{"product_id":"blech-150th-anniversary-album-beethoven-schubert-1919-1932-pasc627","title":"BLECH 150th Anniversary Album: Beethoven, Schubert (1919-1932) - PASC627","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eOvertures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFuneral March from Symphony No. 3 '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eEroica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 8 '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eUnfinished\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 9 '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eGreat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1919-1932\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 27:17\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBerlin State Opera Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Leo Blech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC627.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nThis release commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Leo Blech\n(21 April 1871- 25 August 1958), a conductor perhaps most associated with\nthe operatic works of Richard Wagner, but heard here in a symphonic program\ndevoted to Beethoven and Schubert.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nBlech’s most well-known Beethoven recording is his December, 1926\naccompaniment to Fritz Kreisler in the Violin Concerto. A month later, he\nbegan a series of overtures, leading with those to \u003cem\u003eEgmont\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003eFidelio\u003c\/em\u003e, continuing later that year with the \u003cem\u003eLeonore\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNo. 3\u003c\/em\u003e and concluding with \u003cem\u003eCoriolan\u003c\/em\u003e in the following year.\nAlthough he never recorded a complete Beethoven symphony, he did set down\ntwo movements during the acoustic era: the finale of the Fifth, and the\nFuneral March from the \u003cem\u003e“Eroica”\u003c\/em\u003e heard here. Pre-dating the\nearliest complete recording of the work, this was only the second time any\nmusic from that symphony had been attempted on disc. Blech’s tempi here are\nrather faster than what listeners are used to; but whether this is due to\nthe performance practice of over a century ago or to the necessity imposed\nby fitting the music onto four ten-inch sides is unknown.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nOpening the Schubert portion of our program are two transcriptions from\npiano works. The first, an arrangement of six short German dances\ninterspersed by \u003cem\u003eda capo\u003c\/em\u003e repeats of the first dance, was the\nsurprisingly straightforward work of Anton von Webern, which the composer\nhad completed only the year before this première recording. (The violin\nsolo at the beginning of the fifth dance is most likely played by Szymon\nGoldberg, the Berlin Philharmonic’s concertmaster from 1930 to 1934.) The\nLiszt arrangement which follows is a more flamboyant recasting (including\ntambourines and cymbals) of the composer’s two-piano original, which seems\nat least as much Liszt as Schubert.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nDuring his long recording career, Blech only set down five complete\nsymphonies: Haydn’s 88th (acoustically) and \u003cem\u003e“Surprise”\u003c\/em\u003e (three\ntimes); Tchaikovsky’s Fifth (on Pristine PASC 181); and the three Schubert\nworks presented here. The Fifth and \u003cem\u003e“Unfinished”\u003c\/em\u003e are fine\nperformances in the solid German tradition; but the Ninth is, to say the\nleast, unlike any other on disc. It was the first complete* recording of\nthe work, beating Harty’s version (PASC 282) by two months; and Blech\nseemed determined to challenge its reputation for “heavenly length”. It was\nappropriate that he should have recorded it with Albert Coates’ usual\nensemble, the LSO, as they were used to lightning-fast tempi and willful\ninterpretations. Some modern critics have been harsh in their assessment of\nthe performance; but it remains \u003cem\u003esui generis\u003c\/em\u003e, an exhilarating (if,\nfor purists, maddening) roller coaster ride through Schubert’s most\nexpansive symphonic score.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n*(\u003cem\u003eAlmost\u003c\/em\u003e complete – there is a cut in the Scherzo’s \u003cem\u003eda capo\u003c\/em\u003e repeat to get it to fit on two sides.)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEO BLECH\u003c\/b\u003e 150th Anniversary Album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCD 1 (79:10)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n1.\u003cstrong\u003e BEETHOVEN Egmont – Overture, Op. 84* \u003c\/strong\u003e(8:05)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 24 January 1927 in Berlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrices: CwR 697-1 \u0026amp; 698-2 ∙ First issued on Electrola EJ 96\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n2.\u003cstrong\u003e BEETHOVEN Coriolan – Overture, Op. 62* \u003c\/strong\u003e(7:39)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 15 March 1928 in Berlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrices: CLR 3959-2 \u0026amp; 3960-4 ∙ First issued on Electrola EJ 303\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\nBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. 2nd Mvt.: Marcia funebre – Adagio assai (12:02)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 24 \u0026amp; 27 October 1919 ∙ Matrices: 19148\/51L ∙ First issued on\nGrammophon 68509\/10\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n4.\u003cstrong\u003e BEETHOVEN Fidelio – Overture, Op. 72* \u003c\/strong\u003e(6:19)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 24 January 1927 in Berlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrices: BwR 695-1 \u0026amp; 696-2 ∙ First issued on Electrola ER 238\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n5.\u003cstrong\u003e BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a* \u003c\/strong\u003e(12:58)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 6 April \u0026amp; 20 June 1927 in Berlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrices: CwR 966-1, CDR 4706-1 \u0026amp; CwR 968-1 ∙ First issued on Electrola\nEJ 131\/2\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n6.\u003cstrong\u003e SCHUBERT (orch. Webern) 6 German Dances, D820** \u003c\/strong\u003e(7:29)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 18 April 1932 in the Beethoven-Saal, Berlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrices: 2D 894-1 \u0026amp; 895-1 ∙ First issued on Electrola DB 4407\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n7.\n\u003cstrong\u003e\nSCHUBERT (orch. 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