Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 - DG: 4776228 - CD or download

There's a scarcely believable freshness and virtuosity in the playing… — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Oct 2006
Catalogue No: 4776228
Label: DG
Length: 68 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Work length32:48

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Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel
Recorded: 2006-02-11
Recording Venue: Aula Magna de la Universidad Central, Caracas

1. Allegro con brio

Track length7:24

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2. Andante con moto

Track length11:31

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3. Allegro

Track length5:22

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4. Allegro

Track length8:31

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Work length36:07

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Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel
Recorded: 2006-02-11
Recording Venue: Aula Magna de la Universidad Central, Caracas

1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Track length11:29

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2. Allegretto

Track length8:42

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3. Presto - Assai meno presto

Track length9:41

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4. Allegro con brio

Track length6:15

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October 2006

There's a scarcely believable freshness and virtuosity in the playing…

November 2006

On the evidence of these performances - a vibrant, glowing Seventh and a poorly thought-out, run-of-the-mill Fifth - Dudamel is a born conductor but an unpractised interpreter. His style suggests a longing to return to the glory days of an era which ended with the deaths of Bernstein, Karajan and Solti. The sound is full-bodied and carefully groomed; there is no antiphonal division of the violins; repeats are in short supply. Yet who can entirely object when the playing is as glorious as much of this? The Fifth is bedevilled by a lack of a through pulse in the first movement development and coda, and otiose broadenings of the motto at the end. ...the Seventh... brings out the best in Dudamel's conducting; it's visceral energy, its generosity of spirit (and phrasing), its heart-warming nurturing of a belief that every note matters. The orchestra responds nobly to his demands. The finale is a dead ringer for Karajan's 1983 Berlin version, which is saying something. For these young musicians to come within hailing distance of so fabled an ensemble is an earnest of just how special they are.

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