Bruno Walter – Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” (180g LP)

Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes!

Out of Print! Only a few copies available!

Recordings of classical repertoire in the Fifties and Sixties were made during a time of technical development, which is hardly given a thought in our day with its global digitalization and mass reproduction. To appreciate the improvement offered by analogue recording technology as opposed to a high-quality mono reproduction, one can do no better than listen to the present rendition of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3. Bruno Walter and his handpicked Columbia Symphony Orchestra present this major orchestral work with its heroic, revolutionary character as a grand symphonic undertaking. Thanks to the new studio technology, Beethoven’s ‘new path’, and his daring experiment with musical form and content is revealed with previously unheard of depth and amplitude.

Just how prudently Walter approaches the score is shown again and again in the highly detailed reconstruction and finely chiseled rendition of passages for small ensembles. Instead of depending upon brusque contrasts of the elements, Walter’s conducting concentrates on exposing the wealth of differing styles and tonality in the score. This strategy of balancing out the contrasts blazed a trail for today’s unremitting search for the much-heralded original sound.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.

Features:

• 180g High Quality Vinyl
• Pure Analogue
• AAA Recording
• Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes

ID: Speakers Corner Records – MS6036, Columbia Masterworks – MS6036