[78-L] Scherchen Eroica

[DAVID BURNHAM]

I find that Hermann Scherchen is always interesting to listen to, even if
(and maybe because) some of his tempi are rather extreme.  I have a memory
of the 1st movement of his Beethoven "Eroica" synphony being amazingly fast,
and this was way before the current fashion of quite fast Beethoven.

Gene

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Scherchen's Eroica is, I think, reputed to be the fastest version ever recorded. 
 It was also released on the Westminster series coupled with the Pastoral 
Symphony, (the equivalent of a dozen 12 inch 78s on a single CD!).

db