I have just taken delivery of a 2 CD set in that short lived EMI series Great Conductors of the Century which contains much repertoire that Kletzki did not record commercially as well as some shorter works that he did .
I have only played the first CD but it includes a live Tchaikovsky 5 that is one of the finest accounts I have heard - with terrific passion and momentum and in really good sound with the BRSO . Three Slavonic Dances that have more fizz than all bar Kubelik that I know of and a delightful Entracte from Rosamunde .
The more of his recordings I come across the more I am convinced that he really was a great conductor. I cherish his Mahler 4 with Emmy Loose, the Tchaikovsky 6, Borodin 2 with Dennis Brain's horn playing a particular delight , that awesome Sibelius 2 that matches the RPO/Barbirolli , the wondrous 1960 Scherazade with Hugh Bean playing the solos , the Sibelius 1 and 3 and now this set .
His Beethoven cycle must now go on the shopping list . The only downer with him is his occasional and mystifying penchant for cuts - in Mahler 1 and Manfred for example.
Any other views ? - I think an EMI Icon set is long overdue .
I have only played the first CD but it includes a live Tchaikovsky 5 that is one of the finest accounts I have heard - with terrific passion and momentum and in really good sound with the BRSO . Three Slavonic Dances that have more fizz than all bar Kubelik that I know of and a delightful Entracte from Rosamunde .
The more of his recordings I come across the more I am convinced that he really was a great conductor. I cherish his Mahler 4 with Emmy Loose, the Tchaikovsky 6, Borodin 2 with Dennis Brain's horn playing a particular delight , that awesome Sibelius 2 that matches the RPO/Barbirolli , the wondrous 1960 Scherazade with Hugh Bean playing the solos , the Sibelius 1 and 3 and now this set .
His Beethoven cycle must now go on the shopping list . The only downer with him is his occasional and mystifying penchant for cuts - in Mahler 1 and Manfred for example.
Any other views ? - I think an EMI Icon set is long overdue .
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