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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Live: Mravinsky Conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 With the Leningrad Philharmonic 1960 (BBC)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 174
Re: Live: Mravinsky Conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 With the Leningrad Philharmonic 1960 (BBC)
The 1960 BBC Mravinsky/LenPO DS 8 is a great performance of this powerful symphony... Along with Solti/CSO it is my favorite Shost 8...in both cases, the conductors take us on a amazing musical journey...full of ups and downs...tranquility and savage violence....this is not the glory of war, but rat...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: William Walton: Symphony No. 1: Previn (1970 proms)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 339
Re: William Walton: Symphony No. 1: Previn (1970 video)
Yes, his LSO recording c '67 on RCA is superb....really hot stuff!!maestrob wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:26 amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr3WVje-C3o
Andre Previn was a great spokesman for Sir William Walton's First Symphony.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Why Don't More American Maestros Head American Orchestras
- Replies: 4
- Views: 222
Re: Why Don't More American Maestros Head American Orchestras
Yes, a correction is long overdue....there are some very good American conductors...US orchestra managements need to get over the "inferiority complex" and engage some of the finest Americans.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Symphonies " to the nines "
- Replies: 5
- Views: 251
Re: Symphonies " to the nines "
....We just heard Welser-Most at Carnegie Hall lead Bruckner IX in a magnificent performance, and I'm looking forward to hearing his Mahler as well here. The finale of the first movement was quite emotional for me in the Bruckner. What a fine orchestra! We were there, too!! It was very good - not t...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 987
Re: Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
I heard Jean Martinon conduct Sacre du Printemps in 1967. Completely blew me away as did this Bernstein Columbia recording. https://img.apmcdn.org/d5f4411135ab707a6b15fb6baa9fda2a6cb26a09/portrait/0e1a8a-20130529-rite-bernstein.jpg [/quote] That first Bernstein is still one of my favorite recording...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 987
Re: Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
I'm a huge fan of Ozawa's early Chicago recordings, including Schoenberg's Piano Concerto with Peter Serkin, recently released in an affordable RCA small box. The others I'll have to consider in due time. Yes, some excellent recordings - he also recorded some excellent works with CSO recorded by EM...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 987
Re: Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
Stravinsky: ‘The Rite of Spring’ Ozawa knew Stravinsky and felt a special connection to his music, especially the composer’s fierce and mysterious “The Rite of Spring.” Here, his youthful energy mirrors the power and fury of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Ozawa had problems with certain parts of "...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Welser-Most to leave Cleveland Orchestra in 2027
- Replies: 6
- Views: 824
Re: Welser-Most to leave Cleveland Orchestra in 2027
I'm going to hear Welser-Most conduct the ViennaPO in March, @ Carnegie Hall...
Great programs, really looking forward to it...I was concerned about his health issues, when he needed to take some time off. guess he's pretty much back up to speed.
Great programs, really looking forward to it...I was concerned about his health issues, when he needed to take some time off. guess he's pretty much back up to speed.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major (audio, score)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 993
Re: Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major (audio, score)
Hindemith Sym in Eb should be a concert staple....fine work... It begs the obvious question; why isn't it? For example, could we substitute yet another Beethoven 5 for this work? (FWIW, this is not Beethoven's greatest symphony!!) I hear you...The Hindemith Eb, plus any other worthy 20th Century sy...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major (audio, score)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 993
Re: Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major (audio, score)
Hindemith Sym in Eb should be a concert staple....fine work...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1099
Re: Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
So sad to hear of his passing...his PDQ Bach routine was hilarious, so many funny things.. Schickele was a bassoonist...he wrote a couple of cool Bassoon 4tets - "Last Tango in Bayreuth", and "Lip My Reeds" [takeoff on Bush,sr's famous "Read My Lips...." quote....really funny - Lip My Reeds is calls...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:19 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Mildred Miller, Stalwart of the Metropolitan Opera, Dies at 98
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1573
Re: Mildred Miller, Stalwart of the Metropolitan Opera, Dies at 98
I really enjoy Miller's performance of DLvDE on Walter's wonderful recording with the NYPO... She does a fine job, and the orchestra work is really superb - It was interesting to read that she studied with Boris Goldovsky, the great opera impresario... I got to work with him at his summer Opera work...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Thoughts on conductor Felix Weingartner
- Replies: 11
- Views: 914
Re: Thoughts on conductor Felix Weingartner
Weingartner was a very fine conductor...along with Toscanini he introduced the "literalist" approach to conducting and interpretation....going back to the score...play what's written....so he is definitely breaking away from the Wagner, Furtwangler, Mengelberg Romantic tradition... I've always found...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: I was thinking today of John Francis, CMG member
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1367
Re: I was thinking today of John Francis, CMG member
I remember John F. - I met him once in Boston - very nice meeting....I enjoyed his views, well-written....didn't always agree with him. but that's perfectly fine.... I remember Ralph Stein as well, knew him online from way-back, many sites ago... Can't say I miss the likes of J Powell [ansertmaniac]...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Most undergoes cancer treatment, withdraws from conducting until Jan.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 834
Re: Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Most undergoes cancer treatment, withdraws from conducting until Jan
I'm supposed to hear him conduct the ViennaPO in early March for 2 concerts in Carnegie Hall..I hope he is well enough to appear...or, if they need a substitute, who will they get??
- Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Exciting, upcoming concerts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 426
Exciting, upcoming concerts
I'm so looking forward to hearing some great concerts after the New Year: 1/25/24 - Nelsons conducts the BSO in concert performance of Shostakovich - "Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk" Boston Symphony Hall 3/1, 3/2/24 - Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall..Franz Welser-Most Berg 3 Orchestra Pieces Bruckner ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:05 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Philadelphia Musicians Authorize Strike Ahead of New Season
- Replies: 5
- Views: 586
Re: Philadelphia Musicians Authorize Strike Ahead of New Season
Didn't Philly go on strike a few years back?? had to take a pay cut which dropped their pay relative to other major orchestras?? It used to be the highest paid were Chicago and NYPO, with Boston, Philadelphia, then Cleveland. That changed, so now the highest paid group [minimum scale] is LAPO 190K, ...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Philadelphia Musicians Authorize Strike Ahead of New Season
- Replies: 5
- Views: 586
Re: Philadelphia Musicians Authorize Strike Ahead of New Season
Again?? didn't they strike not so long ago....ended up taking a big pay cut, iirc....
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:12 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3243
Re: Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty
Yes!! excellent Brahms 3...tough piece to conduct....Holden Fourth wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:02 pmI'm listening to his CSO Brahms 3 at the moment - glorious!
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:10 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3243
Re: Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty
I have a special relationship with Bruno Walter's Mahler stereo Symphony IX and his stereo Das Lied von der Erde, not to mention his Bruckner IV, VII & IX with the Columbia Symphony. His Mozart was the most beautiful of its era. Yes, those are wonderful Mahler recordings...up at the top level of my...
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:37 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3243
Re: Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty
One of my favorite musical quotes from great musicians - Bruno Walter: “When I was very young, when I was a teenager, then I was only enthusiastic for the great pathos and the big emotions, and Mozart seemed to me at that time too quiet, too tranquil. Youth is more apt to love the shout and the grea...
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:36 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major (audio, score)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1023
Re: Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major (audio, score)
Bernstein recorded this for Columbia (now reissued on CD by Sony). I have had that recording for years. I cannot understand why that work is not played much more frequently. Really!! this should be a repertoire staple...it's colorful, intense, exciting, very substantial... orchestras should perform...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:06 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Francaix, Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos
- Replies: 3
- Views: 660
Re: Francaix, Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos
The Nielsen Clarinet Concerto certainly is a tour de force for the soloist.....very challenging... Stanley Drucker's account with Bernstein/NYPO was the standard for as long time...now there are many others...supposedly Stanley did this on one take - Bernstein asked him if he wanted to re-take any p...
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:10 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Consequences of the demise of Roe v.Wade
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2887
Re: Consequences of the demise of Roe v.Wade
A link to Alito’s full opinion and full dissent, dissenting opinion excerpts, my thoughts, are at the “After three decades” topic posted here this afternoon, fww. alito's "opinion" is pure garbage - historically wrong, factually inaccurate, totally twisted and flawed... this atrocity will go down a...
- Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:42 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Consequences of the demise of Roe v.Wade
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2887
Re: Consequences of the demise of Roe v.Wade
worst ruling in history - worse than Dred Scott, Plessy, Koramatsu, election 2000, citizens united...words are not adequate to express the disgrace and appalling horror that this neo-fascist ruling inflicts on America.... I have daughters, grand-daughters, great-grand-daughters - I fear for their li...
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:44 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Manfred Honeck Conducts a Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
- Replies: 1
- Views: 655
Re: Manfred Honeck Conducts a Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoZwPouYUE Enjoy! this is on the same disc as the "Elektra" Suite...very fine, well-played, superbly recorded by Reference Recordings...some very fine solo work, Pittsburgh acquits itself well....perhaps the horns don't play with quite the panache of the CSO or VPO ...
