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Pristine's Mozart/Klemperer restorations
Posted by Rob McKenzie on September 1, 2020, 4:02 am
Many thanks to Michael Wilkinson for his insightful and positive review of Klemperer's performances of Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 35,36 and 38, as restored by Pristine Audio.
Any pre-conceptions of heaviness or dullness are swept away by interpretations imbued with strength, clarity, delicacy and unimpeded momentum, played by an incomparable orchestra at its peak. I can make no apology for preferring these conceptions from a seasoned executant musician to those of our HIP scholars.
Interestingly, the American Record Guide's Mozart 'Overview' named Klemperer, Beecham, Walter, Boehm and Szell as its pre-eminent Mozart conductors, to which I would add Fricsay (for his splendidly classical but not but not period-style performances).