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Rimshot · 06-06-2006, 10:01 AM

Just got the new Vanska/Minn. Beethoven disk on BIS: Beethoven 3rd and 8th Symphonies... I don't use language like this lightly:

WOW!

Very tight, very engergetic, played as well or better than ANYTHING I have ever heard played. Those who lean toward the Bruno Walter school for their Beethoven may not be quite as enchanted, and one can always quibble on details here and there, but overall, top-drawer Eroicas like this are hard to come by, and the 8th may be the best realization I've encountered. The recording is fantastically clear, and if I feel a dash more warmth would be welcome, it is only cause this whole thing is so close to "perfection". (Had to listen on headphones first--can't wait to fire it up on the surround sound SACD!)

By the way, the brass are just super: I think even Harry Glantz on modern equipment and recording technology couldn't sound better or more dynamic in this music.

(Nice picture of Manny on the back booklet cover, too (others in the picture? I can't remember...).

06-06-2006, 10:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rimshot Pianissimo User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 93	Beethoven Eroica and 8th - Get it! Just got the new Vanska/Minn. Beethoven disk on BIS: Beethoven 3rd and 8th Symphonies... I don't use language like this lightly: WOW! Very tight, very engergetic, played as well or better than ANYTHING I have ever heard played. Those who lean toward the Bruno Walter school for their Beethoven may not be quite as enchanted, and one can always quibble on details here and there, but overall, top-drawer Eroicas like this are hard to come by, and the 8th may be the best realization I've encountered. The recording is fantastically clear, and if I feel a dash more warmth would be welcome, it is only cause this whole thing is so close to "perfection". (Had to listen on headphones first--can't wait to fire it up on the surround sound SACD!) By the way, the brass are just super: I think even Harry Glantz on modern equipment and recording technology couldn't sound better or more dynamic in this music. (Nice picture of Manny on the back booklet cover, too (others in the picture? I can't remember...).