Bernard Haitink recorded Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3 in D minor with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1966, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra recorded the work with Georg Solti in 1982, so each already has a classic rendition that is readily available and worth including in any collection. But this live 2006 recording, which marks Haitink's ...
A fine album in its own right, but a real find at the budget price, this 2004 reissue of Bernard Haitink's exceptional Brahms performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is one of the most satisfying offerings in the Universal Classics line. In the 1972 performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 4 in E minor, the playing is bold, muscular, and ...
When Decca first issued Bernard Haitink's Shostakovich symphony cycle between 1977 and 1984, it was the first non-Soviet cycle of the works. When the cycle was re-released as a set in 2006, it was still only the third non-Soviet cycle -- Eliahu Inbal had completed a perfunctory cycle for Denon and Ladislav Slovak a lackluster cycle for Naxos in ...
The question is not "Is Bernard Haitink's cycle of the symphonies of Vaughan Williams the best digital set of the symphonies?" The answer to that question is an emphatic yes. Haitink's technique is beyond reproach and his interpretations are not only overwhelmingly passionate, they are deeply poetic and profoundly musical. The London Philharmonic, ...
Bernard Haitink's live recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra most assuredly aren't the last word on these masterpieces (whose recordings ever could be?), but any collector looking for solid performances that satisfy most needs would do well to check out these remarkable CDs. For example, this 2006 disc ...
Does anyone outside of the Benelux countries remember the Haitink/ Concertgebouw/Bruckner cycle? With competition from the more glamorous Karajan/Berlin cycle and the more muscular Solti/Chicago cycle, not to mention the more spiritual Jochum/Bavarian/Berlin cycle, the more straightforward Haitink/Concertgebouw cycle probably doesn't stick in the ...
Even though Bernard Haitink's 2006 recording with the London Symphony Orchestra of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, "Choral," is live, taken from a concert at London's Barbican, listeners will be pleased to discover that it is phenomenally well recorded in direct stream digital, and that there are virtually no background noises or other ...
While not perhaps the greatest Don Giovanni ever recorded -- as if there could be such a thing -- this 1984 EMI recording led by Bernard Haitink absolutely has to be heard by anyone who loves Mozart's drama giocoso. Why? Several reasons, the most important of which is the man cast in the title role. Thomas Allan is not only a terrific singer with ...
You can always depend on Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink. No matter what the repertoire or the venue, Haitink will always give you clear, clean, and accurate performances joined to ideally balanced and completely objective interpretations. Unfortunately, this quality makes Haitink especially vulnerable to the quality of his collaborators. With a ...
Even though Bernard Haitink's 2006 recording with the London Symphony Orchestra of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, "Choral," is live, taken from a concert at London's Barbican, listeners will be pleased to discover that it is phenomenally well recorded for this direct stream digital, multichannel SACD, and that there are virtually no ...
Beethoven's nine symphonies -- what can one say? The greatest body of orchestral works ever composed? Probably. The most performed body of orchestral works ever composed? Certainly. The most recorded body of orchestral works ever composed? Absolutely. Not only has virtually every conductor recorded a Beethoven cycle, some of them have gotten to ...
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