No sign of any mention of Erich Kleiber either . It is as if Deathridge did not want to play excellent versions that might show a different approach to that preferred by him can succeed.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
Barb, I think you and Ammy are being a little unfair on JD... I just fast-forwarded through the review, pausing to listen to each occurrence of "Cluytens" - his vagaries aren't that bad! It's only a product of how quickly he was speaking at the time. The two "Scherchen" s I heard were pretty consistent too.
I did have another giggle, though, when he said he had to part company with Walter "and Cluytens as well", the "as well" pronounced with a most odd Peter Sellers / Clouseau French accent ... "as will-euh"... Most odd."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostWorry not Barbs - "pretty consistent" I arkses ya!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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well i found it great value for me license fee ... argumentative, informative and unapologetic ...more please
... and i will get the Kleiber ....According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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And also economical of time! I heard several BALs a few months ago where the expert had to indulge in a 'question-and-answer' session with Andrew MacGregor. Unsurprisingly these languished on for an hour or more, with, inevitably, AMcG not allowing the expert to get a word in! It was nice to get back to the old format: an expert delivering a concisely scripted review - with none of this "Well, James, what did you think of that?'"! or, more usually, "I thought.............!"Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View PostComment
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A joint BaL could be a good thing, if they didn't feel the need to agree all the time. The one of Beethoven's Violin Concerto was the worst one I've ever heard - Roy Goodman and Andrew McGregor.Originally posted by VodkaDilc View PostComment
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I hope the Krivine 6th is better than the excerpt from 7th on the CFM Magazine cover CD - sounds dreadful!Originally posted by ostuni View PostComment
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Me too that Disky box came and went from the catalogue very swiftly!Originally posted by Karafan View PostComment
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I'm glad I spied it in an HMV sale (Oxford St) some years ago... hopefully it will re-emerge for you at some point in the future.Comment
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I missed that one! WHY would a violinist of RG's standing need the ubiquitous Mr McG to hold his hand?Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostComment
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Yes, it is a great pity that the complete Kempe (Munich SO) Beethoven cycle is currently unavailable, but the 'Icon' set does include symphonies 1,3, 5 & 6. I have part of this excellent set and the sound quality - an aspect not given much critical weight on recent BaL reviews - is excellent.Originally posted by Karafan View Post
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