Among the souvenirs my dearly-departed wife left me was a CD series with all the Beethoven symphonies, some of which I'd heard in other interpretations, but others not. This 8th is one of those I hadn't heard before. I've said it before, and I'll say it again now: I'm very, VERY glad that there's a WDR, an NDR, an HR, and the various other broadcasting company orchestras in Germany; they can all sit in the same front seat with ALL the "name" orchestras of the world. This (somewhat whimsical!) Beethoven 8th is a prime example. ¡Enhorabuena! JAT
Performance by a typical German orchestra and German conductor. It was often seen until the 20th century, but now it is rare. This is a good example. You can hear all the sounds of each part, typical of a German orchestra. Also, the continuous tremolo of the string part, which is important in Beethoven's symphonies, is played well.
If ONLY Beethoven could have heard folks like this playing his stuff nowadays. He'd probably fall out of his chair. Indeed in many ways he was "writing for another age."
Christoph Eschenbach wird immer besser: Ich kann mich noch gut daran erinnern, wie er am Abend von 9/11 Hélène Grimaud dazu überreden und ermuntern musste, in der Royal Albert Hall überhaupt für ein Klavierkonzert von Beethoven aufzutreten, was sie dann unter Tränen in den Augen auch tat. Schon damals frappierte es mich, dass er keine Partitur beim Dirigat benötigte: Er hatte sie bereits im Kopf!
@@detectivehome3318 to play a double bass? A timpani? To conduct? No. I have seen other orchestras where only the players using their mouths to play their instruments were exempted.