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:42 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Manfred Honeck Conducts the Suite from Elektra
- Replies: 3
- Views: 935
Re: Manfred Honeck Conducts the Suite from Elektra
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61BcZrxCkIL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg Been meaning to get that disc with Inge Borkh for too many years now. I've heard it on Spotify, but Spotify's sonics can't fully covey the atmospherics of a .wav file. Thanks for the reminder. It's awesome....Borkh is very e...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:20 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Manfred Honeck Conducts the Suite from Elektra
- Replies: 3
- Views: 935
Re: Manfred Honeck Conducts the Suite from Elektra
I have this disc, and it's quite good...PittsSO acquits itself well... Splendid sound, Reference Recording seems to be consistently excellent... Stiff competition with this music...Honeck/Pitts do well, perhaps not quite the electricity, the alertness of Solti/VPO....and nobody matches Reiner/CSO fo...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:15 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: San antonio Sym to Dissolve
- Replies: 3
- Views: 907
Re: San antonio Sym to Dissolve
Very sad...a large city that no longer has an orchestra...the Board couldn't/ wouldn't raise the $$...
Similar thing happened in Syracuse, an ex"alma mater" of mine...BoD just couldn't raise $$
Similar thing happened in Syracuse, an ex"alma mater" of mine...BoD just couldn't raise $$
- Tue May 31, 2022 4:38 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, Narrated by Carl Sandburg, Andre Kostelanetz Conductor (1958)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1126
Re: Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, Narrated by Carl Sandburg, Andre Kostelanetz Conductor (1958)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im6UFiHaApU Aaron Copland began work on "Lincoln Portrait" in January 1942, following a commission from conductor, Andre Kostelanetz, who conducted the premiere with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on 14 May 1942. The narrator on that occasion was William Adams. On...
- Sun May 29, 2022 9:12 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Jean Martinon Conducts the Chicago Symphony in Mahler's Symphony No. 3 (1967 Live)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1916
Re: Jean Martinon Conducts the Chicago Symphony in Mahler's Symphony No. 3 (1967 Live)
Martinon's recordings while he was in Chicago are universally excellent. Too bad he didn't stay longer. What a fine combination! Yes!! so many absolute winners!! Miraculous Mandarin, Nielsen 4, Arcana, Mennin 7, Mahler 3 and 10, Ravel, Frank Martin Cto, Bizet, etc, etc.. The RCA complete Martinon/C...
- Thu May 26, 2022 6:50 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Jean Martinon Conducts the Chicago Symphony in Mahler's Symphony No. 3 (1967 Live)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1916
Re: Jean Martinon Conducts the Chicago Symphony in Mahler's Symphony No. 3 (1967 Live)
Great recording....the Finale is the best I've ever heard....wonderful...must have been cosmic, live in the hall....
- Wed May 11, 2022 9:57 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: New book: "Margaret Hillis: Unsung Pioneer"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1262
Re: New book: "Margaret Hillis: Unsung Pioneer"
Reiner recognized that she had superior talent as a conductor.....but he also knew that orchestral opportunities for women on the podium were slim to none at that time [late 50s]...he encouraged her to train his chorus....which she did with great success... Reiner was known to be a tough customer, a...
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Contemporary Music Trends a Century Ago: Leo Ornstein
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6240
Re: Contemporary Music Trends a Century Ago: Leo Ornstein
My parents both attended Temple University [1930s], and took music classes from Ornstein....they loved him, and he inspired them in their appreciation and understanding of music...My Mom always collected any recordings of his music when they became available...
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:30 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Barenboim Conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1749
Re: Barenboim Conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4
I'll be sure to check those out: haven't heard them yet. My preference for Schumann is Solti or Mehta in Vienna. Talk about colors! Bernstein also did well here in NY in the 1960's. Yes, the Solti/VPO Schumann symphonies set is good...Bernstein/NYPO is very good, esp 3 and 4....the Barenboim/CSO se...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:32 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Claudio Abbado Conducts Mahler's Fifth Symphony in Lucerne
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1104
Re: Claudio Abbado Conducts Mahler's Fifth Symphony in Lucerne
I find Abbado's Lucerne cycle has even more depth than his earlier recordings in Chicago. He grew so much as a musician during his career. His Chicago recordings sound almost too polite to my ears, even though his shaping of phrases and tempo choices are right up there with Solti's. Remember, he ha...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:27 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Barenboim Conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1749
Re: Barenboim Conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4
I love Barenboim's Chicago recording of Bruckner 4 - one of my top favorites - amazing range of dynamics and articulation by the orchestra, superb recorded sound....the complete set on DG has much better sound than the individually released versions that came out earlier... Agreed, but his Staatska...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:46 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Claudio Abbado Conducts Mahler's Fifth Symphony in Lucerne
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1104
Re: Claudio Abbado Conducts Mahler's Fifth Symphony in Lucerne
Abbado's Chicago Mahler 5 is stellar, one of the very best - up there with the Solti versions...
