In Reply to: The benchmark for decades has been the Karl Richter, with Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger and Fischer-Dieskau. posted by clarkjohnsen on March 23, 2007 at 10:37:43:
ugly sounding / bloody awful IMO, I also note that the other version is also widely reviewed as having THE SAME problems - 'Weaknesses among the soloists'!And this issue for me smashed the needed gravitas.
WarmestTimbo in Oz
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- I hear ONE of the two Rcichter recoridngs and it was terrible, far too many of the soloists were NOT pitching properly - Timbo in Oz 14:16:15 04/01/07 (0)