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I just bought my set yesterday

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on July 29, 2016 at 21:23:31

In Reply to: RE: Karajan's Beethoven on BluRay posted by Dave Billinge on July 18, 2016 at 14:36:05:

I agree - I had some (but not all) of these recordings back in my LP days, but I haven't heard any of the intervening incarnations. I will say that, if I can rely on my ancient memory (!), these recordings have never sounded better than on this 24/96 blu-ray, and it's so refreshing to hear a DG recording without all the engineering manipulations and absurd multi-miking that company began to experiment with in the following decade (e.g., in the Kleiber/VPO Beethoven 5th and 7th).

This set has always been an icon - and with good reason. We hear the intensity and thrust of the Toscanini approach, but with a far more refined sound quality. Moreover, the tone quality of the BPO at this time was so wonderfully individual - especially in the winds. This tonal individuality was gradually lost during the Abbado era, during which the orchestra's tone quality became more bland and "international" sounding. (At least IMHO.)

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