I heard him conduct LondonSO live in Boston Symphony Hall years ago - it was excellent....CA has this piece down very well...
I heard him conduct LondonSO live in Boston Symphony Hall years ago - it was excellent....CA has this piece down very well...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:44 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Barenboim Conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1749
Re: Barenboim Conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4
I love Barenboim's Chicago recording of Bruckner 4 - one of my top favorites - amazing range of dynamics and articulation by the orchestra, superb recorded sound....the complete set on DG has much better sound than the individually released versions that came out earlier...
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:29 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Review: Gustavo Dudamel Could Be the New York Philharmonic’s Future
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2430
Re: Review: Gustavo Dudamel Could Be the New York Philharmonic’s Future
I'm unsold on Dudamel thus far....I've heard some ok things by him, nothing to blow me away...
He conducted the score to the recent West Side Story movie release...he does ok with that, but not up to the level of Bernstein himself [on DG] or Max Goberman [original cast recording]
He conducted the score to the recent West Side Story movie release...he does ok with that, but not up to the level of Bernstein himself [on DG] or Max Goberman [original cast recording]
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:54 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Interview with Emanuel Ax and Yo Yo Ma
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1763
Re: Interview with Emanuel Ax and Yo Yo Ma
A few years back, my orchestra got to play with YoYo Ma- he played Saint-Saens Cto #2, iirc...He's quite a character.... When the orchestra booked him - it was all done thru his agent - there were all sorts of conditions and limitations attached, nearly prohibitively so - as in: -"Mr. Ma will not be...
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 5:09 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Michael Tilson Thomas Announces Retirement from Conducting
- Replies: 1
- Views: 921
Re: Michael Tilson Thomas Announces Retirement from Conducting
This is very bad news...I believe it's a similar cancer that killed Ted Kennedy...Modernistfan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:38 pmMTT, who is 77 years old, has been diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a very aggressive and difficult to treat form of brain cancer...
So sorry to hear this...
- Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:18 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bruckner Fifth Symphony Video: Gunter Wand
- Replies: 2
- Views: 935
Re: Bruckner Fifth Symphony Video: Gunter Wand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJqC0-ohnQA Bruckner V might be a tough nut to crack for some, but the rewards are there. Bruckner 5 has been a tough nut for me to crack...big, sprawly, episodic....it has always seemed rambling and disconnected....i finally zeroed in on it with Solti/CSO - the Fina...
- Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:04 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Shostakovich Fourth Symphony Video: Maryinsky Orchestra/Gergiev
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3681
Re: Shostakovich Fourth Symphony Video: Maryinsky Orchestra/Gergiev
Incidentally, I'm quite convinced that both the Russian and the German premieres were recorded in monaural sound, as radio broadcasts in both countries did not happen in stereo until 1964/5. I'll give my Kondrashin '62 recording a listen, but I think it is stereo...{Disc claims that it is} It's a f...
- Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:55 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Tchaikovksy's "Little Russian" (ie. Ukrainian) Symphony
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3801
- Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:54 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Tchaikovksy's "Little Russian" (ie. Ukrainian) Symphony
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3801
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:34 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Shostakovich Fourth Symphony Video: Maryinsky Orchestra/Gergiev
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3681
Re: Shostakovich Fourth Symphony Video: Maryinsky Orchestra/Gergiev
Interesting about the Urania recording. So the question becomes...Did Kondrashin make two recordings, one in mono and then one in stereo? I've never heard the mono one, but it's good to know that it exists. Wonder if it's still available on CD? Thanks for that knowledge. The Urania disc bills it as...
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Tchaikovksy's "Little Russian" (ie. Ukrainian) Symphony
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3801
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:39 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Tchaikovksy's "Little Russian" (ie. Ukrainian) Symphony
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3801
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:36 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Shostakovich Fourth Symphony Video: Maryinsky Orchestra/Gergiev
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3681
Re: Shostakovich Fourth Symphony Video: Maryinsky Orchestra/Gergiev
Kondrashin didn't get to record the Fourth Symphony until 1966, so Ormandy was the first on record. I have a Urania disc [2-disc set] with Kondrashin/MoscowPO recorded in 1962, so it says :?: :?: .... great performance....I recently did a comparative listening of some of my favorites - all excellen...