Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, cond. DG, recorded live in the Herkulessaal of the Residenz, Munich, June 1986
by Ken
Wait, there seem to be a few bits of information missing from the above credits! Hmm, let's think . . .
Well, one thing we could do is fill in the missing information tomorrow, when we hear a more properly contextual version of this breathtaking musical moment -- anyway, it's been taking my breath away for some 35 years now, especially in video form via an ancient VHS tape -- and I explain (more or less; you know how this trying-to-explain business usually goes) how I happened to settle on this as a topic that might bring us (finally!) to a state of postability.
AS LONG AS WE'RE AT IT, THERE ARE TWO OTHER
PERFORMANCES IT'D BE USEFUL FOR US TO HEAR
They're all different, our three performances -- well, two of them not so much in this excerpt; their differences will become clearer when we hear the fuller-context versions. Even now, though, I think we can agree that one of the performances is more different from the other two -- in more ways than one.
Berlin Philharmonic, James Levine, cond. DG, recorded in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche, December 1987
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, cond. Decca, recorded live in Orchestra Hall, Oct. 29-30 & Nov. 2, 1993
When we resume, we're also going to have a personal note on The Creation from one of our three conductors, who was making his second recording of the piece. On account of that personal note I've wound up having to redo, in a more expansive direction, the other "expanded-context" clips. (It so happens that one of our other conductors was also making his second recording of The Creation. See how complicated this gets? Maybe I can scrounge up a personal note from him too! Or maybe his re-recording will have to speak for itself.)
UPDATE: Find the main post here, and a follow-up post here pondering the unexpected role recorded by Kurt Moll which set these posts in motion.
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