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  • Re: Beethoven symphony 5 - Manfred Honeck

    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to Gerard on Sun Feb 5 11:31:08 2023
    On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 7:58:41 AM UTC-7, Gerard wrote:
    Beethoven symphony 5 - Manfred Honeck

    I just received and listened to this recording (will listen to symphony 7 later). It is a hell of a performance.
    Honeck starts relatively slow, but very forceful (through the whole piece); with many subtleties and details, but never exaggerated, and never at the expense of the drive or flow. Very clear and precise; gripping, compelling. Great notes by the conductor. Great sound. (It's a hybrid SACD - I heard it on a CD player.)

    A very strong candidate for a first recommendation of this very often recorded work.
    Until now I would have recommended Carlos Kleiber and Szell (with CGO) at first, and maybe Karajan, maybe Chailly.
    (I don't know Reiner's recording.)

    Some reviews: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Nov/Beethoven_sys57_FR718.htm
    http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Nov/Beethoven_sys57_FR718_MC.htm
    http://www.classicstoday.com/review/honeck-and-pittsburghs-beethoven-for-the-ages/
    (I cannot read it, but the first sentence says a lot.) https://classicalcandor.blogspot.nl/2016/02/beethoven-symphonies-nos-5-7-sacd-review.html

    According to this review:

    - Honeck has developed a reputation for drawing new details from works played thousands of times. Here, it was the soft moments in the slow second movement, which the strings in particular, handled with incredible sensitivity. In the middle section of
    the third movement, strings were especially rambunctious. Honeck’s Beethoven is always exceptional...

    https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2023/02/03/pittsburgh-symphony-review-beethoven-5-manfred-honeck-tickets/stories/202302030109

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  • From Dan Koren@21:1/5 to Gerard on Sun Feb 5 14:57:30 2023
    On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 7:58:41 AM UTC-7, Gerard wrote:
    Beethoven symphony 5 - Manfred Honeck

    I just received and listened to this recording
    (will listen to symphony 7 later). It is a hell
    of a performance.

    That can be read in more than one way. Can
    one hear yaks dancing (or doing whatever
    yaks do) in the last movement? Melmoth,
    check it out. Does it pass muster with you?

    dk

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