Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75-6
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Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75-6
Any opinions on this? Seems well-reviewed (and I have read praise of Kempe's Brahms - though for his BPO cycle, not Munchner).
It's also, well, affordable shall we say.
Thanks!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Br...s=brahms+kempe
It's also, well, affordable shall we say.
Thanks!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Br...s=brahms+kempe
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Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
nothing showed when I clicked your link
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Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
Oops, sorry. How is this? Won't let me add a picture at the mo.david johnson wrote:nothing showed when I clicked your link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Brahm ... ahms+kempe
Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
The Klemperer/Beethoven recordings are not EMI's studio versions but public performances given in Vienna in 1960. Haven't heard any of them. Klemperer was a manic-depressive, a severe case, and as such he was unpredictable. When in a manic state, he was quick and careless with rehearsals and the performances sometimes suffered; when depressive, he worked more carefully. The customer reviews on amazon.com are favorable, for what that's worth.
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Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
Thanks! Yes, they are favourable, as is this:John F wrote:The Klemperer/Beethoven recordings are not EMI's studio versions but public performances given in Vienna in 1960. (...) The customer reviews on amazon.com are favorable, for what that's worth.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/c ... CD1252.htm
I'd be very interested in hearing any views on this Brahms/Kempe/Munchner cycle before putting my hand in my virtual pocket...
Thanks!
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Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
Do you already have this very excellent set?
A superb set, with the exception of a badly executed 9th.
A superb set, with the exception of a badly executed 9th.
Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
I've not heard this particular set, but I must caution you that Klemperer, to my knowledge, never mastered the Beethoven Ninth, so that would discourage me. You can do far better with HVK's early DGG set for the same price:
As for Brahms, Solti/Chicago would be my recommendation for n additional fiver:
As for Brahms, Solti/Chicago would be my recommendation for n additional fiver:
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It's marvellous, I wouldn't be without it.maestrob wrote:I've not heard this particular set, but I must caution you that Klemperer, to my knowledge, never mastered the Beethoven Ninth, so that would discourage me. You can do far better with HVK's early DGG set for the same price:
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I "learnt" the Beethoven symphonies with Klemperer and the Phil - the studio version. I still love them, though I don't listen very often. He took a marvellously magisterial and architectural view, but was regarded as slow even then. By today's standards he is often glacial.
Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
RebLem has reviewed the Klemperer live Beethoven recordings from Vienna on the last page of the What are you listening to thread.
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Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
I have just finished listening to this set, spread over 5 different listening sessions. You can read them in the "What have you been listening to today?" thread. Generally, my reviews have been favorable; this is one of the great sets, but I did note a few disappointments.John F wrote:The Klemperer/Beethoven recordings are not EMI's studio versions but public performances given in Vienna in 1960. Haven't heard any of them. Klemperer was a manic-depressive, a severe case, and as such he was unpredictable. When in a manic state, he was quick and careless with rehearsals and the performances sometimes suffered; when depressive, he worked more carefully. The customer reviews on amazon.com are favorable, for what that's worth.
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Re: Box: Beethoven cycle/Klemperer 60, Brahms cycle/Kempe 75
TY, Premont.premont wrote:RebLem has reviewed the Klemperer live Beethoven recordings from Vienna on the last page of the What are you listening to thread.
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