Haydn: Symphony No. 61 - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Masur (1967)

[@carlosserrano3823]

Satisfyng on all levels.Magnifique! Inneffable Haydn, ineffable performance by Kurt Masur

[@kokonssp]

ハイドンの交響曲は番号が進むほど円熟味が増していきますね。61番も円熟度が高いですね。

[@steve.schatz]

I enjoyed this performance with the expanded string section of a modern orchestra, perhaps eight or ten first and second violins. In my opinion this symphony lends itself to a bigger, broader soundscape with the pairs of bassoons and the flute and tympani. The orchestration is indeed colorful. My only quibble is the pacing of the last movement marked "Prestissimo" and taken by Masur at a more leisurely Allegro molto. To me the finale is a white knuckled hell-bent-for-leather dash through the countryside, and not a genial trot. For this approach look to Antonini and the Kammerorchester Basel or even more insane, Fey and the Heidelberger Sinfoniker who in the coda goes from Prestissimo to something like Prestissimo Assai -- if such a speed exists!

[@jennylea8687]

I believe tempos have in general hotted up since 1967 (when I was a member of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra)

[@jennylea8687]

The human brain is evolving, enabling it to process music faster 😅