I gave it an R2D4--even at retail it was a bargain.

Posted by John Marks on January 14, 2016 at 08:44:13

In Reply to: How can one go wrong? posted by Ivan303 on January 13, 2016 at 14:59:27:

An amazing EdR plus and amazing Mahler 1, Dvorak 9, Schubert 9,--JUST BUY IT!!!!!

KLAUS TENNSTEDT: The Great EMI Recordings
Music of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Kodály, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Schubert, Schumann, R. Strauss, Wagner
Klaus Tennstedt, Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic & Choir, BBC Chorus
EMI Classics 94433 (14 CDs). 1978-91/2011. Various prods., engs. ADD/DDD. TT: 15:54:44

I think no one said it better than Norman Lebrecht in The Maestro Myth: "Perhaps this was [Tennstedt's] secret, the sensation that each performance could be his last. Each event was both an undreamed privilege and an act of desperation, the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition and a confrontation with naked fear." If I had to sum up Tennstedt's approach to conducting in one phrase, it would have to be "monumental architecture full of luscious sound and self-evident sincerity." Standouts here include a disciplined but charming Dvorák Symphony 9, a deliberate and very dynamic Brahms German Requiem-and, with the Chicago Symphony, an electrifying, majestic live performance of Mahler's Symphony 1 that is more matter-of-fact than numinous. As good an introduction to the "big" classics as many boxed sets and better than most, and therefore a great gift.

Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/2012-records-die-page-5#0Mpswc6XpHJjwDsk.99

jm

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Topic - How can one go wrong? - Ivan303 14:59:27 01/13/16 (21)

Tennstedt's Mahler 8th is still my favorite, smaller choir or not - jdaniel@jps.net 16:55:16 01/15/16 (0)

RE: How can one go wrong? - srl1 19:04:52 01/14/16 (2)

Is that the same one as this? - kuma 19:59:01 01/14/16 (1)

The one you picture is the one in this set nt - srl1 18:35:33 01/15/16 (0)

Bought it, thanks! - Jay Buridan 17:19:44 01/14/16 (0)

I gave it an R2D4--even at retail it was a bargain. - John Marks 08:44:13 01/14/16 (0)

Fantastic - I picked it up too (nt) - tonyptony 18:01:25 01/13/16 (0)

Wow. It contains Mahler1 with CSO, too! - kuma 16:18:21 01/13/16 (8)

RE: Wow. It contains Mahler1 with CSO, too! - Todd Krieger 11:21:29 01/14/16 (7)

I like Walter's Mahler 1, too... - kuma 20:09:10 01/14/16 (6)

RE: I like Walter's Mahler 1, too... - pbarach 03:41:37 01/15/16 (5)

Yes I mean the Walter/Mahler 1 with NBC - pbarach 16:42:45 01/15/16 (1)

Thanks. (nt) - kuma 23:44:45 01/15/16 (0)

You mean the one with NBC? - kuma 16:20:14 01/15/16 (2)

RE: Walter's NYPO mono 4th--one of my most cherished recordings, even though he had to watch the clock - jdaniel@jps.net 16:49:43 01/15/16 (1)

Some of transfers from 78s to LP are pretty good... - kuma 01:39:18 01/16/16 (0)

They're practically giving these sets away - Chris from Lafayette 15:49:06 01/13/16 (4)

I love these box set deals... - srl1 16:14:51 01/14/16 (3)

What's the take on the Ciccolini set? - tonyptony 18:58:33 01/15/16 (0)

"Need to get these before they quit making CDs" - Yup, for sure! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 18:14:58 01/14/16 (1)

A poor excuse is better than none :) ... nt - srl1 18:53:32 01/14/16 (0)

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I gave it an R2D4--even at retail it was a bargain. - John Marks 08:44:13 01/14/16 (0)

I gave it an R2D4--even at retail it was a bargain.

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