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- Producer's Note
- Full Track Listing
- Cover Art
Paul van Kempen's Dresden Philharmonic tackles major works by Beethoven
Excellent wartime recordings in fabulous new Obert-Thorn transfers
The sources for the transfers were postwar yellow-label DGG shellac pressings for the Creatures of Prometheus selections and black-label wartime Polydors for the symphonies. Despite their occasional sonic imperfections, these recordings are significant in that van Kempen did not return to these scores in the studio in the LP era. As far as I am aware, the Prometheus excerpts and the Second Symphony have never appeared on CD before.
Mark Obert-Thorn
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BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - Overture, Ballet No. 8
Recorded 7 July 1941 in Dresden
Matrix nos.: 1683 ½ GS 9, 1684 ½ GS 9, 1685 ½ GS 9 and 1686 ½ GS 9
First issued on Polydor 57156 and 57157
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 36
Recorded April, 1940 in Dresden
Matrix nos.: 1308 ½ GE 9, 1311 ¾ GE 9, 1312 ½ GE 9, 1313 ½ GE 9, 1314 GE 9,
1315 ¾ GE 9, 1316 ½ GE 9, 1317 ½ GE 9 and 1318 ½ GE 9
First issued on Polydor 67608 through 67612
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Recorded 7 July 1941 in Dresden
Matrix nos.: 1509 ½ GE 9, 1510 ½ GE 9, 1511 GE 9, 1512 GE 9, 1513 ⅝ GE 9,
1514 ½ GE 9, 1515 ⅝ GE 9, 1516 ⅝ GE 9 and 1517 ½ GE 9
First issued on Polydor 67635 through 67639
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul van Kempen conductor
Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Paul van Kempen
Total duration: 79:16
