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Really liking this
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Really liking this
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Impressive, very impressive!
LPs ...
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LPs
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I do like DMM LPs - so clean sounding .... and CD-like. :lol:
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Stravinsky - Firebird Suite & Bartok - Concerto for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
conducted by Boulez with the BBC Symphony orchestra (LP, CBS Usa MS7206)
More baroque marvelousness:
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concerts
Played by: Christophe Rousset, Ryo Terakado, and Kaori Uemura.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901418 (1992)
Beethoven –‘Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ in D minor, Op. 125’
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2010 Pristine Audio PASC 250.
Wilhelm Furtwängler (cond.) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra , with Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Peter Anders, Tudolf Watzke and the Bruno Kittel Choir.
This is a remastering of the original 1942 recording. Naturally it is a monophonic recording, which in places seems a little worse for ware (probably understandable given the tape technology of the time). In fact I found the sound was distorted on many of the orchestral tuttis, but I also appreciated the very large dynamics captured: the low-level opening is especially good, but when the orchestra comes in fully, the sound is definitely distorted.
Also being monophonic and played over a pair of speakers, all the instruments appear on top of one another spatially, an effect I dislike. However this is ameliorated if played over a single speaker: as it would have been if listening to the concert (performed in Berlin 22-24 March 1942) on the radio. For me, listening to monophonic recordings always ‘sounds’ better when played via a single channel system. The capture of the venue’s acoustic (the Berlin Opera House?) is especially pleasing.
As to the performance itself, well I have numerous versions of the 9th and have always been fascinated with Furtwängler’s reading of Beethoven works. This is no exception: not my favourite version but an interesting capture of a live and superb performance made at the time when Furtwängler was probably at his peak. At 73.02 this is a fairly leisurely version; typical of Furtwängler.
Performance 8/10
Recording 5/10
In the mood for Mahler
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it's tiny !! - but wonderful. Christopher Kite playing Handel harpsichord suites.
The Passacaglia is an astonishing coruscating river of sound, amazing performance!
and on CD ...
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