Sujet : Re: The problem with Haitink (?)
De : vangaalenusenet (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Roland van Gaalen)
Groupes : rec.music.classical.recordingsDate : 24. Oct 2024, 18:32:27
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On 24/10/2024 16:30, Graham wrote:
On 2024-10-24 4:57 a.m., Roland van Gaalen wrote:
Beethoven 4, recorded 1987
in Philips box 442 073-2
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
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Verdict: very good but no cigar
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+ great orchestral playing
+ fine interpretation
+ lively, expressive, exciting; definitely not boring
+ excellent sound
+ all in all very good
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And yet
- the exuberance, while not suppresssed, is slightly restrained, safely within the limits of good taste, as it were, where I think the music should sound as if almost going out of control
--
Careful!!! You're beginning to resemble Dan!!
I was just trying to explain why this Beethoven cycle by Haitink will probably stay in one of the shoeboxes in my attic.-- Roland van GaalenAmsterdam
The problem with Haitink (?)
Re: The problem with Haitink (?)