new---Berlin Philharmonic Direct to Disc Bruckner No.7 Box Set---order while you can!
- Thread starter Mike Lavigne
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The 2nd movement only original of furtwangler in telefunken 78 rpm is over 1500 USD I think across 3 LPs
Just don't get too lost and play the B side of second disc Mike.
Yike! Esturo Gold.
Just don't get too lost and play the B side of second disc Mike.
that engraved picture might ruin my day.
Mine is dozens of engraved signatures. I said that because I flipped the disc and was about to lift the tone arm when I saw.that engraved picture might ruin my day.
i loost the chance to get the 7th.... its apparently out of stock, and i cant find myself paying resale value for it yet...
but, because of this thread i put my Japanese (i think its the same one as Michael mentioned) version of Brahms second with Backhous - i forgot how good it is, performance and sound wise.
thanks for Michael who lift it up...
but, because of this thread i put my Japanese (i think its the same one as Michael mentioned) version of Brahms second with Backhous - i forgot how good it is, performance and sound wise.
thanks for Michael who lift it up...
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Yes, after @Mike Lavigne 's recommendation (thanks) I found a sealed copy. Backhaus is a powerful piano player. On my copy the performance and performers seem very close at hand.
I wish I could say for sure, but I can't. It might have been my mood, power or humidity fluctuations or my ears.
It took me a while to finally get around to the B7 box set. (I didn't want to play it until the Helix/ Reed/ ZYX were tweaked adequately which took a few weeks.) Honestly, i thought it was very good but I wasn't knocked out. The performance was fine (it's Haitink and the Berlin- what's not to like?), with the climax and resolution of the adagio particularly wonderful as well as the scherzo. Sonically, I liked the perspective. It was pretty accurate in reproducing the acoustics of the hall, which surprisingly, is easily appreciated by the audience murmerings between the movements- the sounds of the side and rear balconies are obvious and render a listening position somewhere in section A about 10 rows from the stage. It also would have been nice if they gave two people in particular cough lozenges! However, while the sound is good, it is also a bit dry, which I didn't think reflected my listening experience in the hall itself. And as good as the recording is, I don't think it's the engineering equal of Lewis Layton's best works (RCA Living Stereo) or Ken Wilkinson (Decca/EMI). Then again, whose is?
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Totally agree. Just not my cup of tea. I found it well recorded but just did not flow in waves over me as many people stated. I said I also felt further back in the hall.
I was surprised that the BBC rated this symphony number 20 of all time
I was surprised that the BBC rated this symphony number 20 of all time
It's one of the best I have watched and I have seen Haitink conduct it twice. My posts on that go back as far as 2016 regarding Haitink's Bruckner 7, here is one from 2018, much before this LP became a rage. I didn't watch him do it with BPO though
https://www.whatsbestforum.com/thre...monaco-2-0-turntable.25046/page-6#post-509968
Dear Marcus,
thank you for the heads up about the HH record, after i read your reply back then i order a new copy for myself and its a FANTASTIC recording,
side A of the first LP is superb, and worth the $$ for its own, the other lps you posted, i already had, so the HH were a revelation, thanks!l
Totally agree. Then again I think Rainer Maillard and his recording/production team with some young blood will bring us even better records in the future. I’m sure the best is yet to come.
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