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In Reply to: Nice to get a bit of confirmation... Really! posted by Tone! on September 29, 2014 at 20:03:08:
True. IMHO, Reiner and his recording engineers turned out two Lp's for the ages: the '54 Ein Heldenleben and Mahler's Das Lied.
As far as Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra goes, the underdog is supposed to be Kubelik with the BSO on DG, but I'm not feeling it.
My favorite Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is Haitink's with the Concertgebouw on Philips. Quite a recording as well.
As for the Miraculous Mandarin Suite, I'd go for the very late Ormandy recording on EMI. Just listen to the trombone/gong/bass drum "beat" before the strings enter in the "Chase Scene." Those who like overly-resonant bass drums front and center will be in heaven here.
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- RE: Nice to get a bit of confirmation... Really! - jdaniel@jps.net 20:32:57 09/29/14 (7)
- Ahhh... ORMANDY and his PHILADELPHIANS! - Tone! 20:51:04 09/29/14 (6)
- Agreed on the Beecham Rimsky. I've not heard the Ormandy in ages. Sadly Columbia engineers weren't kind. - jdaniel@jps.net 22:03:07 09/29/14 (5)
- SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS... - Tone! 20:11:21 09/30/14 (4)
- Szell engineers had their good days...and bad. My fav Don Quixote is Szell's and the recording is very decent - jdaniel@jps.net 20:35:31 09/30/14 (3)
- Is the SZELL/CO/FLEISHER Beethoven 5th really that bad? - Tone! 21:00:40 09/30/14 (2)
- I generally do not buy Columbia records, but that is more of a hold-over from my 78 days... - J. S. Bach 13:12:51 10/01/14 (0)
- IMHO Columbia string sound can be a bit tizzy or "hot." nt - jdaniel@jps.net 21:17:54 09/30/14 (0)