Otto Klemperer conducts the Wiener Symphoniker - The VOX Recordings & Live Performances 1951-1963 on 16 Super Audio CDs

Otto Klemperer conducts the Wiener Symphoniker - The VOX Recordings & Live Performances 1951-1963

With works by: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) , Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) , Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) , Franz Schubert (1797-1828) , Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) , Robert Schumann (1810-1856) , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) , Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Contributors: Ilona Steingruber, Else Schürhoff, Otto Wiener, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Anton Dermota, Elsa Cavelti, Guiomar Novaes, Teresa Stich-Randall, Akademiechor, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer,

16 Super Audio CDs

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien Nr. 2, 3, 5-7; Missa solemnis D-Dur op. 123; Klavierkonzert Nr. 4; Coriolan-Ouvertüre op. 62
+Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonien Nr. 3 & 4
+Anton Bruckner: Symphonien Nr. 4 & 7
+Gustav Mahler: Symphonien Nr. 2 & 4 (Nr. 2 in zwei Einspielungen); Das Lied von der Erde
+Franz Schubert: Symphonie Nr. 4
+Frederic Chopin: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
+Robert Schumann: Klavierkonzert op. 54
+Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonie Nr. 41
+Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestersuite Nr. 3
+Johannes Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 3

Sound Format:: mono (Hybrid)
Artists:: Ilona Steingruber, Else Schürhoff, Otto Wiener, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Anton Dermota, Elsa Cavelti, Guiomar Novaes, Teresa Stich-Randall, Akademiechor, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer
Label:: Archiphon
Year of recording ca.:: 1951-1963
Item number:: 11066596
UPC/EAN:: 4250323728242
Release date:: 5.12.2022

Neu remastered: Otto Klemperer leitete zwischen 1951 und 1963 die Wiener Symphoniker. Jetzt wurden die damaligen Studioaufnahmen bei Vox zusammen mit den Live-Mitschnitten des ORF überarbeitet, und sie erscheinen erstmals vollständig auf 16 Hybrid-SACDs plus Hardcover-Buch in einer edlen Box.

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Otto Klemperer conducts the Wiener Symphoniker - The VOX Recordings & Live Performances 1951-1963

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3,8

Booklet:: 5,0 of 5
Overall impression:: 2,5 of 5
Sound:: 2,0 of 5
Artistic quality:: 4,5 of 5
Repertoire value:: 3,5 of 5

1 of 3 (33%) would recommend this product.

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Anonymous

Nov 15, 2024

Booklet:: 5 of 5
Overall impression:: 3 of 5
Sound:: 2 of 5
Artistic quality:: 5 of 5
Repertoire value:: 4 of 5

Just as confirmation

I can only confirm. The artistic quality is indisputable, but the remastering on SACD is nothing short of embarrassing. The sound seems to come out of a box, but the worst aspect is the complete lack of consistency. There are passages where the sound is clean for a few seconds and then suddenly saturates, becoming an indistinguishable cacophony, especially during the orchestral “forte.” This is due to the excessive use of digital filters for noise reduction, which interfere even where they shouldn’t. The scandalous part is that simply listening to the final result in its entirety would have been enough to notice this issue. For comparison, one only needs to listen to the Sony Mitropoulos box set to see that excellent remastering of recordings from the same period can be achieved, delivering a natural sound without resorting to SACDs.

Jul 8, 2023

Enttäuschend

Vorab: es geht hier ausschließlich um die Transfers. Box und Buch sind grad so hübsch wie beim ersten Mal. Aber nach der fulminanten Concertgebouw-Box wird dieser Nachfolger den hohen Erwartungen an die Qualität der Transfers in keiner Weise gerecht.

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Sammler

Aug 2, 2024

GENIAL

Meiner Meinung nach ist diese LIVE-Aufnahme von Mahlers Zweiter unter den zahlreichen erhaltenen Tondokumenten Klemperers dieses Werks die absolut spannendste, radikalste und wohl dem Klemperer der Kroll-Jahre nächste. Da ist mir die Tonqualität ziemlich egal: Ich finde hier auch klanglich eine Transparenz, die mich begeistert. Dank für die Veröffentlichung dieses wertvollen Dokuments des radikalen Klemperer!

AZs

May 23, 2023

Booklet:: 5 of 5
Overall impression:: 2 of 5
Sound:: 2 of 5
Artistic quality:: 4 of 5
Repertoire value:: 3 of 5

Horrible digitalisation

As newer and newer Archiphon releases come out, the sound quality deteriorates.

A very long time ago, for example, they released Klemperer's early recordings made during the Weimar Republic, which have been exemplarily remastered. These were transcriptions of much older recordings of poorer sound quality, but they were still lovable and the sound engineers did an excellent job.

When they released Klemperer's Concertgebouw recordings on 22 SACDs 2 years ago, I was less enthusiastic but kept quiet. Many people wrote in high tones about the great digital reworking Mr Bolles had done on them. They were wrong, because they relativised it as a matter of taste and because we could not hear the original master tapes, it was impossible to tell what came from his digitisation and what came from the original recording. This is quite simply not true because anyone who can detect digital noise will not later be excused for bad work. That said, the end result was still mostly acceptable.

This latest, very expensive set is even worse, because it dives into a decidedly distracting digital cacophony. Sometimes acceptable, but often simply disgusting. For example, most of the time the strings sound like an annoying and frustrating digital vibrato that doesn't sound remotely like an instrument. Very disappointing, because I don't consider myself an audiophile, and in fact I particularly like archival recordings made between the two world wars.

It's a pity, Klemperer deserved better than this, although there are many very fine recordings in the box.

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Anonymous

Jun 7, 2023

Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2/23

Ist mit dem EMI-Oeuvre nicht schon alles zum Thema Klemperer gesagt? Durchaus nicht. Ohne die früheren Studio-Produktionen von VOX und die Live-Aufnahmen des ORF wäre das Bild dieses großen Musikers unvollständig; frühere und spätere Versionen, Studio- und Live-Varianten erhellen einander, signifikant zu hören im Fall »Missa solemnis«: schon das Wiederhören mit der expressiven VOX-Aufnahme ist ein starker Anreiz, sich erneut mit dem Schaffen Klemperers zu befassen. Zudem ist diese klanglich äußerst sorgfältig restaurierte und großzügig ausgestattete Kollektion ein bedeutendes Dokument für den Sonderrang der Wiener Symphoniker. Für die Jury: Thomas Voigt

Otto Klemperer conducts the Wiener Symphoniker - The VOX Recordings & Live Performances 1951-1963 on 16 Super Audio CDs