Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast · Joshua Weilerstein
100 Years of Beethoven's Eroica (recordings)
September 25, 2025·56 min·5 clips
Why did Furtwängler call Toscanini a 'bloody time-beater' over their Eroica interpretations?
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A careful, ear-opening look at how recordings reshape Beethoven's Eroica.
Joshua Weilerstein uses Beethoven's Eroica to listen across recordings, and the episode is most convincing when tempo flexibility, orchestral sound, and historical training are tied to differences that can actually be heard.
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Hear how one symphony changes shape across multiple recordings.
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