Schubert Symphony No.9 In C The Great - Leibowitz The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Name: Schubert Symphony No.9 In C The Great - Leibowitz The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Brand: High Definition Tape Transfers
SKU: HDTT13645
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SKU: HDTT13645

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Artist(s): Conductor – René Leibowitz
Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording Info: Recording Info: Recorded by RCA for Readers Digest 1962
Engineer – K.E. Wilkinson
Producer – Charles Gerhardt

1 Andante - Allegro Ma Non Troppo 11:43
2 Andante Con Moto 12:51
3 Scherzo (Allegro Vivace) 9:21
4 Allegro Vivace 10:33

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02/15/2024

antonello n.

Italy

a great symphony from the new world

I has been surprised by erich leinsdorf this is one of the greatest interpretation of dvorak 9yh well recorded and better mastered

07/18/2022

John W.

Schubert With a Spring In the Step

Rene Leibowitz recorded the Great C-Major for Westminster in Vienna in 1957, a decidedly ordinary account by any measure and which as far as I know has not ever been available on CD. Happily, we now have his 1962 collaboration with Kenneth Wilkinson available in a superb HDTT transfer (I bought the CD version) which lays bare the soul of this wonderful work more convincingly than any other version that has come my way, and I have top-ranking recordings by Marriner, Skrowaczewski, Jochum and Munch, among others, in my collection. Leibowitz clearly re-thought his view of the work in the interim between his two recordings. Tempi are brisker, phrasing lighter and the dance-impulses that inform the faster movements of this wonderful work are brought right to the fore. The Royal Philharmonic is on top form and its musicians certainly outplay those of the pick-up ensemble on the earlier Leibowitz version(confusingly called the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, though it was not those players at all) and Kenneth Wilkinson's stunning engineering can be taken for granted. Without doubt a real winner, 10-out-of-10. Thank you HDTT

07/05/2022

Rushton

A fleet, high energy performance in excellent sound quality

I am in total agreement with Rob Pennock below on the sound quality, energy and excitement of this performance. (And I will note that I've enjoyed Rob's regular review comments here and elsewhere - thank you.) I am perhaps less bothered by the lack of repeats and truly enjoy more the fleet energy that Leibowitz accomplishes as a result. As noted, this is another of Kenneth Wilkinson's excellent recordings made with Charles Gerhardt for Readers Digest. In my experience, buy any of these recordings with confidence. They are all terrifically well engineered and typically with excellent performances. The recordings with Rene Leibowitz are all particularly fine. The HDTT transfer is very open, clean and transparent. Dynamics thrive. Frequency response is very extended with delightfully pure bell-like clarity in the highs and good weight and impact in the bass. The tympani, so important in this symphony, is tight, well-defined, with good resolution of strokes on the skins. The brass has all the texture and impact for which one might hope. All-in-all, a terrific transfer of a delightfully performed and supremely well-recorded performance.

07/04/2022

Rob P.

Great Schubert - Great Sound

The first classical LP Readers Digest made with RCA and Decca featured René Leibowitz, who later recorded the complete Beethoven Symphonies for them followed by this Great C Major. Unfortunately, as was the norm at the time, all of the repeats were ignored, nevertheless by virtue of its speedy tempi and exceptional clarity this is a very modern performance of this masterwork. So the slow introduction moves purposefully forward into a fast Allegro ma non troppo, where, with the great recording engineer Ken Wilkinson’s help, you hear, quite startlingly on occasion, wind parts that are usually inaudible. As in the finale, Leibowitz doesn’t slow for the second subject and to his great credit, he observes, thrillingly, the codas con moto marking. The Andante is delightfully sprung, with an appropriate martial air and here one especially relishes Leibowitz’s use of antiphonal violins. You will rarely hear the Scherzo danced through with such rhythmic panache and as marked the Trio is taken a tempo. As you might expect the finale is fast, but Leibowitz gives the violins time to play their triplets and nowhere does he indulge in unwritten tempo changes. Sound-wise in the absence of an LP or CD for comparison, in DSD256 you get a bright, forward image, which has plenty of depth and exceptional clarity, where the brass and woodwind have exceptional immediacy. In an ideal world the codas massive sforzando C major chords would have more weight, but this is still great sound.

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