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Title: Not His Best
Review: I must agree with Santa Fe rather than DR. This Tennstedt Eroica is disappointing, OK but not great. Compared to the great 3rds from Cluytens, Karajan ('63), Bohm, Bernstein (NY), and Levine, this one is not as exciting. Compared to Tennstedt's 5th, 7th and 9th, this Eroica is tepid and reserved. In those performances there is real magic, great bravura and bite. They are adrenaline creating and blood raising. This 3rd is none of those. In the crucial first movement the music ambles along with few sharp accents or minimal dynamic contrast. The other three movements are similar, nothing to get excited about. To end on the positive we do have five great 3rds from the others and three great Beethoven's from Tennstedt.
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