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Beethoven's Egmont

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-03-14 10:02

The orchestra I'm in gets to play one of my favorites, but not until May. Rats... The Egmont OP 84. Never played it but I love the solos that the winds share back and forth. Well I looked around youtube and hours of searching I think I found my favorite recording with Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. It's such a well balanced hall. Every instrument is heard perfectly. Marcellus nails the solo's. I listened to several other recordings, but for my ears this was the best. I think it was recorded in Vienna? Not sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kFlERWZSTg

Any opinions? Am I missing any other recordings?

It's not a hard piece like his 9th Sym where you have to transpose the 3rd movement to the "C" clarinet 3/4's time and maybe C# major, can't remember the key signature. 0h, the notes fly by. Articulation is fast. It's wicked demanding piece and the piece is about 1 hour long. Well the Egmont is just so cool how some of the short 4 to 8 notes are repeated with various winds throughout the piece. Mainly just quarter notes and half notes. Sound quality and intonation is important. Am I crazy? Do others really like playing the piece? For me it fun to hear and fun to play! Bob

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