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Beethoven: 13 Times the Same and 13 Times Different (CD review)
Symphony No. 5. Robert Trevino, Malmo Symphony Orchestra. Various other conductors and orchestras. Naxos 8.551451 (2-disc set).By John J. PuccioMany years ago, in the early Eighties as I recall, I invited a group of classical music-loving friends over to listen and compare as many versions of the Beethoven Fifth Symphony as we could assemble. It was just for fun, and over the course of several nights about a dozen of us listened to more than a dozen different Fifth Symphony Allegro con brios (the opening movement). Not that it matters, but we favored three recordings above the rest: Arturo Toscanini (RCA), Fritz Reiner (RCA), and Carlos Kleiber (DG) because they appeared to have the most energy and impact, with a fourth recording by Karl Bohm (DG) a runner-up because it sounded the most like what we all considered a traditional Fifth Symphony to sound like.I mention all this because it’s pretty much what […]
2020-03-09 14:19:12
The problem with Telemann, 2020
[…] Bach, held Telemann in low esteem and compared, unfavorably, some of his cantatas to those of Bach. Albert Schwetzer seconded Spitta in his own biography of Bach. Now we know that some of those “Bach” cantatas were actually written by Telemann. So how many more gems are we missing? Here, for example, is one of them, in this case one of Telemann’s Darmstadt Overtures (in D Major). The Cologne Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl. We’d also like to note the German conductor Hans Knappertsbusch, who was born on March 12th of 1888. Knappertsbusch was a leading interpreter of the music of Wagner. Politically a conservative, he nonetheless never joined the Nazi party, even though he was pressured into it and his contract with the Munich Opera was revoked (but later restored). He had many minor run-ins with the Nazis; what saved him was his popularity both with the […]
2020-02-19 00:00:00
Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5: Levit, Wang, Sigfridsson, Takahashi, Kadouch
Ludwig van BeethovenThe Five piano ConcertosPiano Concerto 1 Igor LevitPiano Concerto 2 Xiaohan WangPiano Concerto 3 Henri SigfridssonPiano Concerto 4 Norie TakahashiPiano Concerto 5 David KadouchKölner KammerorchesterHelmut Müller-BrühlNaxos Germany 2007Digital download, flac and coverFor information please go tohttps://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8011161--beethoven-piano-concertos-nos-1-5You can read about Helmut Müller-Brühl and the Kölner Kammerorchester here
2016-11-18 01:00:00
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672) Symphoniae sacrae I (SWV 257-276) CAPELLA FIDICINIA Hans Grüß Recording: Dresden, Lukaskirche, 1984 - Re-Published 1997 2 CDs [45:17] + [55:52] Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) Great Sacred Concertos (SSWV 17,181,188-190,220,547,551-557) La Capella Ducale Musica Fiata Direction: Roland Wilson Recording: Christuskirche Brühl, 2004 [79:47] TRACKLIST HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672) Symphoniae sacrae I SWV 257-276 Lateinische geistliche Konzerte (Gesamtaufnahme) CD 1 [45:17] 01. Cantabo Domino in vita mea (SWV 260) [05:21] 02. O Quam tu pulchra es (Prima pars) (SWV 265) […]
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