BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 5 & 6 - MAAZEL, BERLIN PHILHARMONIC

Lorin Maazel’s early DG and Decca recordings were landmarks and this disc offers what is unquestionably two of the finest performances of these two symphonies. The Fifth has really thunderbolt impact and the Berlin strings and winds in the ‘Pastoral’ sing gloriously. they actually don’t get much better than this … the Berliners play their hearts out … even if you’ve heard the Fifth and the Sixth a thousand times … these timeless documents will give enormous pleasure’International Record Review LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSymphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’Berliner PhilharmonikerLorin Maazel