In Reply to: Richter's Classic Bach on Sale 30% off: Do you Bach fans still pull him off the shelf? posted by jdaniel@jps.net on February 23, 2017 at 08:14:46:
Isn't his recording of Messiah the Mozart edition, in German? Having heard that live, that would automatically disqualify a recording for consideration for me. I love the music of both composers, but the Mozart version of Messiah feels like someone drew a moustache on the Mona Lisa.
I once owned Richter's St. Matthew's Passion....great singing, but I found it to be somewhat turgid.
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- Karl Richter - TGR 09:14:54 02/23/17 (11)
- There are three Richter Saint Matthew Recordings - Kas 11:19:55 02/23/17 (0)
- There are two different Karl Richter recordings of Messiah (Der Messias) - Chris from Lafayette 09:30:01 02/23/17 (4)
- RE: There are two different Karl Richter recordings of Messiah (Der Messias) - Kas 11:10:27 02/23/17 (3)
- Kas - I think you're right - I was probably thinking of Rilling rather than Richter - Chris from Lafayette 14:18:52 02/23/17 (2)
- RE: Kas - I think you're right - I was probably thinking of Rilling rather than Richter - Kas 07:02:30 02/24/17 (1)
- Yup - I think I conflated those DG recordings - Chris from Lafayette 12:37:41 02/24/17 (0)
- Re: turgid - jdaniel@jps.net 09:19:41 02/23/17 (4)
- Re: turgid -- I like Moegens Woeldike (nt) - goldenthal 22:28:52 02/25/17 (0)
- Re: turgid - pbarach 16:37:42 02/23/17 (0)
- Re:This One - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 13:19:39 02/23/17 (0)
- St. Matthew - briggs 09:26:37 02/23/17 (0)