That Cluytens is indeed special . I shall be digging it after YMOTY.
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My favorite performance of all is a live rendering from a concert in Tokyo on November 14th 1977 with Karajan and the Berliners.
It was issued on CD by Tokyo FM, but it can hardly be included in Alpie's list as it is all but deleted in Japan and available nowhere else.
A possible explanation of why this performance is so special, is that Karajan programmed it as the only work in the second half of a programme with the Third Piano concerto with Weissenberg in the first half.
It was part of a complete Beethoven cycle given in Tokyo that week. To hear the 2nd symphony given that much prominence adds a whole new dimension to the work.
It is mind-blowing.Comment
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Indeed! Even in Mozart! He certainly had that! Also I liked Sir Charles Mackerras but that's it!Originally posted by amateur51 View PostEven in Mozart Bbm?
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I was thinking. for this work there ought to be a special category, for performances NOT just recorded or performed just to complete a complete cycle! Might have a quite short list then.Originally posted by slarty View Post
I'm pleased to hear that Karajan performed it live. His performances are amongst my favourites (Philharmonia, and 70s BPO in my case). I would love to have the CD of that Tokyo concert!Comment
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I've been listening to the seven versions in my 'library' and top of the pile for me are Monteux/NDR and (perhaps surprisingly) Konwitschny/Gewandhaus.
A deal-breaker in this symphony is always a sluggish Larghetto. Far too prevalent amongst the trad Big Bands.
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How do you find Klemperer? He is often considered to be a "slow" conductor, but his slow movements never lack momentum.Originally posted by verismissimo View Post.
A deal-breaker in this symphony is always a sluggish Larghetto. Far too prevalent amongst the trad Big Bands.
Of his early slow movements, I feel the 2nd symphony's has the most in common with the 9th's.Comment
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Roehre, Alpie may occasionally be a touch closed-minded, but far-fetched - never!Originally posted by Roehre
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3-4 feet each I would guess.....Originally posted by Bryn View Post
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Do carry on talking about me as though I'm invisible.Originally posted by RoehreSorry, duly correctedOriginally posted by verissimoRoehre, Alpie may occasionally be a touch closed-minded, but far-fetched - never
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That's in that EMI LvB Edition isn't? Are they available separately?Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostDon’t cry for me
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Get the lot for £7.07 new (+£1.26 p+p):http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Sy...tens+BeethovenOriginally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
It remains a great set with truly superb playing, especially from the oboe throughout.
Does anyone know why Cluytens was chosen to record this cycle? Was it intended for Karajan before he decamped to DG? Whatever the case, it is, in some ways a finer set than Karajan's 1962 cycle with, one assumes, many of the same players."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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So far so good, but it isn't natural, having two critics constantly agreeing with one another.Comment
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Further to my previous comment, at least Rob is doing most of the talking - not too many interjections.Comment
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I liked the Bruggen excerpts.
I don't suppose the price of the Bruggen recordings will go easy, any time soon.Comment
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