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With no slight intended to the other great recordings of the Missa Solemnis in the world, there's this one and then there are all the rest. Truly. Even with the 1940 Toscanini and the 1974 Böhm, this 1965 recording of Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus embodies everything that's great about the Missa Solemnis. And everything that's great about late Beethoven is in the Missa Solemnis: the energy, the nobility, the strength, the vision, and -- above all -- the overwhelming sense that the numinous is imminent. Beethoven thought it was his best work and who could not agree? That's what's in Klemperer's performance. His command of the score and control of the orchestra are complete, but it is Klemperer's ability to take the musicians beyond themselves, to go beyond making music to be made music, and to incarnate Beethoven's transcendent revelation in sound that puts this recording in a class of its own. Or rather, that puts it in the same exalted class as Klemperer's German Requiem and St. Matthew Passion, the class of the sublime. EMI's stereo sound was magnificent in its day and its remastering is ideal.
© TiVo
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra - Otto Klemperer, Conductor, MainArtist - Marga Höffgen, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - New Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Waldemar Kmentt, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martti Talvela, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1966, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
With no slight intended to the other great recordings of the Missa Solemnis in the world, there's this one and then there are all the rest. Truly. Even with the 1940 Toscanini and the 1974 Böhm, this 1965 recording of Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus embodies everything that's great about the Missa Solemnis. And everything that's great about late Beethoven is in the Missa Solemnis: the energy, the nobility, the strength, the vision, and -- above all -- the overwhelming sense that the numinous is imminent. Beethoven thought it was his best work and who could not agree? That's what's in Klemperer's performance. His command of the score and control of the orchestra are complete, but it is Klemperer's ability to take the musicians beyond themselves, to go beyond making music to be made music, and to incarnate Beethoven's transcendent revelation in sound that puts this recording in a class of its own. Or rather, that puts it in the same exalted class as Klemperer's German Requiem and St. Matthew Passion, the class of the sublime. EMI's stereo sound was magnificent in its day and its remastering is ideal.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:20
- Main artists: Otto Klemperer
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
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