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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Re: Boulez slow, precise, weighty, clear . . . posted by tlyyra on May 16, 2007 at 02:04:53:
You have very properly distinguished between the clarity of the performance and the level of clarity of the recording. I was not as clear about that as I could have been, just relying on the association of the word with Boulez's name. I would agree that the recording is somewhat dull, although as I said, I found the top end of my LP a bit tizzy. It is not a very dynamic performance, either, which is OK for what Boulez seems to have been trying to do. As you say, the performance itself is very clear and that seems to be why my brother liked it.I did think about the word "wilful" for a bit (that is an alternative spelling of the word and for some reason, I prefer it--probably remember it from my youth). After all, it could be said that Beethoven himself seemed rather wilful. "Hyperreactive" is not a term that would have occurred to me as I don't much use the word, but it seems appropriate, too. But we are really trying to use words to characterize a non-verbal art form.
One of the best recorded performances I have is on an LP with Arthur Rodzinski and the Philharmonic Orchestra of London on Westminster WGS-8123, recorded in the early stereo era (Rodzinski died in 1958--I can find remarkably little about him on the net!). It is not a loud pressing and I have to turn up the volume several clicks above what I normally do. I think it is the sunniest, happiest version of the Fifth I have ever heard and it sounds quite smooth on my current speakers.
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