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In Reply to: RE: One of my three favorite conductors, along with Previn and my all-time favorite Bruno Walter. posted by Opus 33 1/3 on July 28, 2014 at 03:41:02
I wish I could get a UHQR quality record of Walter! But I wouldn't know what to choose! I love what I have. That goes for Previn too.
Dave
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it's sublimely-played 2nd mov't.
Brahms Third to be anything but "chalky." Of course, the one I have is on CD, not vinyl. I'd describe the string tone as "sweet" but not too sweet. I'd love to have a mint or NM copy of the original vinyl pressing to compare. The Third is certainly the plum of Walter's Brahms cycle with the Columbia Symphony. His Second and Fourth are quite nice, too, but his First doesn't do the power of the piece justice, compared to the Solti.
And if there is a more beautiful adagio than the one in Rach 2, I've not heard it. Previn nails that Symphony, allowing the piece to fully breathe.
Opus 33 1/3
For Previn a no-brainer, Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony with the London Philharmonic.
For Solti, Brahm's First with the Chicago Symphony, the performance in Medinah Temple.
UHQR quality discs of those would be killer.
Opus 33 1/3
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