In Reply to: Recent SACD Acquisitions posted by Doktor Brahms on February 15, 2007 at 09:21:12:
completely agree re the bis beethoven cycle- i own both the 9th and 4&5, and really wanted to like them. but the performances, and the sound, see cold. i've sung w/ the orchestra, under slatkin and marriner, including the beethoven 9th, and they can play w/ much more fire than this. (an aside, marriner had a pair of magneplanars in his office).and you forgot to mention one key point of the tosca, the absolutely stunning sining of jose carreras, who is in glorious, fresh, voice. the recording is from 1977, before the ravages of radames, and later, lukemia, took a heavy toll on what may have been the most beautiful tenor voice ever.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Recent SACD Acquisitions - mr. woodford 11:51:46 02/15/07 (4)
- Disagree on Beethoven Vanska. - sser2 13:42:57 02/15/07 (2)
- Beethoven/Vanska: Clarification - Doktor Brahms 14:14:02 02/15/07 (1)
- The 9th. - jsm 14:47:42 02/19/07 (0)
- Heartfelt agreement about Carreras. [NT] - Doktor Brahms 13:04:33 02/15/07 (0)