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In Reply to: RE: List 4 or 5 recordings YOU consider "definitive" posted by pbarach on May 17, 2020 at 15:13:12
Bass Mass in B minor: Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Gent (HM)
Franck Symphony: Pierre Bartholomee/Liège Symphony (Ricercar) Anyone heard this recording?
Mahler 9: Neumann/Czech Phil. (Canyon Classics)
Tchaikovsky 6: Mravinsky/Leningrad (DG stereo)
R. Strauss Vier letzte Lieder: Norman/Mazur (Philips)
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This was, I believe, Neumann's last recording. He and the CzPO were working through the cycle again (recording for Canyon this time around, rather than for Supraphon, with SQ much improved), and after this Ninth, they had only the 7th and the 8th to go. In fact, when Neumann died in Vienna, I believe he had just been in the process of rehearsing the VPO for a concert he was to do with them of the Mahler 7th.Anyway, I've always loved all three of the Neumann Mahler 9th performances (with the LGO on Eterna / Berlin Classics, and the CzPO on Supraphon/Denon and Canyon/Exton). I felt particularly fortunate to have obtained the MCh incarnation of his last recording on an Exton SACD. There have been many wonderful recordings of this work, but this last Neumann/CzPO album is really special IMHO.
In the late 60's, we had a local critic in our area who, even at that time, contended that Neumann's performances of Mahler were the nearest thing we had to a continuation of the Bruno Walter approach to this music, and on this point, I agree with him. In fact, I felt this even more strongly as Neumann's career continued.
I'm showing the cover of my Exton incarnation of this recording (except that mine has a small "5 Surround" graphic down in the lower right-hand corner). There's a later Exton incarnation of this recording, also SACD and part of their "Gold Line" series - I haven't been able to find out whether the "Gold Line" incarnation contains MCh tracks too (Exton is a weird company in the way they manage the various incarnations of their recordings!)
Edits: 05/18/20
Yes, Chris! It's a shame this recording is not more widely known. Mahler, perhaps more than any other composer, benefits from a state-of-the-art stereo (or multi-channel in your case) recording.
Who needs the screech, ancient recordings from the likes of Horenstein, Sanderling, and even Bruno Walter when you can have it all?
"Franck Symphony: Pierre Bartholomee/Liège Symphony (Ricercar) Anyone heard this recording?"
No...... But I believe the Munch/BSO performance of the Franck "D" Symphony on RCA LP would be very hard to beat.......
I actually happen to like Monteux, Paray, or even Dutoit more than Munch for Franck symphony, but far prefer Bartholomee's interpretation for the lyricism, crispness, drama, and perfectly judged tempos.
This performance was recorded in 1981 and the sound quality is absolutely firt class - one of the best sounding of 6000 or so LPs I have, which by the way I rarely listen to ever since I started streaming Qobuz.
I think I like the Munch the best because the BSO at the time still had that "Koussevitzky sound"...... It's kind of like the Mahler Six with Szell and Cleveland..... There are better reads of the M-6 out there, but the orchestra's playing was kind of an overriding factor.
Looking at the "definitive" lists posted so far, I've found a number of recordings that I know and love, and others I'll definitely check out.
Keep 'em coming!
Mozart Concerto 21/24 Istomin/Schwarz/Seattle Reference Recordings CD
Tchaikovsky Six "Pathetique" Ashkenazy/NHK Exton CD
R. Strauss "Also Sprach Zarathustra" Reiner/Chicago/RCA (1954) LP
Holst "The Planets" Dutoit/Montreal Decca CD
Chopin "Four Scherzi" Antonio Barbosa Connoisseur Society LP
I love that Antonio Barbosa recording!
Antonio Barbosa's early and unexpected passing was one of the great tragedies in music...... I personally think he would have come down as the second-greatest pianist, ever...... Vlad Horowitz being number one.
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