NWR: Beethoven Recordings

originally posted by David from Switzerland: Kleiber son, the DG Originals CD of Beethoven's 5th and 7th, I suppose? Not a good example, that CD may be considered a bargain at any price. If you like it, get his live 4th on Orfeo next. And note there is an Amsterdam live 7th on DVD, too.

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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I listened to the Kleiber with my 7-year-old son over breakfast the other day, accompanied by oatmeal, rather than Burgundy. Went together just fine.

Now for the quartets!
 
I wanted to follow up briefly with those who generously made recommendations in this thread. In addition to the Kleiber, we ended up with the Emerson recordings of both the Beethoven and Schubert (thanks Frank) quartets. The Beethoven is more intense than I'd realized; I'll have to chip away at these bit by bit. The Schubert is open for current drinking, and my son enjoys them as much as I do.

Next in my sights are productions of the Tchaikovsky violin concerto and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Also some Josquin Desprez (especially Ave Maris Stella).

Thanks again for the many good ideas.
 
Glad to be of help Ian.

And I have to say it's nice to post something here and not have poop thrown at me for my efforts.

(smiley face)

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originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
I wanted to follow up briefly with those who generously made recommendations in this thread. In addition to the Kleiber, we ended up with the Emerson recordings of both the Beethoven and Schubert (thanks Frank) quartets. The Beethoven is more intense than I'd realized; I'll have to chip away at these bit by bit. The Schubert is open for current drinking, and my son enjoys them as much as I do.

Next in my sights are productions of the Tchaikovsky violin concerto and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Also some Josquin Desprez (especially Ave Maris Stella).

Thanks again for the many good ideas.
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For the Tchaikovsky, there is an amazing performance by David Oistrakh for the Golden Jubilee Concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution. The last movement is absolutely astounding! I'm not sure this performance is on CD. The standard Heifetz/Reiner/CSO performance is pretty good, but not in the same league. More modern performances by Julia Fisher and Hillary Hahn are pretty good, too, but nowhere near as driven. Frankly, the Oistrakh performance is so insanely good, you should simply get yourself a decent turntable and buy the LP (I think Irvington Music in Portland still has it.)

Selecting a good overall performance of the Bach Brandenburg Concerti is much tougher. I don't like Menuhin, Marriner, Pinnock, or van Karajan, nor do I much like many of the "authentic, unspoofulated" early music ensembles.
 
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