Favourite Bernard Haitink recordings

[HighlandDougie]

This has been spun a lot recently:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravel-Orchestral-Royal-Concertgebouw-Orchestra/dp/B004YP3U4A/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1323598604&sr=8-6

Wonderful (as is the new DSCH 15 - thanks, all, for the recommendation)

[Barbirollians]

This has been spun a lot recently:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravel-Orchestral-Royal-Concertgebouw-Orchestra/dp/B004YP3U4A/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1323598604&sr=8-6

Wonderful (as is the new DSCH 15 - thanks, all, for the recommendation)

Sounds very tempting - I love the Haitink/Concertgebouw Debussy recordings from the same time.

[hafod]

Some months ago I acquired Haitink's Lso Live Beethoven cycle (hybrid SACDs). Now a much loved set. It can be had for a steal at £9.99 (plus 1.26 postage) from Harmonia Mundi's marketplace site on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000GUJYRE?ie=UTF8&seller=AC7WVDARB2858&sn=harmonia_mundi

[Alison]

Here's a new one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravel-Daphnis-Chloe-LPO-LPO-0059/dp/B006ZV6X5O/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1329428649&sr=1-2

[Petrushka]

Here's a new one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravel-Daphni...9428649&sr=1-2

WOW!!! I was at this performance in November 1979 and am thrilled that it has been made available. The very ending of this Daphnis was the only time I've seen Haitink leap into the air Bernstein fashion. This concert remains a vivid memory and the first half, which featured Clifford Curzon in Mozart PC 24, has already appeared on BBC Legends.

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Here's a new one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravel-Daphni...9428649&sr=1-2

... my review of which has just been submitted for next month's issue!

[Beef Oven]

Haitink's DSCH 8 was the first 8 I ever owned and occupies a special place for me.

[John Skelton]

This has been spun a lot recently:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravel-Orchestral-Royal-Concertgebouw-Orchestra/dp/B004YP3U4A/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1323598604&sr=8-6

Wonderful (as is the new DSCH 15 - thanks, all, for the recommendation)

Another voice for that Newton reissue - it's a special set and the Concertgebouw is .

[mathias broucek]

... my review of which has just been submitted for next month's issue!

What a tease! Did you like it?

[Petrushka]

What a tease! Did you like it?

I'd be surprised if he didn't! I recall that I had the choice of two Haitink concerts to go to that week, the other one being the Shostakovich 7 and I chose the Mozart PC24/Ravel Daphnis concert and I've never heard a more thrilling Daphnis before or since. It was also the only occasion I saw Clifford Curzon. My diary tells me it was November 6 1979 and was, I think, something like the 4th or 5th time I'd seen Haitink.

Very many thanks to Alison for bringing this release to my attention. It's a long time since I've felt so excited about a CD issue!

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

My diary tells me it was November 6 1979 and was, I think, something like the 4th or 5th time I'd seen Haitink.

Your diary is spot on, Petrushka!

Yes, I enjoyed it. V interesting to compare to Haitink's studio account (Boston) and the more recent live recording (Chicago). I also used Gergiev, Monteux and Ansermet as comparisons.

[Alison]

There is an excerpt available on the LPO website though I shall wait to hear the whole work.

In the meantime ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUS1VOh-aIw

[Petrushka]

This looks like another for the wish list...

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Profil%2BMedien/PH07040

[Pabmusic]

WOW!!! The very ending of this Daphnis was the only time I've seen Haitink leap into the air Bernstein fashion.

Something he was (sometimes) prone to do. I remember him doing it at the RFH in Elgar's P & C March No. 5.

[Petrushka]

Something he was (sometimes) prone to do. I remember him doing it at the RFH in Elgar's P & C March No. 5.

With the Philharmonia alongside the Cello Comcerto & the Second Symphony in 1984? I was at that one but can't remember him going airborne. I managed to worm my way into the rehearsal that morning and took several photos. Would I get away with that now, I wonder?