Recently I mentioned Kletzki in another thread so I wondered if anyone else shares my affection for his recordings from EMI mostly with the Philharmonia and RPO and on Decca with the SRO as successor to Ansermet, and his Beethoven cycle with the CPO on Supraphon.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostRecently I mentioned Kletzki in another thread so I wondered if anyone else shares my affection for his recordings from EMI mostly with the Philharmonia and RPO and on Decca with the SRO as successor to Ansermet, and his Beethoven cycle with the CPO on Supraphon.
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Kletzki was a name I frequently encountered in my impecunious teenage record-buying days - somehow there was always an alternative version at a cheaper price, or his recordings weren't in stock in the shops, so I have ended up with none of his recordings in my collection, and no experience of his conducting that I can remember.
Many of his recordings are YouTubable, so I shall start there for an exploration of his work - and, who knows, end up buying some of his CDs now, in my impecunious @&%*-age years.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostRecently I mentioned Kletzki in another thread so I wondered if anyone else shares my affection for his recordings from EMI mostly with the Philharmonia and RPO and on Decca with the SRO as successor to Ansermet, and his Beethoven cycle with the CPO on Supraphon.
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Originally posted by Alain Maréchal View Postyes, yes, and particularly yes.
I should recommend the following
R-k - Scheherazade - a stalwart of the CfP catalogue with vintage Philharmonia playing and Hugh Bean in the solos
Tchaikovsky Pathetique - fab - recently seem on Medici Label but may have been deleted could with a cracking Oistrakh account of the violin concerto
Possibly available second hand but never cheap when I have seen it a 2 CD Profile EMI set from the early 1990s including a Sibelius 2 to make your hair stand on end from 1955 and a lovely Mahler 4 with Emmy Loose superb in the finale.
Sibelius 1 and 3 on Testament
Borodin 2 and Manfred on Testament - annoyingly the Manfred is slightly cut but both are very good
Das Lied Von der Erde with DFD and Murray Dickie - DFD's first recording in the role I think and in fresh voice
Bloch Violin Concerto with Menuhin
The Great Conductors the Century 2 CD set is also good .
His Mahler 1 I am afraid is too heavily cut for me and annoyingly so considering how lovely some of the VPO's playing is .
The Supraphon Beethoven is good with a particularly lovely Pastoral.
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostI didn't know that the Mahler 1 was cut: I certainly remember the cover, and had the CfP LP:
I had his Scheherezade too:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scheherazad...Kletzki+rimsky
The Manfred, though cut slightly, is a great recording, belying its years and a magnificent performance. His Rachmaninov 2 from the Late 60s with the SRO was one of the first recordings without cuts.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostI have banged on about his recordings on here for years and I thought there would be a thread or two out there - unfortunately the vast majority of his EMI recordings are nla though some linger on Testament .
I should recommend the following
R-k - Scheherazade - a stalwart of the CfP catalogue with vintage Philharmonia playing and Hugh Bean in the solos
Tchaikovsky Pathetique - fab - recently seem on Medici Label but may have been deleted could with a cracking Oistrakh account of the violin concerto
Possibly available second hand but never cheap when I have seen it a 2 CD Profile EMI set from the early 1990s including a Sibelius 2 to make your hair stand on end from 1955 and a lovely Mahler 4 with Emmy Loose superb in the finale.
Sibelius 1 and 3 on Testament
Borodin 2 and Manfred on Testament - annoyingly the Manfred is slightly cut but both are very good
Das Lied Von der Erde with DFD and Murray Dickie - DFD's first recording in the role I think and in fresh voice
Bloch Violin Concerto with Menuhin
The Great Conductors the Century 2 CD set is also good .
His Mahler 1 I am afraid is too heavily cut for me and annoyingly so considering how lovely some of the VPO's playing is .
The Supraphon Beethoven is good with a particularly lovely Pastoral.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostThere’s also an early Pollini recording of the Chopin PC1 with Philhamonia under Kletzki.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostAh, yes - I know that one (although it's years since I last heard it); but the Chopin Concertos don't exactly give much of an insight into a conductor's talents!
Ah yes the Prokofiev 5 very good and last seen in EMI Red Line .
The SRO Rachmaninov records are very good and do not lay things on with a trowel.
I have read good reviews of. Schubert Unfinished with the RPO and early 1950s mono Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Philharmonia I do not think either has ever been transferred to CD .
Shame that he was not given an Icon box.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostTrue but it remains at the top of the tree .
Ah yes the Prokofiev 5 very good and last seen in EMI Red Line .
The SRO Rachmaninov records are very good and do not lay things on with a trowel.
I have read good reviews of. Schubert Unfinished with the RPO and early 1950s mono Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Philharmonia I do not think either has ever been transferred to CD .
Shame that he was not given an Icon box.
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I have just downloaded (from Deezer) his recording of Hindemith's Mathis der Maler (symphony) with the OSR to listen to:
I have the Bloch Violin concerto and Mahler Das Lied already mentioned, and must give them both another spin. The Bloch is a concerto that deserves to be more widely known (imho, of course!).
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