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| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Sir Colin Davis just passed at 85. If I'm not mistaken, I remember his recordings with the Cleveland. Could have been the Egmont Overture. I'm amazed that conductors of this era are able to continue, Claudio Abbado being among them. | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Hi,I listened to the Gardiner Beethoven 7th yesterday and was thoroughly pleased with the performance but not so much with the recording. It seems that with these recordings in general, that the lowest registers, i.e. the double basses, tend to su... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Learsfool, thanks for the input. I do listen to radio online, WDR 3, BBC Radio 3, France Musique. I've even written letters to them asking if they wouldn't expand their server space with memberships which could then allow members to listen at 1411... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Much of what I hear on my radio are studio recordings, orchestral or otherwise. All of the CSO recordings with Paavo Jarvi are studio recordings. Yes of course, by live I mean a top rate recording of one evening from start to finish. I find that m... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Lowrider, well at least they're being honest, if that's of any consequence? My local classical radio station (it's often silly, however it) features a live concert once a week from anywhere but typically from Western Europe and it makes me wish th... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD OK, thanks for clarifying Lowrider, now I see your point. Also, these smaller niche labels like Harmonia Mundi are able to rise from the ashes and become a major player in the recording industry. Even though they have been around for a fairly long... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Lowrider and Brownsfan, I truly respect your opinions but I cannot completely agree that great recordings are a thing of the past. I would even make the claim that while a large number of todays recordings do fall short of what should be considere... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Lowrider, my intuition tells me that the 3rd and 4th offer superior master recordings when compared to the others and that is not only why they sound better in the the DG box set but it is also why they were chosen by the Japanese engineers for re... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Hi Lowrider, I have not yet listened to the Bernstein Mahler remasters. However, if I were looking for a gold standard set of Bernstein recordings, then his Mahler would be it. The Karajan 3 and 4 remaster that I mentioned is a Japanese import and... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Thanks Lowrider, I may eventually purchase the Japanese remaster of Karajan's 3 and 4 but will look around some to see if I can get it for less than $60.00. The point that was made about the double basses is consistent with some of the older recor... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Loydelee, I haven't had a chance yet to hear anything other than the 5th and the 3rd. If I'm not mistaken, the new reissued Gardiner Beethoven has been remastered. I've been listening to the original release but am now interested in the newer set. | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD I just listened to the Gardiner 'Eroica' and I must admit that it is a remarkable performance. I read some of Gardiner's comments online about the symphonies concerning authoritative sources and Beethoven's own markings and notes and the fact that... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Does anyone know if the Gardiner Beethoven 5 CD Collectors Edition Archive re-release is any different from the original?These look nice;http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=733459Always interested in groups in or around my forme... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Loydelee, what I've heard so far isn't sub standard by any stretch, in fact there are some beautiful moments but the things that stand out in my head are those things that I mentioned. I suppose that this is how I'm wired. Yes, of course I need to... |