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RE: Ansermet's scandalously underrated Pictures at an Exhibition

Posted by learsfool (A) on October 21, 2014 at 21:29:14

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

I'm sure that Ansermet Decca recording probably sounds fantastic; I am not familiar with it. However, I would find it VERY difficult to believe that the orchestral performance was better. Chicago under Reiner was one of the finest orchestras of the 20th century - the Suisse Romande, not so much. They are only very well known today because of all those recordings Ansermet made, and while some are good, the playing on many of them is atrocious, especially by modern standards, but also compared to many orchestras of the time period.

I also must correct a previous poster - there are no Wagner tuben in the score of Pictures, in any orchestration I am aware of, not just the Ravel, and I have performed all of the famous ones....

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