The New York Times
By David Allen
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Funeral March
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor (Reference)
The most interesting and innovative Beethoven recording since these forces set down the Fifth and Seventh, this intense “Eroica” nods in the direction of tradition but sounds completely new, rethought from the ground up. Just listen as the horns break through the funeral march, at once a pained outburst of grief and a call to greater things.