Day 24: Symphony No. 2 in D Major (Cluytens)
This morning’s conductor of Beethoven’s Sympohony No. 2 in D Major is the Belgian-born Frenchman Andre Cluytens (1905-1967). The orchestra is the Orchestre Philharmonique De Berlin, also known as the Berlin Philharmonic. And I am bored to tears. Seriously, this recording and this performance are not even close to engaging me. It sounds as flat … [Read more…]