Furtwangler: Beethoven Bayreuth 9th - Italian HMV QALP 10116/17 (2 LP box set)
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Description
redgarnett Store ITEM DESCRIPTION:
This handsome and quite rare 2 LP box set from Italian HMV · La Voce del Padrone (QALP 10116/17, Italian Spanish pressing, red/silver labels – ED1, booklet*, original inner jackets included) features Wilhelm Furtwangler's legendary ‘live’ 29 July 1951 account of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125, given with the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra and soloists Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Hongen (alto), Otto Edelmann (tenor), and Hans Hopf (bass), a famous performance needing no introduction.
This exalted and iconic performance was issued by permission of Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner and Frau Elisabeth Furtwängler. With the chorus trained by Wilhelm Pitz, Furtangler's Bayreuth Ninth's remains among the very greatest ever captured on record.
Of EMI’s CD re-issue of this performance in their “Great Recordings of the Century” series, BBC Music Magazine wrote:
“The performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony given to mark the reopening of the Bayreuth Festival in 1951, with Wilhelm Furtwängler as high priest, has some memorable flaws (that agonisingly out-of-tune horn solo in the slow movement!), but this is Furtwängler’s most rhapsodic and idealistic traversal of the choral finale on record, and the whole proves an incomparably vivid concoction of energy and breadth, tradition and vision.”
A note on this particular pressing: This set consists of a fairly heavy cloth box that houses 2 individual glossy, laminated, flipback jackets with exensive liner notes (uncredited) provided on the rear panels of each – all texts in Italian only. The striking cover photo of Furtwangler is similarly uncredited.
CONDITION – PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY:
The gradations of condition I use are as follows: MINT, Near-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor.
The condition of the box is VERY GOOD+. There is visible shelfwear and again, but that is all. There are no seamsplits, corner breaks, or owners' markings and the box remains very solid and highly attractive. Overall, this rates as a very good collector's copy.
The condition of the original inner jackets is near-MINT. There is light creasing to the second jacket, but that is all – overall, lovely copies.
The condition of the 2 LPs is VERY GOOD+ throughout. Visually, there are spindle trails and light marks. In terms of sound, there is light surface, as well as scattered tics, but in general playback is fine, with great presence and impact. Nonetheless, if you must have flawless or near-MINT surfaces, then please do not buy this set. Overall, these rate as very good collector's copies.
PLEASE NOTE:
This LP has been carefully cleaned using a VPI cleaning machine. All LPs are provided with a new Nagaoka (or Nagaoka-style) inner sleeve. The images I've provided are of the actual item you are potentially bidding on - these are not stock images or images I've taken from other sites. Bid with confidence!
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