kletzki

david johnson · April 27, 2009, 01:28:13 AM

prokofiev: sym #5/paul kletzki/philharmonia/angel records

it was my first exposure to this music when i was a teen. i still have the lp and keep coming back to it as the 'yardstick' for prokofiev 5. the others i have around are slatkin/slso and the naxos whitebox. i did hear the old ormandy and enjoyed it.
anyone else here have the kletzki as your #1? i do.

dj

Bulldog · April 28, 2009, 01:51:51 PM

Has it been released on CD or is it a no-show?

Que · April 28, 2009, 02:54:50 PM

Quote from: Bulldog on April 28, 2009, 01:51:51 PM
Has it been released on CD or is it a no-show?

Q

Bulldog · April 28, 2009, 02:56:31 PM

Quote from: Que on April 28, 2009, 02:54:50 PM

Q

Thanks for the info.

Que · April 28, 2009, 03:10:58 PM

Quote from: Bulldog on April 28, 2009, 02:56:31 PM
Thanks for the info.

You're welcome.
BTW I previously mistakenly assumed that Kletzki was Czech, but it turns out he was a Polish Jew (born as Pawel Klecki) born in Lodz (Łódź) - like Arthur Rubinstein.

Q

Dundonnell · April 28, 2009, 03:51:41 PM

My very first ever record(LP that is) was an EMI issue of Kletzki conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Mahler's 1st Symphony-a present from my father to me on my 15th birthday in 1962

val · May 01, 2009, 01:45:32 AM

Kletzki recorded one of the best versions of Sibelius 3rd Symphony. His versions of the first two are also very good.

I like very much his version of Beethoven's First Symphony, with the Czech Philharmonic, and his interpretations of Borodine's 2nd Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Manfred (in this case, unhappily, with cuts).

The best quality of Kletzky, in my opinion, was his remarkable articulation. With him everything sounded clear, coherent, balanced.

DavidRoss · May 01, 2009, 05:26:20 AM

Quote from: val on May 01, 2009, 01:45:32 AM
The best quality of Kletzky, in my opinion, was his remarkable articulation. With him everything sounded clear, coherent, balanced.

Yet you despise Abbado?

val · May 05, 2009, 01:27:50 AM

QuoteDavidRoss
Yet you despise Abbado?

I don't despise Abbado. I simply don't like his style in several of his interpretations. The problem has nothing to do with articulation. It has to do with tension, accentuation. And that leads to dynamic. Playing fast is not the same as showing a powerful dynamic.
It is curious, but some recordings of Abbado have that tension: the version of Berg's opus 6, the recordings with Nono works, many recordings of concertos (Bartok's 2nd piano Concerto with Pollini, Prokofiev's 3rd piano Concerto with Argerich). In a lesser degree, I would say the same regarding his interpretations of Mendelssohn.

MishaK · May 06, 2009, 07:48:01 PM

Kletzki's Mahler 4 with Emmy Loose and the Philharmonia is still my top choice for that work. He finds that fine line between honest naivete and subtle parody that fits the character of that symphony perfectly in a way that I have not heard other conductors achieve.

folderholder · February 01, 2012, 07:15:23 PM

I am just listening to the Prokofiev Symphony no. 5 LP that I bought in college. This really is an excellent, well-thought out and balanced performance. Considering how old it is the sound quality is very nice, too. Thanks for the biographical information on maestro Kletzki.