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hubert - Symphony No. 8 & 9 - BSO - Munch - HiRes


moet helaas zwaar gerepareerd worden. Ongebruikelijk voor de ze poster ;-) Zal dus niet bij een ieder binnenkomen.

Charles Munch's Schubert Ninth is my personal favorite performance. It is unbelievably exciting, with the orchestra playing as if its collective life depended on it. No other version of the scherzo even comes close to this one for sheer rhythmic energy, and while the finale may not be the subtlest interpretation on disc, it's probably the most physical. Only at the end of the first movement (nearly always rescored in some fashion) does Munch let the brass go crazy in a way that some listeners may find over the top--but then the basic problem here is of Schubert's own making, and if this is vulgar,

dank aan de orignele poster!