In Reply to: RE: What's wrong with the eight others? posted by Todd Krieger on September 14, 2014 at 01:31:38:
IMO, the Szell is a terrific set, so something for all tastes, right? His Concertgebouw 5th is even better - listening to it is like reading the score. I doubt if I could live with a single set, but if I had to it might be Szell. Oddly, I have always felt that the Szell 7th was a good but not great performance, but then I feel that way about all of them except the Toscanini NYPO 7th made in 36. As an aside, I feel that Toscanini's later RCA set mostly likely does not represent his finest work, and the sound is variable, and not up to snuff for its time.
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- So, tell us what you like - TGR 11:29:36 09/14/14 (0)