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Carlos Kleiber’s appearances, whether
in the concert hall or opera house, were legendary both for their
rarity and the sublime quality of the music-making. It is no exaggeration
to say that Kleiber was most sought-after and highly-regarded conductor
of the late 20th century.
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Carlos Kleiber’s appearances, whether
in the concert hall or opera house, were legendary both for their
rarity and the sublime quality of the music-making. It is no exaggeration
to say that Kleiber was most sought-after and highly-regarded conductor
of the late 20th century (with the debatable exception of Herbert
von Karajan). Kleiber’s recent death, at the age of 74, has cost
classical music one of its most charismatic yet elusive figures (Kleiber
never gave interviews), and his relatively few excursions into the
recording studio have left the musical world with a frustratingly
small number of recordings, albeit all of them of the highest quality.
Thus we are particularly fortunate that several concerts were filmed
during his career, including this, which he gave in Amsterdam’s
celebrated Concertgebouw in 1983, devoted to Beethoven’s Fourth
and Seventh Symphonies. The hallmarks of Kleiber’s conducting
– his minimal but graceful gestures, the authority he conveys
from a thorough understanding and faultless memory of the score, plus
his hypnotic command of his musicians – are all clearly in evidence
here.
This DVD release joins two other Kleiber DVDs, his 1991 performance
of Mozart’s ‘Linz’ Symphony and Brahms’s Second,
given with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the second of the two
New Year’s Concerts he gave, that held in Vienna in 1992.
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1 Titles 0.44
Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
2 I Poco sostenuto — Vivace 11.44
3 II Allegretto 8.05
4 III Presto — Assai meno presto 7.50
5 IV Allegro con brio 7.50
6 Titles 1.11
Symphony No.4 in B flat major, op.60
7 I Adagio — Allegro vivace 11.49
8 II Adagio 9.47
9 III Allegro vivace 5.31
10 IV Allegro ma non troppo 7.43
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Carlos Kleiber
Filmed live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1983
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1983, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam |
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