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Beethoven: The Complete Symphony Collection Description:

• Amazon Sales Rank: #521 in Digital Music Album
• Released on: 2008-09-23
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Customer Reviews:

Solid, if not overwhelming, performances at a great price!
The best transfer of these “not great but not embarrassing” early ’60s performances of Beethoven’s 9 performed by the LSO and Josef Krips. The performances are better than I remember (maybe the cruddy sound in the transfers I listened to had something to do with it). Recommended because the price cannot be beat and it’s a cheap and honest way to become familiar with these great symphonies.

Outstanding Beethoven
This set was recorded almost 50 years ago. Back in those days, making recordings was a special event for most orchestras. It has been my experience that recordings from the ’60′s tend to have a certain excitement about them missing from today’s recordings. Here we have a set with an outstanding conductor, a very fine orchestra and decent, if not great sound. The performances are mostly excellent, especially Nos. 3-9. This set was recorded by the Everest label on 35MM tape. The original LPs had great sound. This particular set is not based on the original tapes. If it were, the price would be much higher. So if you want to spend less than 10 bucks for all of the Beethoven symphonies this is you best bet. If you want better sound at this price, there are other options but they do not feature a first class orchestra and legendary conductor.

Unbelievable
I frankly could not believe what I saw when I looked at this page. ALL 9 symphonies by the LSO for less than a dollar a symphony? It’s one of those, “if it sounds too good to be true ….”

It’s phenomenal. Maybe it’s because I’m old and I grew up with vinyl and learned to not hear the scratches and hisses. But I hear nothing in these recordings except music – glorious. So it used to be on vinyl? Great! But – now it’s on my computer. Unfortunately, I don’t have Bose speakers connected but the advantage is, “Gee – I’d like to listen to the Scherzo movement of Beethoven’s 3rd symphony. and there it is. Amazing. Take that, old Dual player and wooden, blackboard eraser looking thing to clean the disk with first. and there it is. Not only that, there is the London Symphony Orchestra responding to my click. They sound wonderful, the fact I can call it up almost as quickly as I can think of it is amazing and the whole thing is less than a dollar per symphony.

I only hope Uncle Ludwig is not watching. I think he and his publicist would be having a fit knowing that I am listening to music that sounds better than his orchestra did live and I can listen to any one of his symphonies immediately. Just

Do it. It’s a no-brainer.