Re: The problem with Haitink (?)

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:57:01 +0000, 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

What else to expect from a Dutch semiconductor? ;-)