Beethoven: The Complete Symphony Collection by London Symphony Orchestra & Josef Krips

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Totally Worth It. Thought the 5th movement was a just a wee little slower than it should have been, but thoroughly enjoyed it none the less. Certainly more than good enough for the price.

What really ONLY 6 DOLLARS?. Ya I bought this when it had barley went down to 10 dollars, and then I thought I had a great bargain. Seirously I don't care if you don't even like classical music that much you should just buy this. I feel so much more relaxed and clam when I listen to this beautiful music. It is definetly music for the soul. So just spend the 6 dollars and believe me you will not regret it.

Don't buy. Movements are missing!!!They will not download!!! I yelled the words are and not, but these fascists won't let me send it with those words capitalized! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Amazing. Honestly, a collection of some of the greatest pieces of music ever written for $8, I don't know what can be better! The recording only sounds old (the audio quality could be a little better) but the performances are outstanding. I highly recommend to any classical music fan, or anyone who wants to start listening to Beethoven.

34 for 6?. Yea, this is a deal. I came looking for specific symphony but I bought all of them. I'm so excited. Classical is the original rock music!!!!

missing tracks. is anyone else missing the 4th movements of Symphonies no. 5 & 6? because mine is.

Amazing!!!. You just can't beat Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Movement 2 :)

Need help finding lost movements. Like some other before me I just downloaded this and it is missing the 4th movement of symphonies #5 and 6. Do not know how to get them. Can someone help please? Thanks

Magnificent. Buy this album and you will hear some of the most amazing music ever written!

Definitely worth $6! Maybe even $10.. This really good - be warned that there are a lot of digital 'artifacts' when listening with your earbuds and these can be quite distracting in the quieter passages. Not so much an issue when listening thru your car speakers, etc. For less for <$6 there is no better value and definitely well worth it!

Low Quality. There is some distortion, go for the “Mastered for iTunes” one.

Beethoven: The Complete Symphony Collection. A really good and I would say a first rate collection of the Beethoven Symphonies. Despite reviews written by others about poor sound quality, the download plays well on my iPod wth my not Apple brand earbuds. Tempo is really good and the 6th Symphony is the best I have heard in a long while. The only problems, the First Movement of the 3rd, did not ever download and the First Movement of the 5th showed up as a corrupted file. Otherwise, it's great. I suppose I can't complain too much, given the price, still it would be nice to have ALL of the album. Hence, the 4 stars instead of 5. Just an update to what I've already written...After some correspondence with iTunes Support, I have been able to download the 2 tracks I had trouble with. I now have the complete album and must say that this is an outstanding collection of the Nine Symphonies. As it was originally an analog recording, one is able to hear the nuances one hears in a concert hall. If this isn't the best collection of the Symphonies, it certainly is among the best!. I have upgraded my rating to 5 stars! Of course, it is hard to downgrade any composition of Beethoven!!!

Beautiful. I could sleep and read to Beethoven👏🌟🌟🌟🌟

Missing Tracks?. Just purchased this album. Tracks 27 and 29 did not download! Apple what gives? Amended review: figured out how to download tracks 27 and 29 the round about way. I am not an expert on music quality but my needs are simple so having Beethoven’s complete symphonies on my iPhone is just what I needed. So, this recording is just fine.

Love it!. This is amazing:)

Symphony No. 2. Good symphony,I really get extremely mad when I hear the 1st , 2nd,and 4th movements. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I like the 3rd movement,it is an example of the Fate Motif in the Fifth Symphony, I used in my 4th symphony in E.

Movements not missing. They're combined into one as there's no break between movements in those symphonies. Give a listen and you'll hear. My review: the sound is very good with prominent woodwinds. Interpretation are nice also. The LSO is world class.

The 9th Symphony 4th Movement…Dawg. The beginning of the 9th symphony 4th movement…what happened. How dear you publish something like this…I don’t get it.

Worth $6 H*llS yeah it is. if you need to complete you beethoven symphony collection then this is it by far!!! and it was 6 dollars!!!

Poor audio quality. You really have to raise the volume on this album if you'd like to hear anything, and high volume means high static and background noise. A well-recorded version of Beethoven's 9th is amazing, but in this album it just sounds muted.

Incomplete. This poorly performed collection is missing the final movement of the Fifth Symphony.

Beautiful Music. This is a very high quality recording and great value. I truly can not imagine a musician not enjoying these works. Because this is pre digital The mix has greater depth and sounds more like a live orchestra performance. It is believable. You can hear the bows striking the strings and the brass even plays too loud in at least one place but I love it. Has a clear stereo mix. Very gifted talented players.

