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In Reply to: RE: "I think that 'classical music' is actually a kind of 'many-splendored thing'" posted by Chris from Lafayette on April 19, 2021 at 16:10:43
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- Fischer/BFO (Channel Classics)
- Janowski/Berlin RSO (Pentatone)
The Janowski recording (a two-disc set) was formerly available for cheap ($16) at Berkshire Record Outlet, but it looks like Amazon still has copies at their regular price of about $29 (with some resellers cheaper). I suppose it's always possible that Berkshire could get the recording back in stock at some point too. The Fischer recording is also available as a download at DSD Music. I don't know what the situation is on the various streaming sites.
For something more mainstream, there's always the old Bruno Walter recording too, and Solti has a recording of the chamber music setting.
... why do you prefer them ?
Sound quality ? Performance ? The balance between those two things ?
. . . of this particular piece. Therefore, I tend to pick because of sound quality - which is truly fabulous in the two recordings I have pictured. (But remember, I listen in MCh - which usually translates into fabulous 2Ch sound, although not always.) BTW, Fischer, as you might expect, is about a minute faster than Janowski.
In the case of the old Walter performance, the piece IS suited to the con amore style of the conductor's later years. (Remember Toscanini's comment about Walter: "Whenever he comes to something beautiful, he melts.")
And although the Solti recording is of Wagner's original chamber scoring, I like the full orchestra versions better. I just recommended the Solti in case you were interested in the original.
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There is an OLD old (1935) Bruno Walter recording with Vienna Phil (pre-war): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iG1FKfvh4Y
Szell/Cleveland performed it in concert (1969), and the orchestra eventually issued this fine performance in one of its expensive commemorative box sets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khdKve9-1aM
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