Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 / Remastered (ref.rec.: Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker)

Album available // Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies by Herbert von Karajan (2024 Remastered, Berlin 1962) ***Listen to our latest mastering update (2024)*** : https://cutt.ly/Jef2GJXX 🎧 Qobuz Music (Hi-Res) https://cutt.ly/Nef2GqtP Tidal (Hi-Res) https://cutt.ly/Bef2GpKA 🎧 Deezer (Hi-Fi) https://cutt.ly/ief2Ghm5 Amazon Music (Hi-Res) https://cutt.ly/Eef2GxlZ 🎧 Spotify (mp3) https://cutt.ly/Ref2GEgW Youtube Music (mp4) https://cutt.ly/Jef2GJXX 🔊 ***Download the album (Hi-Res MASTER - WAV uncompressed)*** https://cutt.ly/Classical-Music-Reference-Recording-Website-Karajan Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 00:00 I. Poco sostenuto, Vivace 11:24 II. Allegretto 19:24 III. Presto 27:11 IV. Allegro con brio Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Recorded in 1962, at Berlin New mastering in 2022 by AB for CMRR 🔊 Join us with your phone on our WhatsApp fanpage (our latest album preview): https://cutt.ly/5eathESK 🔊 Find our entire catalog on Qobuz: https://cutt.ly/geathMhL 🔊 Discover our playlists on Spotify: https://cutt.ly/ceatjtlB ❤️ Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cmrr/about Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 // Beethoven completed the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies at the same time, in 1812, but the plans and drafts date back to 1809. The Seventh was first performed at a charity concert in Vienna on December 8, 1813, to benefit soldiers wounded in the Battle of Hanau during the campaign against Napoleon. At this charity concert, the finest musicians, composers and soloists were part of the orchestra. Meyerbeer and Hummel played the timpani, but Beethoven was hardly pleased with them, and is said to have complained that Meyerbeer invariably started late. The symphony aroused great enthusiasm, and the Allegro was sung as a encore, a fact that was repeated at almost every subsequent performance during Beethoven's lifetime. (...) After hearing the Seventh Symphony, Berlioz exclaimed: "Superb, the Symphony in A! The miracle of modern music, where art vies with genius, science with inspiration, pouring forth the most irresistible effects of melody, harmony, instrumentation and rhythm! The Allegretto is a splendor: parting for a moment from the dark veil covering his thoughts, the poet appears to us, casting on the past the gentle gaze of patience smiling in the face of pain. The effect of this miraculous elegy on the audience is almost unbelievable. In the first piece, however, the use of a stubborn rhythmic formula has never been attempted so successfully. The motif of the Scherzo is shaped in a very noble way. His Trio is completely in keeping with the feeling of the landscape and the lily. As for the Finale, of extraordinary brilliance, it is worthy of completing such a masterpiece of technical skill, taste, fantasy, knowledge and inspiration." On the other hand, Richard Wagner called the Seventh Symphony "The Apotheosis of Dance". Romain Rolland compared this symphony to an "orgy of rhythm", and cites it, along with the Eighth Symphony, as one of the works in which Beethoven "perhaps showed himself most au naturel"; he continues: "Beethoven himself said: 'I am the Bacchus who grinds delicious wine for mankind. It is I who give men the divine frenzy of the spirit. I don't know whether, as Wagner wrote, he [Beethoven] wanted to paint a Dionysian feast in the finale of his Symphony. Above all, I recognize in this fiery kermesse the mark of his Flemish heredity, just as I find its origin in his daring freedom of language and manners, which clashes superbly in the land of discipline and obedience. Nowhere is there more frankness and free power than in the Symphony in A. It's a mad expenditure of superhuman energy, without purpose, for pleasure, a river pleasure that overflows and overwhelms." Many meanings have been attributed to this symphony. Some of Beethoven's contemporaries claimed that it depicted a revolution, while others believed that it depicted rural scenes. There is, in fact, almost nothing in this work that has not been found, from hunting scenes and titanic battles to love and peasant weddings. COMPLETE PRESENTATION: LOOK THE FIRST PINNED COMMENT Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major Op. 123 🎧 Qobuz (Hi-Res) https://bit.ly/3GvePTF Tidal (Hi-Res) https://bit.ly/3gqfOd3 🎧 Deezer (Hi-Fi) https://bit.ly/3AYaWp4 Amazon Music (Hi-Fi) https://amzn.to/3B1K8Eh 🎧 Spotify (mp3) https://spoti.fi/3QTq8gH Amazon Store (mp3) https://amzn.to/3LctyGE 🎧 Youtube Music (mp4) https://bit.ly/3QWjarr Soundcloud https://bit.ly/3rsmc9W Ludwig Van Beethoven PLAYLIST (reference recordings): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3UZpQL9LIxOhkdci2M8WKMSVaf9WiF8x