Date: |
Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:06:18 -0400 |
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
>I noticed that the complete set of Beethoven's symphonies from Daniel
>Barenboim on Teldec will be released in the U.S. on 25 April... Have any
>of our overseas list members heard any of the new set? Is it worth the
>price tag?
I heard two performances over the radio in 1999. The BPO and Barenboim are
almost bound to be solid, and the stuff I heard was eminently so. Barenboim
has become this day's great traditionalist, at least to me, when it comes
to Beethoven and Bruckner. Whether Teldec's price is right, well, that has
to remain moot. I myself have five other Beethoven symphony sets, plus
singles, so I won't be investing. The last set I bought was Zinman's (with
the Tonhalle orchestra) -- and then only because parts of it impressed me
with their extraordinarily imaginative readings. Even so, the set as a
whole was outstanding for its precision and drive.
Denis Fodor Internet:[log in to unmask]
|
|
|