Haitink is broad and generous. In CSO, we're getting a not-all-orchestras-are-equal sound.
Composer: Richard Strauss
Work: Ein Heldenleben, I. Der Held
Recording: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Thursday, June 9, 2011
#160 The Smell of Stubbornness
The introduction to A Hero's Life is heavy and stubborn. It's a statement: unforgiving, accountable, exclamatory. It's not heroic; it's standing on its own terms.
Haitink is broad and generous. In CSO, we're getting a not-all-orchestras-are-equal sound.
Composer: Richard Strauss
Work: Ein Heldenleben, I. Der Held
Recording: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Haitink is broad and generous. In CSO, we're getting a not-all-orchestras-are-equal sound.
Composer: Richard Strauss
Work: Ein Heldenleben, I. Der Held
Recording: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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