Collecting Beethoven, (Part 1) : Symphonies
Hi there.
Though new to classical, i've been listening to Beethoven for quite a while now, and i'm slowly falling in love with basically everything this man wrote, from the piano sonatas, to the string quartets, all the way to his great symphonies.
However, as i'm slowly discovering, buying classical records can be a problem. With trillions of conductors and CDs all claiming
your money is near next to impossible to make a decision as to just what to buy.
Buying a collection of works simply won't work, as i reckon every conductor excelled in one symphony over the others.
In your opinion, what is the very greatest version for each symphony ?!?
True, tastes may vary and i might need to buy several versions before i found the one that is right for me, still, i feel a guide line to be necessary.
I was actually thinking to get one single collection just to study and learn each symphony, and then go out to look for those single performances i feel would be the best for me.
I was thinking about getting the Karajan cycle from '63, if nothing else because it's so cheap.
I already own Kleiber 5th & 7th, which i think are incredible performances (and some of the better sounding ones i've listened so far) but are also slightly flawed.
The 5th seems fine so far, the the 7th is a tad imperfect in it's interpretation, expecially the second movement.
So, what do you think ?!?
Though new to classical, i've been listening to Beethoven for quite a while now, and i'm slowly falling in love with basically everything this man wrote, from the piano sonatas, to the string quartets, all the way to his great symphonies.
However, as i'm slowly discovering, buying classical records can be a problem. With trillions of conductors and CDs all claiming
your money is near next to impossible to make a decision as to just what to buy.
Buying a collection of works simply won't work, as i reckon every conductor excelled in one symphony over the others.
In your opinion, what is the very greatest version for each symphony ?!?
True, tastes may vary and i might need to buy several versions before i found the one that is right for me, still, i feel a guide line to be necessary.
I was actually thinking to get one single collection just to study and learn each symphony, and then go out to look for those single performances i feel would be the best for me.
I was thinking about getting the Karajan cycle from '63, if nothing else because it's so cheap.
I already own Kleiber 5th & 7th, which i think are incredible performances (and some of the better sounding ones i've listened so far) but are also slightly flawed.
The 5th seems fine so far, the the 7th is a tad imperfect in it's interpretation, expecially the second movement.
So, what do you think ?!?
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