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Arthur Nikisch Beethoven Symphony No 5 Famous 1913 Recording, Authentic Transfer from Shellacs

Arthur Nikisch: Beethoven Symphony No 5 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 20.11.1913 - STARTING TIMES: Side 2 4:10 - MOV.II Side 3 7:03 - Side 4 12:12 - MOV.III Side 5 17:07 - Side 6 21:17 - MOV.IV 22:47 - Side 7 25:07 - Side 8 28:54 (MOV.II starts a bit too late because of an inability of the upload process.) INTRODUCTION to Nikisch's recordings and his art of conducting: Arthur Nikisch was the most famous conductor of his times. Unfortunately there exist only few recordings with him and all are from the acoustic era. Hence, for us Nikisch stands in the shadow of his great successor Wilhelm Furtwängler. But Nikisch was the only conductor Furtwängler really admired. He wrote: "Nikisch vermochte es eben, ein Orchester singen zu machen. Dies... ist etwas höchst Seltenes." ("Nikisch was able to let an orchestra sing. This... is something very rare.") Nikisch himself admired Richard Wagner, not only as composer, but also as conductor. He played at least two times as violinist under his baton. From Wagner he got the idea of modulation of tempo as a condition for real melos and expression. But the ability to realise this idea in a perfect way came out of Nikisch himself. Many contemporaries described Nikisch as a magician. So the question for us is: Can we experience these wonderful qualities from the few recordings that were made under primitive conditions about hundred years ago? My answer is: yes, to a large degree. Of course there are losses, but there is enough left for us to experience the essence of his art. In addition we get an impression of playing symphonies in the 19th century. Nikisch and his orchestra grew up in it and their musical understanding was formed in those times. I made every effort to transfer the shellacs (Gramophon HMV D 89 - 92) into the digital world. There is no manipulation of sound (equalisation: flat). Hence, the surface noises of the shellacs might be louder than you are used to. But this is the price we have to pay for getting the full sound of the records. I let the record breaks untouched because they belong to the recording sessions and the way of listening recordings of that time. If you don't like listen with gaps you may click on the indicated starting time of the next side (below the video) when the current side ends. The photos are stand pictures that were taken from a silent film made in 1913 - like the recording, but not together with it. You can watch this film at the beginning of my Nikisch - Liszt video. I got the following interesting information by this comment: "I know a musicologist who was researching on that. It is known that he recorded some Tchaikovsky movements for video. It's not clear which one. Probably 2nd mvt. of 5th symphony. (He subdivides one beat of the 12/8.)" Tips for best listening you can find below my videos of more modern recordings.