"Scandalously underrated"??

Posted by rbolaw on October 21, 2014 at 16:27:56

In Reply to: Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition posted by jdaniel@jps.net on October 21, 2014 at 08:19:47:

When I was a little 'un listening to classical radio, I thought it almost comical that seemingly every orchestral selection was an Ansermet/OSR record. Lucky for him, his long career extended into the stereo era, and he enthusiastically rerecorded much of the standard repertoire in stereo in his final years, assuring he would NOT be forgotten or underrated. That excellent hall in Geneva didn't hurt, as you say. A fine Pictures and many other things, no question. But contrast Ansermet with the much younger Eduard van Beinum, who died in 1959 and recorded very little in stereo. It is van Beinum who is scandalously underrated, imo.

What is underrated by Ansermet imo is his mono material, maybe I'll put some of that on tonight, thanks for reminding me!

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Topic - Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition - jdaniel@jps.net 08:19:47 10/21/14 (12)

RE: Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition - learsfool 21:29:14 10/21/14 (5)

RE: Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition - Crazy Dave 12:40:51 10/22/14 (0)

RE: Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition - rbolaw 10:21:15 10/22/14 (0)

RE: Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition - amioutaline? 07:33:34 10/22/14 (1)

RE: Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition - learsfool 15:36:36 10/22/14 (0)

Oh, no question that the Reiner is better played, but...that's the problem. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 21:55:18 10/21/14 (0)

Interesting - TGR 17:03:46 10/21/14 (1)

I have that Beethoven's 9th. It's weird for sure. - olddude55 12:26:22 10/22/14 (0)

"Scandalously underrated"?? - rbolaw 16:27:56 10/21/14 (0)

my favorite by far - mbnx01 12:52:38 10/21/14 (0)

RE: And the Wagner/French Tuba? - amioutaline? 10:31:25 10/21/14 (0)

Gotta check later when I get home... - olddude55 09:02:33 10/21/14 (0)

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"Scandalously underrated"?? - rbolaw 16:27:56 10/21/14 (0)

"Scandalously underrated"??

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