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Qobuz download sale, Warner Classics: a lot of "legendary" EMI titles

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Posted on February 6, 2021 at 11:16:48
jdaniel@jps.net
 I'm going to finally pull the trigger on Guilini's Mozart Giovanni and Klemp's Magic Flute.

I'm still on the fence with regard to Klemp's Flying Dutchman. Someone tell me "no." : )

Other sale purchases include:

Howell's Hymnus Paradisi with Willcocks

Schwartzkopf's mono Strauss Four Last Songs and final scene from Capriccio.

 

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So...Klemp's Dutchman. I really, really enjoyed it. Heady stuff!, posted on February 7, 2021 at 20:06:58
jdaniel@jps.net
 Apparently the "sound effects" are controversial, but I found them to be subtle, and wanted more!

Odd balance in the Overture: winds and brass up front, panoramic strings in the background. Metaphorical? When the Dutchman's ship "rolled" up in scene one, I knew I was hooked. What a big, epic noise, well-captured by the EMI team.

Extremely intense reading, and I was riveted by many stretches that never really caught my attention elsewhere.

If I may say so, the love music still seems a bit precious, but IMHO only in comparison to Wagner's white-hot inspiration elsewhere in the score.

I was also slightly disappointed in the ghost ship sequence, which is just a touch four-square and measured.

All-in-all, Klemp and Co's performance moved me. My references are Sinopoli, Levine, Keilberth, and Dohnanyi/VPO, still my overall favorite, but it's been awhile, and a back to back comparison with Klemperer might change my opinion. : )

 

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