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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-01-23 14:10
Just been listening to the Eroica...Beethoven went over the top on this one. I am practicing this for an upcoming concert,
Surpisingly I find the Karl Bohm 1961 Berlin Phil account the finest ever put on record...the opening is truly amazing....as to why he never got to do a cycle in Berlin I cannot fathom.
Karajan is very good too here, with a superb March Funebre...I pity the oboe....its quite slow...
However, the Bohm /Vienna set in the late 60s to mid 70s features the finest Pastoral ever done...generally I prefer Bohm over other conductors here....how do you guys feel...I know Szell is good, but sometimes a little too clipped for me at times...
Toscanni is recorded badly so with bad tuning...great performances thought...
Which is your favorite recording of this?
David Dow
Post Edited (2004-01-23 14:11)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-01-23 16:27
I have a great Beethoven Symphony LP set with Bruno Walter conducting the New York Philharmonic, except the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 6th. The version of the 8th is great. It catches the humor in the 2nd movement as no other recording does. The 6th has Ralph McLane playing the clarinet solos -- a unique and wonderful version.
Overall, my favorite set is Norrington. The balances and colors created by the period instruments make the music work almost by itself, in a way that no mondern instrument performance can match.
I learned the Beethoven Symphonies from Toscanini/NBC LPs. These versions are in my ears as the way the music goes, so I can't be objective. There's also a truly great 7th by Toscanini and the New York Philharmonic.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-01-23 16:48
Like Ken, my favorite set was the Norrington and I still play it frequently.
However, I think that John Eliot Gardiner's set (Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique) is slightly a cut above. He has definitely done his homework and seemingly breathes some new life into the many mundane versions available.
The tempi are brisk and the instrumentalists (Lesley Schatzberger on clarinet in all but #2. Tony Pay on clarinet in #2) are uniformly superb...GBK
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Author: graham
Date: 2004-01-23 17:46
Norrington's 2, 8, 5, 4, 9, all great, but I can get nothing from his Eroica!
Very badly recorded, but the best reading I know is Adrian Boult (can't remember the orchestra).
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