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Oops! Sorry, HS, I didn't mean to suggest or imply ...Originally posted by Hornspieler View Post
(I remember from your reminiscences of William Golding last year that you were still nobbut a lad at the time!)
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostOops! Sorry, HS, I didn't mean to suggest or imply ... (I remember from your reminiscences of William Golding last year that you were still nobbut a lad at the time!)
That's okay then ferney. Whereas I was nobbut a girl but got to rehearsals.
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I did enjoy watching Nagano's performance with the DSOB on Sky Arts 2. Although owing to Nagano's uneven performances with the Hallé Orchestra in the 1990s he is not a conductor that I have warmed to or feel that orchestral players find especially inspirational. I do like to hear the Alpine Symphony from time to time and my preferred version is by the Wiener Philharmoniker/Christian Thielemann on DG. I also like recordings by the Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan on DG and the Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe on EMI/Brilliant Classics.Originally posted by teamsaint View PostComment
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This is I suppose, is one for the "Bargain" thread, but it may be of interest here:
A five disc EMI of Klemperer conducting R Strauss and Wagner - all remastered (although, given EMI's great technical expertise at the time of the recordings, hardly seems fixing what ain't bust!)Comment
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Researching my first potential Strauss purchase (and grateful for all the advice and suggestions to be found in this thread), one name that hasn't been mentioned (or perhaps I've overlooked it) is Haitink.
His 1970 Concertgebouw version seems to get a lot of love on the 'tax dodgers' sites.
His more recent CSO version, although in immaculate sound, seems to be deemed more of an average run though than being anything more magical.
Any thoughts on this?
Incidentally, in all likelihood, I'll plump for this:
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Haitink's Letzte Lieder, Heldenleben and Don quixote with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and his recent Alpensinfonie are very difficult to beat.Originally posted by Thropplenoggin View PostResearching my first potential Strauss purchase (and grateful for all the advice and suggestions to be found in this thread), one name that hasn't been mentioned (or perhaps I've overlooked it) is Haitink.
His 1970 Concertgebouw version seems to get a lot of love on the 'tax dodgers' sites.
His more recent CSO version, although in immaculate sound, seems to be deemed more of an average run though than being anything more magical.
Any thoughts on this?
Incidentally, in all likelihood, I'll plump for this:
His Bavarian Daphne is in the same top league IMO.Comment
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YES!!! Idiot that I am, I should've included this on my "list". Lovely, lovely performance.Originally posted by Thropplenoggin View Post
Don't know the later version, but Haitink's Alpensinfonie recordings are highly regarded, too (I only know the studio one - very good indeed; but there is a highly esteemed fellow Forumista whose opinion will carry far more weight than my own!)[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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Haitink's 1970 recording of Ein Heldenleben was the second Haitink LP I bought (1973) and second Strauss LP and it set in motion a big Richard Strauss phase that the issue shortly after of the first Kempe set continued. That 1970 Concertgebouw recording is excellent, one of the best in the catalogue. I wore the LP out with constant playing!
Not mentioned by anyone yet but Strauss's music for Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme as recorded by Kempe is a real delight, full of humour, witty quotes and good tunes.
Yes, I was lucky in seeing Kempe conduct Don Juan in my first classical concert but didn't realise at the time just how lucky."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Yes, I was lucky in seeing Kempe conduct Don Juan in my first classical concert but didn't realise at the time just how lucky.
Lucky Devil!!!
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May 19 1972. The rest of the programme was Bruch Scottish Fantasia (with Kyung-Wha Chung, violin) and Beethoven 4.Originally posted by Beef Oven View PostYes, I was lucky in seeing Kempe conduct Don Juan in my first classical concert but didn't realise at the time just how lucky.
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Does anybody here remember Kempe's famous performance of the Alpine Symphony at the RFH with the RPO? It caused quite a stir at the time. I have their studio recording from 1966, so the concert must have just preceded it. I wish I could have gone. The studio recording is exciting, but not as subtle or as well recorded as the Dresden version.Comment
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there's a Heldenleben/RPO/Kempe from the proms on youtube, unfortunately chopped in two (August 28 1974 ? ) - [Elvis on percussion]
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Originally posted by mercia View Postthere's a Heldenleben/RPO/Kempe from the proms on youtube, unfortunately chopped in two (August 28 1974 ? ) - [Elvis on percussion]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvHhKofz8OQ
Blimey, that's great mercia - I don't think I've ever seen him conduct. Odd left-arm technique, it's as though it's in an invisible sling, kept close to his side. Only watch then opening, not the best-sounding orchestral playing (horns
) in the world... and those hairstyles in the audience, rather surreal to see as the film itself is of such good quality it could be much more recent...
Thank you for posting this."...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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