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David Stewart wrote:
>What else has he done??? [about Carlos Kleiber]
To be fair, I'm not that as huge a fan of Carlos Kleiber as are most
people. That may have more to do with not hearing all that much of
his work all that often, but I tend to like more romantic conductors.
Kleiber's recordings crossed into the early digital age, and early digital
was terrible: sound maven and analog fanatic that I was/am, I didn't
listen to them much. This included the Brahms Fourth whose sound was just
too white and harsh for me the couple of times I played it. I did like the
Beethoven symphonies, especially the Fifth (both DGs were analog, I think).
My point in writing is to mention two opera recordings no one else did
(to my knowledge). There is a fast, tense La Traviata, which I liked but
haven't heard in so long that I don't want to say much more than that.
More famous was his Tristan. I liked that one a lot, but that was really
done in by the digital sound. I think I even had company from the early
pro-digiphiles on that one. I do remember it as having an eerie, yet
somehow earthy quality about it, but that too was a long time. I hardly
see it around in the used LP bins any more and am wondering if, sound or
not, it has become a bit of a collector's piece. I'm not sure. But if
you're interested in Kleiber, I'd definitely look out for it in some
format.
Roger Hecht
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