In Reply to: Really great stuff, Chris. You should write for American Record Guide. posted by srl1 on August 4, 2016 at 12:04:31:
. . . based on my review of Angela Hewitt's Liszt album. I suppose he thought I was a sourpuss regarding Miss Prissy-Pants' performances, and, I have to admit, I probably WAS a sourpuss (but with good reason!). Anyway, via an exchange of comments, we got everything straightened out. I just don't feel as if I have my "You kids get off my lawn!" mojo up to the level that Mr. Vroon has his! ;-)
Re Harnoncourt's Beethoven 5th, I guess I'll have to wait until I'm back with a streaming service in order to hear it. From your description, I'd hardly pay money just to experience a performance that's as screwed up as your account of it suggests! ;-)
OTOH, I've been listening recently to the rest of NH's Bruckner symphonies (aside from the 5th and 9th, which I already had) via the recent Teldec "bundle":
I'd say that it's overall very good - Harnoncourt seems to behave himself more with Dvorak and Bruckner than he does with the music of earlier periods! But, come to think of it, I really like his in-concert Schumann and Schubert Fourth Symphonies recording with the BPO too - That Schubert performance even makes me tempted to get his big, expensive Schubert box with the BPO (all the symphonies plus the last two masses and even an opera thrown in too). He was a strange duck, no question about it.
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Follow Ups
- Somebody on Amazon accused me of being a friend of Vroon - Chris from Lafayette 00:39:59 08/05/16 (2)
- You're gonna have to admit it sooner or later, Chris! - rbolaw 07:27:52 08/05/16 (1)
- Yeah - I'm coming around (at least with his non-HIP performances) [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 09:24:00 08/05/16 (0)