Bal 16.09.23 - Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D (K385) "Haffner"

[Bryn]

Which Abbado?

Claudio.

Otherwise, the Orchestra Mozart recording.

[Retune]

A good final selection, I thought, and a worthy 'winner'. Harnoncourt also worked for me here, for very different reasons. Nice to hear Böhm/BPO still making the cut - I should dig out that cassette!

[Lordgeous]

I enjoy every performance of this wonderful work but Beecham introduced me to it and his performance with the RPO remains my favourite, beautifully shaped phrasing, fine playing and plenty of energy when needed.

Seconded! But not even a mention of Sir Thomas. Of the four 'chosen' the Abbado would be last for me and the Mackerras first. As usual too short a time to go into enough coverage, much as I liked the presenter.

[Lordgeous]

I enjoy every performance of this wonderful work but Beecham introduced me to it and his performance with the RPO remains my favourite, beautifully shaped phrasing, fine playing and plenty of energy when needed.

Agreed. I too was 'brought up' on the Beecham.

[CallMePaul]

Claudio.

His nephew Roberto is also a conductor, but I'm not aware that he has recorded this piece (or much else).

[gradus]

Odd that the Mackerras Prague recordings of Mozart are rarely mentioned only those with the SCO. I have the former and they're excellent.

[Barbirollians]

Gosh the Harnoncourt was right up there as irritating as our makropolos suggest he could be last week.

[Nick Armstrong]

A shout here for the genial Josef Krips / Concertgebouw recording (Of course it won’t get a look in during the programme )

I was wrong: it received an honourable mention (which in these days of curtailed chatty BALs goes down as a win).

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Gosh the Harnoncourt was right up there as irritating as our makropolos suggest he could be last week.

Harnoncourt does seem to divide opinions. Some regard him as energetic, lively, refreshed, lean, scholarly. Others find him over careful and rather stodgy.

[smittims]

Maybe he's uneven, as other conductors have been in the past. I've been very satisfied with his opera recordings, Mozart and Monteverdi, and his last Beethoven 4 &5 , but I sometimes feel uncomfortable with his tempi in Mozart and Haydn symphonies.

[Barbirollians]

I have always thought he was at his best in Schumann .

[richardfinegold]

Did Klemperer, Walter, or Bohm get mentioned? All out of current fashion but probably the ones I listened to most back in the day? What about Marriner, my first small orchestra encounter?

[smittims]

Wow, I can't imagine Harnoncourt in Schumann, but you may be right. I can imagine him illuminating old Robert's thick scoring. I'll investigate.

Marriner I always thought had an infallible instinct for tempo in Mozart, especially in transitions from one tempo to another. Nothing was too much trouble for him. I expect his 'galley years' as a rank-and-file violinist helped here, playing under many conductors including Furtwangler and Toscanini. .

[Nick Armstrong]

Did Klemperer, Walter, or Bohm get mentioned? All out of current fashion but probably the ones I listened to most back in the day? What about Marriner, my first small orchestra encounter?

Böhm was much talked about and illustrated, and reached the final ‘shortlist’ - I expected it to be chosen, from the way it was discussed. Sounded timelessly fresh

[Barbirollians]

Wow, I can't imagine Harnoncourt in Schumann, but you may be right. I can imagine him illuminating old Robert's thick scoring. I'll investigate.

Marriner I always thought had an infallible instinct for tempo in Mozart, especially in transitions from one tempo to another. Nothing was too much trouble for him. I expect his 'galley years' as a rank-and-file violinist helped here, playing under many conductors including Furtwangler and Toscanini. .

Very goid in the symphonies and an outstanding recording of Das Paradis .