A grand set of the 9. These recordings sound superb! I had a few of the original LPs and these recordings sound as good to as the older vinyl records. I previewed the single symphony releases that were Mastered for iTunes and this collection of 9 symphonies sound too close to separate for me. This is a great deal on great music by a superb conductor with a great orchestra! Compare the quality of the recording here to Karajan’s 9 also on iTunes.

❤️. ❤️

Wow. This music is inspiring and I couldn't believe it.

Audio quality sounds great. I just bought this. I think the audio quality is great, certainly for $7.99 for this much music. I thought this purchase was an excellent value. : )

A little history...where these came from !!. These recordings were indeed released during the early 1960's. HOWEVER, the original recordings were by Everest and they were from their, then, state-of-the-art 35mm analogue masters. The recording tape was actually 35 millimeters wide and therefore the signal to noise ratios and dynamic range were the best pre-digital that there was. Recordings contemporary to these were usually recorded on 3 track 1/2" master tapes running at 15 ips (inches per second). So 35mm masters (which has nothing to do with 35mm film) were audiophile delights at the time. The only other company making these masters was Command -- which made some recordings with Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony. The London (aka Decca) Phase 4 system "may" have used 35mm masters, but I'm not sure. Oh, yeah, and Mercury also used 35mm tape. The performances were hailed at the time. Martin Bookspan was particularly enthusiastic about the Krips version of the 9th and was his preferred recording in his list of 100 Masterpieces (in Stereo Review) for a while. Krips was a master of the German/Austrian repertoire, so his "ability" in these symphonies is unquestioned. He was the conductor for Rubinstein's first stereo recording of the Beethoven 5 Piano Concertos -- Rubinstein could have had any conductor he wanted !! Most consider the Krips set superior to the later set with Leinsdorf and the BSO. So the remaining question is whether these recordings were digitized from the original 35mm masters. If so, then these recordings are in the league of the RCA Living Stereo recordings of the same vintage. Unfortunately, we don't know the source because we have no program notes about their origins. Update: elsewhere on the Internet the transfer engineer, Lutz Rippe of Germany, tells us that these digital transfers were made from the original 35mm tapes. He talks about the challenges and care that was taken in making the transfers. Since reading his narrative, I have listened again to the majority of this edition. I find the performance to be full of middle-European gemütlichkeit. These aren't "driven" performance; they are just quite beautiful performances. The recording technology is better than the Beethoven-Bernstein DGG set. I find the recordings clean and clear. I have four systems with Infinity, Klipsch, Mirage, and Paradigm speakers. The better the system, the better they sound -- which, if the recordings were inherently muddy, would not be the case. This set is a gem. It is the best 6 bucks for Beethoven you can spend for downloaded music. Those who disagree and have made some outrageous accusations about this set, may never have been in an actual classical concert hall. I'm changing my "stars" to five. This may be the single best set I have downloaded from iTunes. I have about 20,000 tracks in iTunes right now, so the competition is stiff. Don't believe all the "noise" -- this is really good stuff.

where are the 4th and 5th movement in the pastoral?. I don´t mind the low tech sound it´s kind of more human that way, but what I don´t understand is where is the 4th and 5th movement of the Pastoral Symphony? I bought it and just found out, I figure that all the symphonies where complete but I got short changed on the 6th Symphony, but at $5.99 for all this great music I can´t really complain too much.

really really bad audio quality. Its horrible, don’t buy it! I deleted it as soon as i heard all 9 symphonies. You can barely hear a thing! You have to put the volume up so high to hear the Piano sections that all you hear is white noise… Some movements are extremely slow in tempo which makes them really dull and boring, it takes out all the energy the piece is meant to have! For example the first movement of the fifth is just so slow! maybe its jut my opinion on this… anyway, the audio is terrible. Im being nice by giving them 2 stars… this cd doesn't deserve it…. If you want a version with MUCH better audio and musical quality go give a listen to the album on iTunes with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Rene Leibowitz… the album is called “The 9 Symphonies of Beethoven”!! I had to go and buy that album, so basically i wasted 8 dollars on this!

Perfect except.... The 4th movement of symphony 9 has an offensive beginning. It is unbearable. It starts extremely sharp for the first note and changes to the correct tuning a few notes later. It ruins the entire piece. I almost want a refund for that second of music alone.

