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Collectible : Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonien
Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonienby: Gundula Janowitz, Waldemar Kmentt, Hilde Rossel-Majdan Release Date June 05, 2007 I have enjoyed listening to Karajan's 1963 set ever since I bought it on sale at the Record Hunter in New York in the late 1980's. I don't find the renditions unemotional as some do. The performances are fast and dramatic. To some the sixth is too fast, but the slower tempos we have become accustomed to are only received tradition just as phlegmatic renditions of Bruckner's symphonies were once the norm. The performances often have the drive more typical of early music versions of classic works, except the pieces are being played by a larger orchestra than would have been common before the twentieth century. They are powerful renditions but not heavy-handed or turgid. As in his recordings for DG of the Brahms and Schumann symphonies, Karajan ... Read More: |
