In Reply to: I have the Leinsdorf/Rubinstein & Szell/Gilels... posted by kuma on August 9, 2012 at 15:00:48:
agree, lacking.
to my ear, as a Szell enthusiast and collector for over 40 years, I don't think these Gilels Beethoven records represent his best work. He seems rushed and brusque and not as tuneful as before, and I think his cancer was affecting him by then. the sound is not good, either, imho.
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