Friday, November 12th, 2010
I have just posted this new CD on Klassic Haus Restorations. I had actually done basic restoration work on the LP last year, but upon adding Adobe Audition as my primary noise reduction tool, I worked on the sound files once again, and was able to clean the audio up a bit more. I think it turned out very well. Check out the sample file: KHCD-2010-042-sample1 The description below is the same as found on my website. Cheers! – Curt
PS: The Fidelio Overture on the cover art and tray insert is listed as Op. 72b; it is actually Op. 72c – I have corrected the front cover and the tray info.
KHCD-2010-042 (STEREO) – Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 – Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 – Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112 (with the Vienna Radio Chorus) – Fidelio Overture, Op. 72c – The Maelzel Canon for Vocal Quartet – Vienna New Symphony/Max Goberman – Max Goberman (1911 – 31 December 1962) studied conducting with Fritz Reiner. He conducted ballets, Broadway musicals (including the original productions of Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town and West Side Story), and the classical repertoire. He was working on the first recording of the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn, as well as the music of Vivaldi, but died before these projects were completed. These Beethoven recordings are derived from a Library of Recorded Masterpieces LP (Goberman’s subscription series), made in the last three months of 1962 by the same production team that recorded in Vienna for Vanguard Records. Masterful performances of the 8th Symphony, Leonore Overture No. 1 and Fidelio Overture, with the addition of a rousing rendition of the cantata “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage” (the Vienna Radio Chorus is miked a bit forward, but balances overall are fine). The Maelzel Canon was originally an improvisation based on the ticking theme of the Allegretto of the 8th Symphony, and performed at an informal dinner with Beethoven’s friends, Johann Maelzel among them. Quite an enjoyable program, from a gifted conductor who died much too soon
