Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Václav Smetáček, Evgeny Mravinsky - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Symphony No. 4 (2004)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Václav Smetáček, Evgeny Mravinsky - Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Symphony No. 4 (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 352 Mb | Total time: 71:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Praga | # PR 50021 | Recorded: 1955, 1957
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 352 Mb | Total time: 71:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Praga | # PR 50021 | Recorded: 1955, 1957
If you take it for granted that Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was the greatest pianist of the twentieth century and that his performances of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto were the greatest of the twentieth century, then you'll probably want to pick up this disc containing Michelangeli's fabled May 29, 1957, performance in Prague with Vaclav Smetacek and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. Although Smetacek is not the deepest, the greatest, or the most sympathetic accompanist Michelangeli ever had, and although the Prague players are not always quite on their best behavior, Michelangeli is as he always is in this work: absolutely definite. The "Emperor" is Beethoven's abiding affection for the dedicatee, an heir to the Austrian throne, expressed through bravura virtuosity and Michelangeli's performance is its avatar. From the opening flourishes of the Allegro through the idealized sentimental warmth of the Adagio to the incendiary ecstasy of the closing Rondo: Allegro, Michelangeli's performance is as supremely affectionate and sublimely virtuosic, just as it is in all his other recordings. Although one might retain a fondness for Michelangeli's performance from the Vatican in which distant thunder accompanies him during the final coda, Michelangeli's performance from 1957 is as great as any of his other recordings.
And Yevgeny Mravinsky's June 3, 1955, performance with the Leningrad Philharmonic of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 is just as great. Mravinsky was the best Soviet conductor and his passionate precision and intense interpretations were as valid for Beethoven as they were for Shostakovich. Some listeners might object that Mravinsky's Beethoven's Fourth is too hard-driven or too sharp-edged, but no one could object to the lucid strength and linear lyricism he brings to the work.–James Leonard
Performer:
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano (1-3)
Orchestre Symphonique de Prague (1-3)
Václav Smetáček, conductor (1-3)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Léningrad (4-7)
Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor (4-7)
Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ("Emperor"), Op. 73
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio un poco mosso - Attacca
03. III. Rondo
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
04. I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Allegro vivace
07. IV. Allegro ma non tanto
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 22. May 2014, 17:37
Various Artists / Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.5, Symphony no.4 - Michelangeli, Smetacek, Mravinski
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB Adapter: 2 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TRACKTOTAL=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.32 | 19:20.73 | 32 | 87104
2 | 19:21.30 | 7:12.50 | 87105 | 119554
3 | 26:34.05 | 10:21.02 | 119555 | 166131
4 | 36:55.07 | 11:15.65 | 166132 | 216821
5 | 48:10.72 | 10:21.63 | 216822 | 263459
6 | 58:32.60 | 5:58.60 | 263460 | 290369
7 | 64:31.45 | 6:41.00 | 290370 | 320444
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename E:\4000\[4211] Beethoven – Piano Concerto no.5, Symphony no.4 – Michelangeli, Smetacek, Mravinski\Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.5, Symphony no.4 - Michelangeli, Smetacek, Mravinski.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 1.9 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 605F5836
Copy CRC 605F5836
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [D08E842D] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [A500D728] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [E9972A27] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [081304D2] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [A9F9AC22] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [7F28FEC0] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [F2B167E2] (AR v2)
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
==== Log checksum F9D2E7E6B161802CB7F7C07D71CB25C6AB94159D5539377B32872C58544BFCD5 ====
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Václav Smetáček, Evgeny Mravinsky - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Symphony No. 4 (2004)
Thanks to the original releaser