo
02. Andante molto moto
03. Allegro
04. Allegro
05. Allegretto
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
06. Allegro vivace e con brio
07. Allgretto scherzando
08. Tempo di Meneutto
09. Allegro vivace
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), ballet, Op. 43
10. Overture
11. Allegretto
12. Finale
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