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In Reply to: Bernstein, at the time, was said to have astounded (and surprised) the Russkis with that triumphant tempo. posted by clarkjohnsen on March 20, 2007 at 13:39:40:
Yuri Temirkanov, who was present at the Moscow concert by the NYPO under Bernstein in 1959, told me the composer detested Bernstein's fast finale but diplomatically said otherwise to Lenny.By 1967, Bernstein had released a live performance from Tokyo where the tempo of the finale was much slower, but still nothing like the composer's metronome markings.
Temirkanov thinks the marked tempo is incorrect but did not say in which direction.
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Temirkanov and the St Petersburg have recorded the 5th and 6th on Warner Classics, so one might actually order the CD and find out what the Maestro meant about the "incorrect" tempo marking.
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I can't say the Masur "settles" anything either, except that its first movement is unbeatable.
I do not know if you have a change to listen it to the end, perhaps you ran away to cook some food or to watch beer/baseball… :-).To me the Chicago/Measur 87-88 was exactly the last movement that was unbeatable. It was a perfect balance between the “progress of the program” and density of pressure accumulation…
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