Review by willemvoorneveld June 15, 2012 (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
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Brahms 2 & 3
So far this is my favourite recording of Brahms 2 & 3. Key words that come to my mind after listening to nr 2. are: architecture, Balanced, warm, deep emotions and also light and clear.
Jansons reveals more layers from the score than I had ever heard under other conductors, and he keeps the momentum till the last phrase. Same applies to number 3 on the same disc. Mariss Jansons can be trusted with Brahms providing you like Brahms played in the north European tradition in which overall balance plays is key. Not surprisingly then Haitink with LSO are my other favourites on SACD.
The recording: I know the herkulessaal very well and can truly say that the 5.0 presentation of nr.2 on this disc comes close to a live performance experience. Violins have a the very natural (Agile) top end and percussion sounds with lots of space as in real live. I hope the team in Bayern continues to release SACD’s of live performances.
Less familiar I am with the acoustics of the famous Golderner Saal in Vienna but based on the presentation on this disc it is even better than the Herkulessaal in Munchen. Played in 5.0 with 5 large speakers the difference in hall acoustics became very clear and especially copper and wood sounded superb. Keep going BR (In SACD please)
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