Title: Legendary Conductors: Strauss, Weingartner, Fried
Product review: This CD was one that I bought mainly for historical reasons. This disk contained Oscar Fried conducting the first ever recording of Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, The "Eroica", recorded with the Berlin Opera Orchestra back in July 1924! As one should expect the recording process wasn't anywhere as good as it is today but this is still a good recording for a Classical music lover like yours' truly. The bass & horns aren't heavy as compared to you being there but this is still an excellent recording to have if you are a collector of Beethoven symphonies or you just happen to have a big interest in old, historical recordings. In fact, Oscar Fried's recording of the 9th Symphony is available on CD, too, from 1929. This also is worth having and is a much better recording than this CD of Beethoven's 3rd Symphony. The only reason this reviewer is giving 4 stars is for the old recording process, NOT for the conducting of Fried.
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