Post by RiRiIII December 31, 2011 (1 of 9)
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This marvel (SACD, single layer) was shipped today from Japan!
King International KKC10000
Happy holidays to all!
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Post by RiRiIII January 13, 2012 (3 of 9)
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So, it finally arrived and I urge you all to get it. We all know this Beethoven 4th is an unsurpassed performance. Even Carlos was 1000% satisfied and thrilled with it.
A quick comparison with the RBCD from the late 80s, shows that KING in Japan did a wonderful job to ameliorate this recording. While the RBCD can sound dry and one dimensional, the SACD (single layer) provides life, smoothness and 3d-stage sound (to the extent possible with this recording of course). For these reasons, we can get deeper to Carlos Kleiber's approach and understanding of this masterpiece. It is simply amazing. No words to describe it. I listened to it three time already. Congratulations!
Alex.-
PS: I wonder why this SACD is not yet in SA-CD.net's database...
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Post by lennyw January 13, 2012 (4 of 9)
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Yeah, I'm kinda waiting for there to be the links so that the site gets its cut. Zeus...are you there?
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RiRiIII said:
We all know this Beethoven 4th is an unsurpassed performance.
Providing one is happy with an out-of-date, inaccurate set of parts being used and - as practically all scholars & most performers would recognise - an inappropriate scale and style of music making, then "yes".
There is no doubt though that for old-school Beethoven, Klieber (along with at least one other 'K') was hard to beat...
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Post by RiRiIII January 13, 2012 (7 of 9)
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Polly Nomial said:
Providing one is happy with an out-of-date, inaccurate set of parts being used and - as practically all scholars & most performers would recognise - an inappropriate scale and style of music making, then "yes".
There is no doubt though that for old-school Beethoven, Klieber (along with at least one other 'K') was hard to beat...
I can be and I am very happy with Carlos Kleiber, Gardiner or Chailly for various and different reasons. However, the common factor of the exellence in music making is inspiration, at least for me. And C. Kleiber was very inspired and inspiring that particular evening. Despite the inaccurate out of date set of parts used; I cannot care less.
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Post by RiRiIII January 13, 2012 (8 of 9)
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Post by Claude January 13, 2012 (9 of 9)
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My guess is that King had to include the prominent Orfeo logo, otherwise japanese collectors would have boycotted this release, because it is not faithful to the original ;-)
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