Readers' Poll Results: Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique
Well, thanks to an enthusiastic response this week, we have a pretty diverse list. Berlioz himself would be proud.
CBS SPR-21
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chesky CR1
Massimo Freccia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Columbia SAX 2537
Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
Decca 7659 (French Decca)
Carlos Paita, London Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 2530 358
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
EMI/HMV ASD 399 (or Concert Classics SXLP 30295)
Sir Thomas Beecham, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
EMI/HMV ASD 2945
Jean Martinon, Orchestre National de L'O.R.T.F.
Philips A 00.123L (mono)
Willem Van Otterloo, Berlin Philharmonic
RCA Living Stereo LM-1900 (mono or Classic Records stereo)
RCA Living Stereo LSC-2608
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
RCA Living Stereo LSC-2362
Pierre Monteux, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Reference Recordings RR-11 (2 LP set)
Varujan Krojian, Utah Symphony Orchestra
Westminster WL-5268 (mono)
Hermann Scherchen, London Symphony Orchestra
Wrong Bernstein -that's the 1964 release..not the 3 March 1968 recording.
ReplyDeleteThe Martinon has a very impressive HMV Studio (c.1984) German release) 11 2512.
The Klemperer EMI Eminence is EMX 2030 - superior disc-cutting, too.
A Korean dealer gave himself my new copy of that Monteux (+Witches Brew', etc, etc) as 'freebies'..
Corrected it, Tin Ear!
DeleteFound this over on vinyl engine:
Delete"'Ol blue recommends the perfect recording that has everything that's right about vinyl: Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique - Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F, cond. maestro Jean Martinon.
On EMI/HMV-Studio (1C 039) 11 2512 1. Presssed in Germany by EMI Electrola GmbH, Koln.
I have other recordings of this music but this one is outstanding in every way."
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KIJC 9142 is the Super Analog of the Monteux Fantastique
ReplyDeleteKIJC 9220 Solti Fantastique. Some do like Solti.
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