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Re: Beethoven's 5th Symphony - Kleiber vs Karajan 1977
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 12:46:42 -0800
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Jim Saunders ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>What about recent (past 20 years) recordings with top-notch recorded sound?
>I have Harnoncourt and Kleiber.  Harnoncourt is good, but wearies my ear
>with explosions of valveless brass and stick-struck timpani.

Only the trumpets (well, and trombones) are valveless in Harnoncourt,
only tht trumpets are natural ones.

What about Ashkenazy? Solti? Giulini (LA Phil)?

I'd avoid any of them.  Gielen, Maag among recent entries...

Deryk Barker
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