Originally posted by Barbirollians
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Beethoven Symphony Cycles
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Well I have now listened to 5,7 & 8 as well of the Krivine set . 5 seems a touch lightweight , 7 is very good except for two points - a rather aimless trio and a gabbled opening to the finale . 8 I did not like at all - unbuttoned it isn't - a very tense reading with jabbing accents - a musical equivalent of being poked in the chest .
My general feeling on these first listenings is that the set is overrated and not a patch on the Philips Bruggen for a HIPP set - maybe 6 and 9 will convince me more .
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Having finished listening to Krivine - a bouncy refreshing Pastoral and a sound but unexceptional Ninth I have been listening to the Szell set . I knew and already liked the Eroica . So far a cracking 4th , a good 7th - a beautifully paced and played 1st and a quite lovely Pastoral - I thought this might be like Karajan a bit charmless but no way - wonderful playing and warmth and charm . Almost like hearing it for the first time again.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostHaving finished listening to Krivine - a bouncy refreshing Pastoral and a sound but unexceptional Ninth I have been listening to the Szell set . I knew and already liked the Eroica . So far a cracking 4th , a good 7th - a beautifully paced and played 1st and a quite lovely Pastoral - I thought this might be like Karajan a bit charmless but no way - wonderful playing and warmth and charm . Almost like hearing it for the first time again.
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Originally posted by visualnickmos View PostA superb set, this - and don't you think that given its age, the recording quality is quite delicious....."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostI see that the Bruno Walter set is due for imminent release and I've wanted that one for a long time.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostIs that the Columbia SO cycle. I have 4 & 5 on an early CD. Walter's was the first ever on CD, but the sound had been tampered with by some crass engineer, the sound having been moved unbearably close in the slow movement of B5. I hope the new issue will have this put right.
I have individual favourites for most of Beethoven's individual symphonies but if I had to have just one complete set if would be Karl Boehm and the Vienna Philharmonic on Deutsche Grammophon which has been recently re-issued on its ‘Collectors Edition’ series. Recorded in 1969/71 I originally had it as a LP box set, an introductory gift from membership of the Britannia Record Club.
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Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostHiya Eine Alpensinfonie,
I have individual favourites for most of Beethoven's individual symphonies but if I had to have just one complete set if would be Karl Boehm and the Vienna Philharmonic on Deutsche Grammophon which has been recently re-issued on its ‘Collectors Edition’ series. Recorded in 1969/71 I originally had it as a LP box set, an introductory gift from membership of the Britannia Record Club.
For me the Pastoral is THE high point of that Böhm-cycle.
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Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostI originally had it as a LP box set, an introductory gift from membership of the Britannia Record Club.
A few years later, it was one of the first LPs I got rid of to make room for my growing CD collection - I didn't take to it at all!
(Nor did I get on with Britannia, who would regularly send records I hadn't ordered, and not send me ones that I had - and ended up threatening me with legal action if I didn't send them money for a CD I hadn't ordered and which they hadn't sent. I consulted a solicitor who advised me to write back telling the company that I didn't think that threatening legal action was a competent way of running a business, and that they were welcome to take such action as I was sure that I would win any such dispute. Worked a treat!)[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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A reminder too about Rene Liebowicz' 1961/2 RPO cycle for the Readers Digest. Uplifting and highly enjoyable. Appears to be available still as a cheap download, or very expensive discs. More commentary on Amazon (CD section). The download is at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostI bought the Chandos/Weller set for my son, on its first release. It contained Dr. Barry Cooper's realisation of the first movement of the 10th Symphony.
Geoffm (#87) - Leibowitz with the RPO: a great set, one of the finest there is; let down by one of the worst solo quartets in the Ninth's recording history.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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