Not surprisingly, these accounts are similar (an extra repeat in the studio Scherzo aside), and, in my opinion, finely judged and impressive. Especially noteworthy is the flowing tempo for the Trio.
April 27, 1964. Thomas Frost, producer.
Two performances of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony from Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, one a concert, the other studio (CBS), both 1964.
Wonderful to read and listen…!! My father sang under Ormandy when he went to Rudgers University. Balshazzar’s Feast by William Walton.