Originally posted by Petrushka
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Yes, I both recall the Concert Classics issue and also have it in an EMI Icon box. However, things have moved on. It does not shine as brightly as it did back in the early 1960s. I'll stick with his BRSO set. I was not that taken with his recordings of the masses with the LSO. -
Putting my 'smug' hat on, I remember winning the school Christmas Carol Competition in 1963, the prize being a £1 EMI record token. I bought this RPO/Davis recording with it and was very happy with it for many years.Originally posted by Petrushka View PostComment
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S/XLP20038 - a must for all collections in the 60s! - and its first issue was on bargain priced label - like Alps I now have it in 5he ICON box.Originally posted by Petrushka View PostComment
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A front runner along with Konwitschny and (was it) the Leipzig or Dresden orchestra on Fontana.Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostComment
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Yes they were both excellent. It was the LGO and the original Fontana recordings were cut to fit sides when they appeared on the cheap Fontana Stereo Special label. Konwitschny’s No2 was my first and much treasured.Originally posted by gradus View PostComment
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I just noticed that jpc.de have a set of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Norrington with the SWR - under £20. Any good?
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One of my all-time, longterm favourite cycles, (bought on its release) despite many other favourites & newcomers from Toscanini and Scherchen to Bruggen, Fischer and Haselböck... .....Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
In resplendent SWR German Radio sound, all recorded live in a single week in 2002......the 9th here is just stunning, leaving shockwaves in its trail!
This a long, long thread so you may find earlier comments of mine somewhere above....
His LCP one is very good, but this is the Norrington set I would always go for now....(true of much of his SWR Catalogue, Schubert, Haydn, Bruckner..)
See Gramophone 8/2003 (RO).Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 22-12-20, 18:49.Comment
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No 9th. 1 to 8 only.Comment
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How very odd....Originally posted by Bryn View Post
I have the original box here with slightly different (very similar) cover art & English script, and the 9th is certainly in that....so probably a jpc error....why would they leave it out? Check elsewhere....
This is the one in the box here.....
Vinteuil's link to the 2020 issue shows it as included....
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And also complete, as this version includes the 9thOriginally posted by vinteuil View Post"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
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That one does have all 9 symphonies, so unless the others are new and/or better recordings, the am.uk set looks the one to go for.Originally posted by vinteuil View PostComment
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I think their timings for the 7/8 are wrong - 8 probably 22 mins not 32 !Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostComment
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Currently working my way through Rattle/BPO (Sky Arts) - terrific stuff!Originally posted by cloughie View PostComment
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