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Pros
Everything is laid out with utter naturalness and optimal musicality. Yet the music making is by no means faceless or bland. If you are a more casual listener, or a veteran comparative listener, your aural palate occasionally needs cleansing.
Bernard haitink is a formidable brahmsian. It's fascinating to compare haitink's symphonies with abbado's or klemperer's. I am a haitink fan, and his brahms interpretations do not disappoint.
violin concerto; sinfonia. There is much competition in brahms (as there is in all the great composers), but, i think this set deserves to be noticed in the heap.
Brahms' two serenades aim to charm and scintillate. Haydn variations communicate a tension more often found in the concert hall. Both serenades are included.
The fourth is a real knockout, not in the toscanini mold, but dynamic and perfectly paced. I prefer the quicker paced performances of the 1st movement as long as the performers make the appropriate adjustments for the various tender and slower portion... Read More
Cons
The cds are not as substantial as they should be. Skips in two places.
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Quality
That said arrau is a widely admired pianist some perhaps many may enjoy his performance and the sound quality is excellent as i... Read More
It shows the 3rd is incredible beautiful pacing and energy with the haitnik balance of emotion
I disgree with the reviewer about the violin and piano concertos
Haitnik seems to be criticized by some for being middle of the road but i dont see it that way at least with his recordings with the rco
Price
This is a magnificent set and at a bargain price too
Packaging/appearance
This one has several advantages that place it at or near the head of the pack
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- This product had a total of 45 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 7 2022.
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The sound is uniformly glorious reminding us of why the royal concertgebouw is often the first choice among world class orchestras and why phillips was such an admired recording company
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There are innumerable editions of the brahms orchestral music available at bargain price to tempt neophytes and veteran collectors alike
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There is never an eccentric or attentiongrabbing gesture
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Yet the music making is by no means faceless or bland
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In the violin concerto szerying leans in to the lyricism but doesnt respond as fully to the joie de vivre particularly in the third movement
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The only performance in this set that comes close to outright dullness is that of the double concerto with szeryng and starker
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Both soloists of course aquit themselves splendidly from a technical point of view and once again lyricism dominatesbut to the expense this time of compelling forward movement not a question of tempo
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In the end this double concerto doesnt say much though it will surely please the ear
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