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In Reply to: HIPs of Beethoven symphonies? posted by Feanor on April 23, 2007 at 18:17:11:
With the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, an original instruments orch of historical proportions. Fabulous stuff. Some of it is hard to find so I've included a url. www.archivmusic.com has rereleased many formerly out of print classical cds, many at reasonable prices.
- http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=21550&name_role1=3&bcorder=3&name_id=858&name_role=1 (Open in New Window)
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his Mozart and Haydn was (and is) outstanding. His recordings of Mozart symphonies 36-41 are among the best even made. It's unfortunate that so mant of them are no longer in the catalogue.The trouble with his Beethoven set, however, is the uneveness. Symphonies 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 come off very well, and are quite competitve with the other HIP versions. Symphonies 4 and 6 are well conceived and played--however, the recording quality in these two is markedly inferior to the rest. Symphony 1 suffers from a too-slow first movement, while No. 7 is curiously lacking in energy.
In all, I can't recommend Bruggen's set as the only one to own, but I would seek individual performances--provided they are still available.
Focused and committed. They get it just right. Fyi, I've only seen it at www.archivmusic after six months of searching.
and you're right, it's wonderful. Many of the top wind players in Europe are (were) in this orchestra.
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I only don't like the over-resonant acoustic.clark
- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1528248/a/Beethoven:+Symphonies+1-9+/+Roy+Goodman,+Hanover+Band,+et+al.htm (Open in New Window)
Complete set for $25 (!!)
Bill Bailey
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See my stereo config
I have Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5. They give lively and committed performances, well played and and well shaped. Some Nimbus recordings may sound a bit bright on the upper strings with some speakers but should be OK with speakers that handle massed strings well. Unlike Clark, I like the reverberant acoustics on Nimbus recordings--it seems more realistic to me that way.I have Norrington's 9th and I must say he does some wierd things with the tempos. We're doing the 9th on May 12 and I have been going over the choral parts, and the the tempos are just strange, the initial bass solo very fast, the tenor solo quite slow, some of the choral sections slow, too--no sense to it I can detect. Based on that, I'd avoid Norrington.
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