In Reply to: Jeez, Chris. posted by Rick W on January 7, 2017 at 15:57:23:
At least that's true of the New World (five audio albums, plus two video releases!).
So I should have been more specific when I mentioned Neumann: what I meant was the early-to-mid-80's digital CD cycle recorded in conjunction with Denon, even though I think that most of the CD's were issued under the Supraphon label. (I think some of these albums may have been available on LP too, but, in any case, this was NOT the 70's cycle which was available on Supraphon LP and a couple of American importers, such as Pro Arte) - which I found surprisingly weak, given how great a conductor Neumann was overall.
The whole issue of an "anonymous" sounding conductor could be thought of in terms of the following question: "What would that particular orchestra sound like if they had no conductor for that performance, rather than the conductor in question?" With regard to the Kertesz performances of the Dvorak symphonies, I'm just not hearing that much of a point of view, and I feel that the Decca engineering went far towards elevating the reputation of this set. Kertesz, not so much.
OTOH, maybe I am getting to be "Trump-esque" in my old age - I didn't vote for him though! ;-)
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- Well, actually, Neumann recorded some of the symphonies (5) times - Chris from Lafayette 17:37:27 01/07/17 (0)