Under Michael Tilson Thomas' leadership, the San Francisco Symphony has become one of the leading American ensembles, and super audio recordings on the orchestra's own label are among the finest in the catalog. These live recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major and the Leonore Overture No. 3 represent the orchestra at its best, playing with absolute clarity of tone colors, lines, and textures, and with true unity of purpose, while Tilson Thomas' interpretations are characteristically lucid, well ...
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Under Michael Tilson Thomas' leadership, the San Francisco Symphony has become one of the leading American ensembles, and super audio recordings on the orchestra's own label are among the finest in the catalog. These live recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major and the Leonore Overture No. 3 represent the orchestra at its best, playing with absolute clarity of tone colors, lines, and textures, and with true unity of purpose, while Tilson Thomas' interpretations are characteristically lucid, well-balanced, and buoyant. The program opens with the Leonore Overture No. 3, which Beethoven composed for the 1806 revision of his opera Fidelio, and this piece has found lasting success in the concert hall as one of the composer's most dramatic overtures. The Symphony No. 7 is also tremendously popular, and widely regarded as Beethoven's most dance-like symphony. The performance of the first movement is radiant in feeling and fleet in tempo, and the articulation of the dotted rhythms is...
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Add this copy of Symphony 7 to cart. $11.39, good condition, Sold by Zoom Books Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lynden, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by San Francisco Sym.
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