Everything was great until the beginning of the 9th, Mvmt. 4. I have loved Beethoven since I was a young child, particularly the 4th movement from his 9th symphony. I practically know the whole thing by heart. That said, i was extremely disappointed at the beginning of this track. Listen to the sample and you will hear it too: there is severe pitch distortion. It is a tell tale sign that these performances were not digitally recorded. In addition, I found the German sub par (I work with many native German speakers) and the tempi waaaay toooooo slooooow. I plan on asking for my $7.99 back from the iTunes Store and investing it a better quality recording of all 27 movements.

WHEREES THE BASE. hello bahtovan, ive now been waiting for 9 songs and the bass still hasn't dropped,,????? what gives pal ???

I'm 14 and this is awesome!!!!!!. I just started listening to classical music today because I used to hate it but after listening to this wow!!!!! It's freaking amazing

The Best. I got this because I was doing a huge presintation on Beethoven. This has helped me. I live in the USA, but the London Orchestra is up to its highest qualities. Great job Krips! Update: i got this for 5.99. The price is excellent.

To "Krips no Good!". You needn't worry. He's been dead for quite a few years, so he won't be conducting Beethoven anytime soon.

The 9: 5 stars- performances, price; 4 stars- sound. Neither a novice nor an expert, I simply love Beethoven's symphonies and could not turn down the album at this price-$0.90 a symphony basically. I burned it to several CDs to listen to in my car; the quality of the sound and the performances were not just acceptable, but quite good and excellent, respectively.

Excellent for work. This is an excellent vintage 1960's recording and is a ton of music for the price. Great to get through my workday. I see a lot of reviews talking down about this recording, and if you are an audiophile, professional musician, classical music connoisseur, etc.-- by all means go with a newer, pricier recording. But if you want a complete, good quality recording of Beethoven's 9 symphonies by a very respectable orchestra to listen to on iTunes while you work, at a great price, this is probably the best one currently on the iTunes store.

Absolute Beauty. Regarding the sound quality. Beethoven must be listened not only with your ears but also with your heart and soul. Once you get into the music it will take you away with it, ragardless the sound quality.

Only $5.99?!?. Beethoven is by far my favorite composer. The fact that I just purchased this collection for less than $6 is just amazing. Needless to say, I am very happy right now!

Amazing AND great sound!. I really don't know why people have bad audio quality reviews? We have been playing this track on our Bose home theatre and it is just amazing quality! This isn't some cheap sounding list of songs... The highs and lows of the orchestra are just astounding, and for the price you pay -- for the quality/time -- is unreal. I would recommend this to anyone who loves Beethoven or orchestra or is looking for a different genre of music entirely. Very impressed with the package! Just what I was looking for.

Less than expected. Understood that I was purchasing the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, but I only received the first movement. Quite disappointed.

It's good. Worth the money.

Good. Still, i think everyone will agree, there's nothing like seeing it live.

No No No. Don't waste your time or money on this mediocre performance. When the music is supposed to be delicate and tender and make your heart burst, it's boring like oatmeal. When Beethoven reaches for the absolute sublime, It falls short. Krips just don't cut the mustard with this weak performance.

Boss. I love it

brett.kelly. As a group, the sound is very clear, the balance is correct, and the tones are fabulous! The 9th symphony is one of my favorites with the incredibly low tones and a feeling of "suspense" through the basses! Very good music at a very good price!

♦️Magnificent Collection ♦️. Many years ago I had the vinyl 33-1/3 collection & same conductor, Krips. I've listened to the symphonies on my SOLO Sound System. I'm hearing crisp notes and the full range of exquisite audio separation. It's a great, wonderful collection from iTunes at a most affordable $$ cost. 🎶 BRAVO 👏 June 22, 2017 UPDATE: I'm experiencing "distorted & garbled" playback Symphony 8 F Major starting at 1:50 and thereafter. How do I contact iTunes to get a refund? Thanks 👏

Love it. Seriously, how many recordings of this quality can you find dating back to 1960?

Pure Trash. Krisps had no incite into Beethoven’s movements. Too slow, too lifeless, lacking any drama. If you make the 5th Symphony boring you are a poor conductor. Look elsewhere. This set is a dud.

Dissapointing.. The beginning of the 4th Mvt. of the 9th is horendously out of tune - it hurts to listen to it. The producers got the speed wrong and tried to slow it down, but this unfortunately skewed the inntonation. Most of the music in this collection is great decent and worth purchasing, especially since it is so cheep. However, there is a reason it is so cheep. Do not expect perfect sound quality or preformances. DO NOT buy this album if you are just looking for a recording of the 9th or you will be dissapointed.

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