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Beethoven - Symphony No 1; Haydn - Symphonies Nos 88 & 99

 
Beethoven - Symphony No 1; Haydn - Symphonies Nos 88 & 99   Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5

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Product Details
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0827949012662
Format: SACD
Label: Pentatone
Manufacturer: Pentatone
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Pentatone
Release Date: 2005-03-07
Running Time: 78
Studio: Pentatone
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Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5 A curate's egg, 2006-07-08
Comment: The Haydn performances are warm and affectionate in the "best" sixties style and the sound in both stereo and m/c is excellent.

However, the Beethoven is a very old fashioned performance, in which Davis gives us a ready-made full-blown romantic composer. There is little sense of classicism, transition or experiment. Even the exhuberance feels ponderously middle aged. I miss the wit and sense of the new that Harnoncourt, Mackerras and others have brought to the first.

This is a particualr disappointment in the light of the really excellent Davis Beet 5th on Pentatone.

The sound is not disappointing, however, being warm, accurate and full with lovely soundstaging. So, I'll keep it for the two Haydn works and give the Beet. a miss.

Four and a half stars for the recording of both pieces, four-and-a-half for the Haydn performances but only a two-and-a-half for the Beethoven.