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PASC033:
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 - Beethoven
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Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra
Cond. Carl Schuricht Recorded
in 1952
Released as Decca LXT 2724
Download ID: 170984/432821
Duration 32'48"
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Beethoven's
Second Symphony is one of the lesser-known members of what is perhaps
the most famous canon of orchestral music ever written. First performed
on 5th April, 1803, as the composer started to realise he was going deaf,
and yet without knowing he was on the threshold of his career, it has
all too often been overshadowed by the symphonies which were to follow.
And
yet it is a work of great beauty and optimism, despite the composer's
huge despair - he had also been rebuffed by the young Countess Giulietta
Guicciardi in love. In this performance - double-starred in The Record
Guide of 1956, which describes it as "the best version of
the Second Symphony that has so far appeared" - you can truly
find the magic inherent in Beethoven's greatest music.
Schuricht's
conducting is both lively and elegant, and the Vienna Philharmonic respond
with relaxed grace as well as vitality and the highest playing standards,
all superbly captured by the Decca recording engineers and brought to
you by the expert restorative skills of Peter Harrison.
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