Beethoven Symphony Cycles

[Bryn]

I think their timings for the 7/8 are wrong - 8 probably 22 mins not 32 !

Indeed, and the total timing tends to confirm that.

[jayne lee wilson]

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.

This is the identical SWR cycle to the one I bought on release and describe above - the 8-9/2002 Europaisches Musikfest live performances.....same year, same artists, same venue.....

[silvestrione]

Currently working my way through Rattle/BPO (Sky Arts) - terrific stuff!

My favourite set at the moment. Particularly 3 and 9, and 4 and 5, and....

[cloughie]

This thread maybe a possible source for the Adam Fischer set comments.

[Barbirollians]

This thread maybe a possible source for the Adam Fischer set comments.

What AF set comments ? I found it very much a curate's egg.

[Barbirollians]

Very glad now to have got to know all of the Naxos Weingartner set- no wonder that VPO Ninth was so loved in particular . The only one slight disappointment considering its iconic status was the Eroica - yes it is very enjoyable but it did not send shivers down my spine as I had been expecting.

[cloughie]

What AF set comments ? I found it very much a curate's egg.

This was a response to Bert, for searching comments - It’s the Danish one on Naxos.

[Barbirollians]

This was a response to Bert, for searching comments - It’s the Danish one on Naxos.

Ah yes, I liked some of it but could not stick the last three symphonies at all.

[cloughie]

Ah yes, I liked some of it but could not stick the last three symphonies at all.

I downloaded the set along with the Weingartner set when the Naxos catalogue was available as very cheap downloads earlier in the year - I was, probably like you, more impressed by the Weingartner.

[Bert]

This thread maybe a possible source for the Adam Fischer set comments.

Thanks

[Barbirollians]

So if I have Norrington /LCP - Bruggen on Philips and Krivine do I really need Savall as well HIPP wise ?

[RichardB]

So if I have Norrington /LCP - Bruggen on Philips and Krivine do I really need Savall as well HIPP wise ?

I have all of those but the cycle I have in the past come back to most is JEG's, although Haselböck and Savall are getting increasing attention these days. But then I don't have any HUPP recordings of Beethoven symphonies apart from Chailly which someone gave me as a present and which, without wanting to seem ungrateful, I haven't played all of yet.

[Bryn]

I have all of those but the cycle I have in the past come back to most is JEG's, although Haselböck and Savall are getting increasing attention these days. But then I don't have any HUPP recordings of Beethoven symphonies apart from Chailly which someone gave me as a present and which, without wanting to seem ungrateful, I haven't played all of yet.

I will have to get the JEG set down from its shelf. I recall being less than inspired by it when I first got it. It's the Krivine CD set that I go back to most often. As to whether there is a need to have the Savall set to hand, no, not a need but, to me, certainly desirable as a complement to those Barbs already has.

[Barbirollians]

What is HUPP intended to stand for ? I was very disappointed by Chailly’s Eroica and did not explore the rest.

[Bryn]

What is HUPP intended to stand for ? I was very disappointed by Chailly’s Eroica and did not explore the rest.

Hysterically Uninformed Ponderous Performance? No, the acronym was, I think, expanded when first introduced on this forum as Historically Uninformed Performance Practice.