Berliner Philharmoniker featuring Jascha Horenstein – Mahler Sympohony No. 5 live conducted by Jascha Horenstein (Live HD Mastering 2024) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Berliner Philharmoniker featuring Jascha Horenstein – Mahler Sympohony No. 5 live conducted by Jascha Horenstein (Live HD Mastering 2024) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:07 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel

For many years it was assumed that no recordings existed of Horenstein conducting Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, but in the last few years no less than three have surfaced: with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Goteborg Symphony Orchestra, and this one with the Berlin Philharmonic, recorded live during the 1961 Edinburgh Festival.

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Wiener Symphoniker, Jascha Horenstein – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ (1956/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Wiener Symphoniker, Jascha Horenstein – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ (1956/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:02 minutes | 665 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Pristine

Horenstein’s Beethoven Nine is that rarest of things – a recording of the symphony which fitted onto a single LP, rather than the more common three sides. This was achieved both by having some quite lengthy sides – the label claims 33 minutes and 32 minutes duration, with a split partway through the third movement – and by Horenstein conducting the work at a fair old lick. I compared it to a later recording by Solti, which runs to a more leisurely 76 and three-quarter minutes. Whilst their 2nd and 4th movements are relatively similar, Horenstein’s first movement is nearly 3 minutes quicker than Solti’s, and his third is almost 33% faster and thus five minutes shorter.

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