Mastermind134 (October 12, 2008 at 5:37 pm)

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berto41 (October 6, 2008 at 5:15 am)

Odeon2002: I agree with you; Carlos greatly preferred the BSO over the WPO. I tend to think that the WPO is more virtuosic on a person-by-person basis, but I believe that the BSO put more spirit into its playing and Carlos tended to put out more effort when conducting it. The BSO Rosenkavalier is also musically superior to the later version with the WPO. Obviously both a superb.

dimmer505 (September 29, 2008 at 12:09 am)

Is the MD/conductor having his own performance? Great video Great performance.

12oj12 (September 28, 2008 at 7:38 pm)

When i played this it was slightly faster and the conductor conducted properly instead of waving his baton around!!

3isa5 (September 4, 2008 at 12:18 am)

And so it goes for Die Fledermaus, Viva Carlos Kleiber.

3isa5 (September 3, 2008 at 11:44 pm)

Not necessarily for the quality of the video, but I think there is no comparison, the version with the Bavarian State orchestra is far better. So alive and so sparkling. So much better. There Kleiber gives his all and gets the following and the result he deserves.

odeon2002 (August 2, 2008 at 7:43 pm)

Kleiber prefered the Bavarians and disowned the Vienna. He complained that they did not understand him really. Of course they play beautiful but not with the expression and risk Kleiber wanted.

frankonero4 (August 1, 2008 at 10:56 am)

For me both versions are excellent, the Bavarian-Version ist softer - the Philharmonic-Version more powerful!Greetings from Austria!

HuangKaiVun (July 31, 2008 at 6:04 pm)

I vastly prefer the Vien Philharmonic over Bavarian. They have more expression, are more flexible, more colorful, and are far more responsive to what Kleiber wants. The Vienna Philharmonic never sounds as if it's just "reading notes".

frankonero4 (July 19, 2008 at 3:23 pm)

Which version do you think is better - Bavarian State Orechestra or Vien Philharmonics?