Thielemann Beethoven Cycle on Sky

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Eh? Which YouTube videos are you referring to?

The one of the Seventh posted by John. No exposition repeat in the first movement on the video (at 6' 05"-ish), there on the CD (at 5' 33").

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I didn't hear that, but they certainly did. I can't think of another instance where a new recording of music recorded so many times over the years has, for me, had such an impact. As though - yes, that's it! and more completely than anyone else. (I'm still very glad I can hear Abbado, Brüggen, Norrington etc., of course). "Dance-like joy" - yes. The sheer joy and exuberance and .... fun of the performances. As though the music is fresh on and from the page.

[Bryn]

The one of the Seventh posted by John. No exposition repeat in the first movement on the video (at 6' 05"-ish), there on the CD (at 5' 33").

Ah, fair enough. I had not got round to listening to the YouTube version, just to checking the total duration of the symphony's performance. I wonder when/why the decision to play/not play the exposition repeat was made? I see the recording used for the CD was made in May 2010. Unfortunately there appears to be no date info re. that used for the videio posted on YouTube.

[Ah, a bit of Googling shows that the YouTube performance would appear to have been later, in April 2011.]