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morris_minor
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No Beethoven mentioned yet . . .
Symphonies No.5 and No.7 - Carlos Kleiber and the Vienna Philharmonic (DG 'Originals' - the CD is like a little LP ). This is music making of the highest order.
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Bob
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LOINER
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Agreed Bob the vinyl is also excellent. Beethoven Violin Concerto Berlin Philharmic Von Karajan Anne-Sophie Mutter (vinyl) New Philharmonia Otto Klemperer Yehudi Menhuin (cd) This is a no brainer Anne -Sophie wins hands down its exciting well recorded and everything you expect from Beethoven the Menhuin is the complete opposite in fact it is a dirge and you quickly lose interest. |
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STUART
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msphil
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I have four versions of Beethoven's violin Concerto. These are versions by Oistrach, Kennedy, and Perlman but my favourite is Herman Krebbers with Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. This used to be the top recommendation for many years in the Penguin Classical Record Guide.
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'You are, through your soul not your body, a human being.'
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tg [RIP]
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The Beethoven violin concerto seems to be one to inspire collecting performances, I will not admit to how many I have collected. The one I seem to visit most often is Wolfgang Marschner with the Sudwestdeutsche Philharmonia under Gunter Neidlinger. Not quite sure why I like it, although it seems to be a smaller orchestra and perhaps more intimate and concerto like than when played by a full symphony orchestra. I will go with the Kleiber 5 & 7 recommendation above too. Edited by tg - 01 May 2015 at 2:26pm |
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RichW
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Elgar violin concerto.
I've owned the CD of the Kennedy EMI recording for many years & recently acquired the LP of the same (from Phil). Have been reminded (as if it were needed) that LP is still an extremely capable & valid format for classical music. Edited by RichW - 20 May 2015 at 1:39pm |
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Majestic/Enigma, Accession MM & MC.
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Fuzzy
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Now that I have my Gram Amp 2 SE installed (with a nice enough 1 meter Supra RCA connect), I am finally able to enjoy in all its glory the legendary live recording of Mahler 8 conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos (Everest 3189/2 two LP set). While the recording itself is technically speaking nothing really special - and sometimes even rather bad - (the box says 'electronically enhanced for stereo effect'), the music making is excellent. And the LPs I have are for as far as I can tell in very good condition, so that does help too. Somehow these older recordings feel and listen nicer on LP than CD (the latter version I do not possess).
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morris_minor
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Get a quiet pressing and LPs are excellent for classical music!
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Bob
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