RE: Haitink/LSO - surprisingly vital

Posted by TGR (A) on September 1, 2016 at 07:50:40

In Reply to: Haitink/LSO posted by pbarach on August 31, 2016 at 18:08:52:

During my heavy SACD phase, I acquired much of the Haitink LSO Beethoven cycle - there used to be a subscription site where you could get SACDs for some ridiculously cheap price, like $5 per month. There wasn't a great selection, but heck. The first LSO Live SACD conducted by Haitink that I received was the Brahms 4 recording - which was a truly terrible recording of a boring performance - didn't bode well for future Haitink recordings. I decided to take a chance on another as it was coupled with the Triple Concerto, and I wanted to have that on SACD. If memory serves properly, it was coupled with the 7th, and I was surprised, nay shocked, by how vital a reading this was of the 7th. I picked up a few more of these and was equally impressed. And somehow the sound was better than in the Brahms 4 (which unfortunately reproduces the acoustic of the Barbican with great accuracy). Anyway, this set does show that Haitink isn't always the boring conductor that we think. I don't have the entire set - I think I have maybe 3 of them? But what I have heard is good.

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Topic - Recommended Beethoven Pastorale recordings - Awacs 20:48:23 08/30/16 (20)

I'm late but no one mentioned Monteux/VPO... - classfolkphile 12:55:34 09/15/16 (0)

I've always have a soft spot for Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia/Decca - John Marks 10:13:00 09/1/16 (0)

RE: Recommended Beethoven Pastorale recordings - Awacs 18:37:42 08/31/16 (0)

Haitink/LSO - pbarach 18:08:52 08/31/16 (3)

RE: Haitink/LSO - surprisingly vital - TGR 09/1/1607:50:40 09/1/16 (2)

Re surprisingly vital: always surprising when Haitink is vital ;) (nt) - goldenthal 23:28:18 09/5/16 (0)

I've got Haitink's complete SACD set, and I very much agree - Chris from Lafayette 09:51:21 09/1/16 (0)

A short list - TGR 07:57:56 08/31/16 (9)

When you say "the climax", do you mean the end? - Chris from Lafayette 09:24:37 08/31/16 (8)

More detail - TGR 11:11:12 08/31/16 (7)

But the last two chords in the Pastoral are marked fortissimo - Chris from Lafayette 11:48:07 08/31/16 (6)

yes, but - TGR 11:54:40 08/31/16 (5)

Still more - Chris from Lafayette 12:39:50 08/31/16 (2)

You mean rests are not notes? - TGR 13:11:33 08/31/16 (1)

So when you listen to the end of the Pastoral Symphony on a recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 15:22:51 08/31/16 (0)

More - Chris from Lafayette 12:35:16 08/31/16 (0)

I never said it was the climax - it's very Brucknerian however [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 12:27:40 08/31/16 (0)

RE: Recommended Beethoven Pastorale recordings - kitch29 06:35:26 08/31/16 (0)

Assuming you're talking Bohm/VPO, I really like the version you have - Chris from Lafayette 00:53:56 08/31/16 (0)

Walter's is extraordinarily lovely. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 22:32:24 08/30/16 (0)

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RE: Haitink/LSO - surprisingly vital - TGR 09/1/1607:50:40 09/1/16 (2)

Re surprisingly vital: always surprising when Haitink is vital ;) (nt) - goldenthal 23:28:18 09/5/16 (0)

I've got Haitink's complete SACD set, and I very much agree - Chris from Lafayette 09:51:21 09/1/16 (0)

RE: Haitink/LSO - surprisingly vital

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