Beethoven Symphony No 3 / Leonore Overture No 2
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Beethoven Symphony No 3 / Leonore Overture No 2
London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
[ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 16 August 2006
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'Haitink is now hearing Beethoven with the experience of period-instrument interpretations in mind. The snap, the bite, the punchy fortissimos … taut rhythms and mounting tension crowned the night in the Eroica'
The Times (UK), 23 November 2005
Hybrid/SACD - playable on all compact disc players
'Tempos were fleet, especially in the second movement. With a glorious, unsentimental crescendo at its centre, this was a funeral march with somewhere to go. After a cascading, no-holds-barred introduction, the finale dovetailed jubilation with the slightly restrained gracefulness that had characterised the first movement's sweeping melody. It made it seem that its heroism had been rooted in the symphony from its very first chord' *****
The Guardian (UK), 23 November 2005
'The LSO did it full dramatic justice, reminding us that itmakes an arguably better dramatic prelude to the opera than No 3 itself - and showing us that the LSO itself was on best form, as under Haitink they usually are'
Financial Times (UK), 25 November 2005
"The orchestra plays superbly, and there are plenty of indications that the conductor has taken note of recent changes in attitude to Beethoven performance, such as giving prominence to the woodwind and the timpani in a way no previous generation of conductors did." BBC Music
