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Topic - BBC surveys 151 conductors - Beethoven Sym. No 3 chosen as the greatest symphony - John C. - Aussie 18:25:15 08/19/16 (41)

No Sibelius 5, no Sibelius 7, no credibility n/t - hesson11 18:40:05 08/21/16 (0)

Scherchen's stereo 3rd pushed me from "like" into "love". Was disappointed in the legendary Furtwangler '44 - jdaniel@jps.net 20:05:14 08/20/16 (7)

I'll never understand that "thing" you have for Scherchen's Eroica - Chris from Lafayette 00:26:05 08/21/16 (6)

RE: I'll never understand that "thing" you have for Scherchen's Eroica - jdaniel@jps.net 08:56:50 08/21/16 (5)

Wow! - Precise articulation is the one thing I did NOT hear in that (stereo) Scherchen performance - Chris from Lafayette 11:07:05 08/21/16 (4)

I wish I could remember exactly how a performance sounded when I sampled it 40 years ago. : ) - jdaniel@jps.net 11:37:47 08/21/16 (3)

This was more recent than 40 years ago - Chris from Lafayette 13:48:13 08/21/16 (2)

"General sloppiness and lack of clarity" Love you and no offense but that's completey, absurdly inaccurate - jdaniel@jps.net 14:13:24 08/21/16 (1)

Nah - it's the rumble and the surface noise on the LP! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 14:19:29 08/21/16 (0)

There are 20 in that list with many you nominate in it + 20 TOP CONDUCTORS!!!! - John C. - Aussie 17:28:56 08/20/16 (3)

RE: There are 20 in that list with many you nominate in it + 20 TOP CONDUCTORS!!!! - Todd Krieger 23:47:57 08/20/16 (2)

British homerism - Amphissa 07:56:30 08/22/16 (1)

RE: British homerism - Todd Krieger 00:20:11 08/23/16 (0)

Personally OK with no Shostakovich or Bruckner, but - TGR 17:02:04 08/20/16 (0)

RE: BBC surveys 151 conductors - Beethoven Sym. No 3 chosen as the greatest symphony - PAR 14:57:04 08/20/16 (0)

Well, ya know .... - Amphissa 09:29:18 08/20/16 (1)

Very true. - rbolaw 10:24:36 08/20/16 (0)

RE: BBC surveys 151 conductors - Beethoven Sym. No 3 chosen as the greatest symphony - Old Listener 08:57:45 08/20/16 (0)

No Stravinsky or Shostakovich? Not a Mahler fan... - andy evans 03:50:56 08/20/16 (12)

RE: No Stravinsky or Shostakovich? Not a Mahler fan... - Chris from Lafayette 09:15:39 08/20/16 (11)

I don't often listen to Mahler or Shostakovich - Jay Buridan 22:42:41 07/17/17 (0)

Interesting to see - TGR 17:04:32 08/20/16 (1)

Yes - that's unexpected - I give the conductors a "well done!" for that choice! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:02:55 08/21/16 (0)

Shostakovich has better endings than Mahler... - andy evans 11:13:25 08/20/16 (2)

Hold the front page..... - andy evans 13:37:48 08/20/16 (1)

To each his own, but I don't hear "flatulent excesses" in Bernstein/NYP (Col.) 4th and/or 5th. - Rick W 15:54:15 08/20/16 (0)

"[Y]ou have to read the book[s] to be informed!" - rbolaw 10:57:42 08/20/16 (1)

Sorry - I've read those books (in English anyway!) - Chris from Lafayette 23:59:55 08/20/16 (0)

Sighhh.... (nt) - MWE 10:53:20 08/20/16 (0)

RE: No Stravinsky or Shostakovich? Not a Mahler fan... - vahe 10:10:49 08/20/16 (1)

Decca CD - I'm not aware of an SACD incarnation of it {nt] - Chris from Lafayette 23:56:57 08/20/16 (0)

Three Mahlers and no Bruckner? I don't think so - Chris from Lafayette 00:37:24 08/20/16 (4)

Oh I completely understand. nt - Travis 06:40:53 08/20/16 (3)

Ditto. ;-) nt - rbolaw 13:09:05 08/20/16 (2)

I'm thankful you both understand where I'm coming from [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:08:13 08/21/16 (1)

Boy, do we. nt - Travis 19:03:38 08/22/16 (0)

RE: BBC surveys 151 conductors - Beethoven Sym. No 3 chosen as the greatest symphony - Todd Krieger 22:50:02 08/19/16 (2)

LOVE the Fourth! Highly underrated IMO. nt. - MWE 10:58:57 08/20/16 (1)

RE: LOVE the Fourth! Highly underrated IMO. nt. - Todd Krieger 23:27:03 08/20/16 (0)

RE: BBC surveys 151 conductors - Beethoven Sym. No 3 chosen as the greatest symphony - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 21:16:53 08/19/16 (0)

RE: BBC surveys 151 conductors - Beethoven Sym. No 3 chosen as the greatest symphony - Ivan303 20:21:14 08/19/16 (0)

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"[Y]ou have to read the book[s] to be informed!" - rbolaw 10:57:42 08/20/16 (1)

Sorry - I've read those books (in English anyway!) - Chris from Lafayette 23:59:55 08/20/16 (0)

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