Track Listing

1. Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: 1 - Allegro con brio
2. Symphonie No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: 2 - Andante con moto
3. Symphonie No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: 3 - Allegro
4. Symphonie No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: 4 - Allegro
5. SYMPHONIE NO. 7 IN A MAJOR, OP. 92: 1 - Poco sostenuto - vivace
6. SYMPHONIE NO. 7 IN A MAJOR, OP. 92: 2 - Allegretto
7. SYMPHONIE NO. 7 IN A MAJOR, OP. 92: 3 - Presto
8. SYMPHONIE NO. 7 IN A MAJOR, OP. 92: 4 - Allegro con brio

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1966 in Music
• Released on: 1995-04-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 72 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Long regarded as the quintessential interpretation of the most popular and best-loved symphony ever written, this performance of the Fifth has everything: passion, precision, drama, lyric beauty, and a coiled fury in the first movement that sets your pulse racing from the very first note. Carlos Kleiber has made very few recordings in his distinguished career, but almost all are special. If you own no other copy of this symphony, this is the one to get. It comes with an exceptional performance of the Seventh--not quite as gripping as the Fifth, but definitely one of the great ones. There is classical music, and there are classic recordings of classical music. This one's a classic. -- David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews

Stunning Performances
Having heard the 7th more than one hundred times in my 50 + years and nearly always been blown away by the last movement the
Klieber Beethoven 7 on the radio and was a revelation and I had to get the CD without delay. The clarity of the Vienna Philharmonic playing, the musical line, the sense of architecture ........... lost for words.
I am an avid fan of Arturo Toscanini but Carlos Kleiber in the Fifth and the Seventh makes the Maestro seem half asleep.
Of course the DG 1975 recording quality far out strips the best of Toscanini and is superb.

One of the finest recordings of all time.
This is one of the greatest recordings of all time. This CD presents Beethoven in a thrilling, dynamic and transcendent manner. From the famous opening motif one knows that this is not another perfunctory reading of one of Beeethoven's masterpieces. The whole record is beautifully balanced and rhythmical. Don't be put off by the mid price. Buy and enjoy years of life-affirming music. Why,oh why, has Kleiber released so few records?

Absolutely sublime!
From the first three notes you know this is going to be good.
The opening 'fate' motif grabbing you instantly, you are transported into an unsurpassed sound world. The famous transition from the 3rd to 4th movements is the most life affirming thing, and in this recording you are carried along with such power, even though tempi are not the quickest, Kleiber and the mighty Wiener Philharmoker manages to knock you for six. To be honest i cant really put it into words - every word i think sounds hollow and meaningless compared to this recording. And then the 7th, oh what joy. The splitting of the violins in the last movement...heaven.
Its the most important piece of music in the history of Western Civilisation, everyone should buy this CD.
Stop reading this just buy it!