In Reply to: I don't share your enthusiasm for the live Karajan performance posted by Chris from Lafayette on August 29, 2016 at 09:49:55:
I was liking a lot about the Karajan until the 4th movement which to me sounds unexpectedly square and earthbound. I think you have to find some way of bringing this movement off without either over-simplicity, which could get bland, or over-emphasis which could sink the sustained intensity needed.
Gielen shapes this last movement really well - he's very imaginative. And Maderna is very good also. I also like Horenstein from 1953 here.
A good last movement is pretty critical here unless one wants to patch a performance up from different movements by different conductors, which is wacky but tempting...
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- My enthusiasm ran out in the 4th movement.. - andy evans 11:40:15 08/29/16 (0)