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In Reply to: RE: I've got a standard recommendation and a dark horse posted by Amphissa on September 19, 2016 at 18:43:05
Complete Glazunov Symphonies, lots of good stuff on the Canyon label (and very well recorded too). Yes, in a way, he reminds me of Stokowski in his unpredictable tempos - I haven't noticed the gear shifts so much however. Whatever. He's never less than a very interesting conductor.
I know you're suspicious of Fedoseyev because he made both DVD and CD cycles of the Tchaikovsky Concertos with Pletnev. ;-)
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Actually, I'm suspicious of Fedoseyev because I've heard enough of him to last a lifetime. I've got his Prokofiev 5th, his Glazunov 5th, and R-K's Sheherazade by him with two different orchestras. Also his two recordings of Taneyev's 2nd with different orchestras and John of Damascus. (As you assume correctly, I missed his Tchaikovsky.)
I am not averse to conductors creatively interpreting music. I'm not obsessed with the score, tempo markings or interpretive flexibility. I just have not liked Fedoseyev's interventions. I don't find his particular decisions enjoyable. His Glazunov 5 and Sheherazade are really not competitive with other recordings at all in my collection.
And BTW, I love Stokowski's Sheherazade on Decca/London Phase 4. I had to buy a second pristine LP a few years ago because I was concerned about wearing out my original copy.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
One of the first CD's I got was Fedoseyev's performance on JVC directly from Japan - I thought it was very exciting. His Canyon performance was more restrained, but the SQ was even better I thought. Strangely enough, the Stokowski performance on Phase-4 was one that didn't appeal to me at all because of the orchestration uh. . . "touchups" - although as usual, I admire Stokowski's audacity in re-orchestrating perhaps the most notable work of a composer celebrated for his orchestration! And although the SQ is pretty restrained as Phase-4 recordings go, it's still. . . Phase-4! ;-)
As for the Glazunov Fifth, my favorite is the Sinaisky recording, which I believe originally came free with BBC Music Magazine but which later became available in its 24/96 (2-channel) incarnation via The Classical Shop and is the incarnation I have. Fedoseyev not competitive? Well, I'll listen again, but that sure wasn't my first impression.
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"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
Yes, I like this performance on LP.
I heard this conductor/orchestra perform in concert. They didn't play Sheherazade. They played Rachmaninoff's 1st Symphony. Now THAT was a performance to behold. This symphony is so rarely played in concert, the 2nd being much more familiar. And this orchestra got it right (unlike the few other live performances I've seen).
The Kogan Rach Symphony No. 1 is available on CD, but the performance does not have the spontaneity and sheer visceral drive of the live performance I attended. I seem to remember that this recording may have had a life on LP, which could have been better audio than the CD, but I've never seen it.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
He had a great following in Utah while Principal Guest Conductor (assistant conductor, if you will, to a not-very-inspiring Principal in Keith Lockhart)
Lockhart and the Orchestra players new full well who the better conductor was and Anne Ewers, Utah Symphony and Opera CEO, was all about saving money as she ran both organizations (into the ground) and was in charge of finances for both.
What a huge loss!
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