Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonie 7 A-Dur op.92 - Bayerisches Staatsorchester - Carlos Kleiber - Orfeo C 700 051 B (2005) SACD rip via PS3 to iso (1.77GB) | 24bit/88.2kHz flac | Mch (1.4GB) (+6dB gain) | 2ch (649MB) DR12 (+6dB gain) | Classical Recorded 3rd may 1982. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Amazon Reviews: A customer: I forgot for a moment that it's a recording of Beethoven's 7th & just marveled at the fierce passion of true artistry married to mind-bogglingly precise craft. I saw Beverly Sills interviewed & she said that it was truly perfect for her only once. This has got to be that moment for these musicians, my god - the quality & attention to listening, response to one another is so incredible, each instrument becoming 1 with the whole. I was stunned, riveted, moved to spiritual awe. By BigCityChicken on February 6, 2010: I'm not gonna dig too deep here, I lack eloquence & the other reviewers have summed it up pretty well, but this is the Beethoven 7th that decimates all. Seriously. Kleiber the specialist buries the competition with this performance. I cannot listen to another Beethoven 7th the same way again. My previous favorite 7th was the old mono Toscanini on vinyl.....not anymore. This is quite an interpretation & so powerful that I cannot listen to anything else afterward...I'm done for the day, ain't nothing else gonna top it. The qualities this Kleiber 7th exudes has that others don't is: supreme energy & dynamics, beautiful sound quality (with some usual live audience sounds), &, best of all, an orchestra pumping on 12 cylinders playing as one. This is an excellent sonic representation of how an orchestra as a whole, playing together, is the greatest instrument in the world. This recording exemplifies aspects of musical art that are fading away...restraint, instinct, support, congruence, breath & fire. Simply, the group acts in the best interest of the group. The 1 prominent individual who stands out is the eccentric weaving the wand who, on this day, created a giant human rhythmic machine consisting of musicians who played well beyond expectation. By Yaron Karshai on October 20, 2007: This is the most electrifying performance of Beethoven's 7th I have ever heard!! It has much more spontanity & drive than Kleiber's studio recording with the VPO & it is even more exciting than his concertegebouw performance from 1984 (DVD only). Indeed, this is really 1 of those rare performances that convince you from start to finish that this music cannot be heard more vivid, dramatic & true, & it can only happen with a genius conductor like Carlos Kleiber. This great evening was captured in a very fine recording & it belongs to the short list of the greatest Beethoven recordings of all time! More happy Amazon customers here: http://www.amazon.com/Symphony-No-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B000EDWLY6 Tracks: 01-Applause 02-Poco sostenuto - Vivace 03-Alegretto 04-Presto 05-Allegro con brio Time: 36:02 Musicians: Carlos Kleiber Bayerisches Staatsorchester http://www.filefactory.com/folder/497e041b96dd9a0d ------------------------------------------------------------------ Checksum for iso: 664c9567b4547fe719fb1d7ff9b0820b *Carlos Kleiber - LV Beethoven Sym 7 A-Dur op.92.iso Checksums for flac tracks Mch: d529d6deba90b071e4185d0549e7c761 *01 - Applause.flac 85740dfad4a67d0de09432dc086ae45f *02 - Poco sostenuto - Vivace.flac f7c71a2b9d158aa948939b62c81eaf59 *03 - Alegretto.flac 4bf1f89cf28f0b227f23b21be657ae4a *04 - Presto.flac 53a726ba142181e44bbe552f13103dd5 *05 - Allegro con brio.flac Checksums for flac tracks 2ch: 4de7bf1a62bf3b2d78c04af104ce4607 *01 - Applause.flac 1dc55bc8a8453c57466d2832199a9187 *02 - Poco sostenuto - Vivace.flac f2a1c870e18dd071eef3ce47e0f47091 *03 - Alegretto.flac 13bfce399c443902aee6faddfcee7ee4 *04 - Presto.flac f6665ce6ca45756c783af5cd729cb393 *05 - Allegro con brio.flac