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Put aside any reservations you've had about Haitink in the past...

Posted by Russell (A) on December 8, 2006 at 19:35:15

In Reply to: New Haitink Beethoven Symphony cycle ... any opinions? posted by hinduclient on December 8, 2006 at 12:13:51:

...these performances reveal an altogether different kind of conductor. It's true that Haitink in recent years has become pretty staid--his most recent LSO Live Brahms cycle was deadly dull--but not so with these Beethoven performances. He uses the new Barenreiter editions here (the same ones used by Zinman), and that seems to have inspired him. So far I've heard the discs of 2/6, 3/Leonore 2, 7/Triple Concerto, and 9 (all on SACD). All of the performances are very good to stupendous (and that last epithet is reserved for the last movement of the 7th and the first 2 movements of the 9th). Dynamics are incredibly huge. The timpani, in particular, are outstanding--always strong and emphatic--and it helps that hard sticks are used. The recorded sound is much better than usual from this source, and has a nice warmth and richness, if still a touch dry and boxy (but not objectionable at all IMO).

Russell

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