In Reply to: For me, Sergiu Celibidache is the only conductor to make it sound like religion and not performance posted by John Marks on July 25, 2016 at 17:07:58:
I have and love Celibidache's recording too - I even had it on the "Exclusive" label well before it was finally issued by EMI. Among Celibidache's soloists, I think Barbara Bonney is close to her absolute best on record, but they're all excellent, regardless of how well known each of them was.
I also think that, conceptually, Celibidache's recording is close to Giulini's great Sony recording with the Bavarian Radio Symphony and Chorus. (I haven't heard his much earlier BBC recording.)
HIP recordings will never, ever achieve the level of profundity that Celibidache and Giulini do in this work. (Yeah, yeah - IMHO!)
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- I'm not sure what you mean when you say he makes it sound like religion - Chris from Lafayette 23:40:39 07/25/16 (11)
- It'sa not at all Humble opinion - Timbo in Oz 02:38:58 07/27/16 (10)
- RE: It'sa not at all Humble opinion -- With Due Respect, Tim, . . . - goldenthal 00:27:25 08/01/16 (0)
- You keep saying people have left - Chris from Lafayette 10:11:27 07/27/16 (8)
- When I have some time I will search back and enumerate them - Timbo in Oz 14:42:40 07/27/16 (7)
- RE: "CB is one." - Ivan303 17:40:04 07/27/16 (5)
- Thinking about it a bit more. . . - Chris from Lafayette 18:03:29 07/27/16 (4)
- RE: Thinking about it a bit more. . . - goldenthal 00:31:20 08/01/16 (0)
- Just as long as you aren't Anti-Aunty... - oldmkvi 08:17:44 07/29/16 (1)
- Or anti-ante... - D Harvey 15:02:46 07/30/16 (0)
- RE: Thinking about it a bit more. . . - Travis 18:19:37 07/27/16 (0)
- In any case, let's make sure we stay on topic - Chris from Lafayette 15:16:29 07/27/16 (0)