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  • Beethoven 6 / Berlin Philh / Cluytens (1960)

    From Roland van Gaalen@vangaalenusenet@gmail.com to rec.music.classical on Thu Jul 25 13:49:02 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.classical

    On 25 February 1997 professor Tony Movshon wrote a glowing review of the
    EMI Beethoven symphony set recorded in 1957-1960 by the Berlin
    Philharmonic conducted by Andr|- Cluytens (*):

    "I cannot praise this set highly enough. ... This is the work of a
    master musician."

    Today I listened to #6, the Pastoral symphony, again.

    And again I conclude: yes, this is _extremely_ beautiful music.

    In the next few hours, I want to keep hearing this in my head and will
    not listen to any other music!

    The interpretation seems middle-of-the-road and natural, and yet I find
    it overwhelming.

    The grandeur has a delicate quality.

    The sound is excellent on my Tivoli 'Music System+'.

    And the orchestra sounds great.

    (*) See the Google archive of rec.music.classical.recordings. The thread
    is titled "Beethoven symphonies: Cluytens". The message is dated 25
    February 1997.
    --
    Roland van Gaalen
    The Netherlands

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  • From mINE109@pianoforte109@yahoo.com to rec.music.classical on Thu Jul 25 17:58:55 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.classical

    On 7/25/24 6:49 AM, Roland van Gaalen wrote:
    On 25 February 1997 professor Tony Movshon wrote a glowing review of the
    EMI Beethoven symphony set recorded in 1957-1960 by the Berlin
    Philharmonic conducted by Andr|- Cluytens (*):

    "I cannot praise this set highly enough. ... This is the work of a
    master musician."

    Today I listened to #6, the Pastoral symphony, again.

    And again I conclude: yes, this is _extremely_ beautiful music.

    In the next few hours, I want to keep hearing this in my head and will
    not listen to any other music!

    The interpretation seems middle-of-the-road and natural, and yet I find
    it overwhelming.

    The grandeur has a delicate quality.

    The sound is excellent on my Tivoli 'Music System+'.

    And the orchestra sounds great.

    (*) See the Google archive of rec.music.classical.recordings. The thread
    is titled "Beethoven symphonies: Cluytens". The message is dated 25
    February 1997.

    Seconded! I purchased the Cluytens cycle on the strength of that recommendation.

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