February 25, 2006

Definitely a great CD


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When it comes to buying one of Beethoven symphonies on disc usually you have to choices: to go with the classics (Furtwangler, Klemperer, Walter) and their powerful and insightful approaches or to get a more modern approach (to Hogwood) sometimes with pretty strange results. To find a recording that stands somewhere between, that is both emotionally powerful and yet full of energy of our time the choice isn't easy. And that's where Kleiber comes in. With an extremely responsive orchestra and impeccable recorded sound Kleiber gets the perfect balance between classic and modern interpretation. All the tension we were used with by conductors like Furtwangler and all the grip of someone like Karajan is there in a perfect combination of something that must be one of the landmarks in recorded Beethoven and in recorded music of all times. Buy this CD and listen to it. It's as rewarding as people here say. Definitely an essential recording.

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