Title : Beethoven: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 7 / Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Author : Beethoven, Ludwig van
Release Date : 19960123
Binding : Audio CD
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Editorial Reviews : Long regarded as the quintessential interpretation of the most popular and best-loved symphony ever written, this performance of the Fifth has everything: passion, precision, drama, lyric beauty, and a coiled fury in the first movement that sets your pulse racing from the very first note. Carlos Kleiber has made very few recordings in his distinguished career, but almost all are special. If you own no other copy of this symphony, this is the one to get. It comes with an exceptional performance of the Seventh--not quite as gripping as the Fifth, but definitely one of the great ones. There is classical music, and there are classic recordings of classical music. This one's a classic.
Buyer Reviews : Without argument, Carlos Kleiber's 5th is the definitive recording. But the manufacturers of this CD have taken out a segment of the last movement. I find this incomprehensible and for me it ruined the joy of the symphony before that point. I have listened to the 5th literally hundreds of times, and such a defect is appalling.
