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In Reply to: OT: Does Abbado have ANY really good recordings? posted by JeffMO on August 19, 2002 at 19:02:30:
I'm pretty new to this symphony stuff, I picked up his Brahm's symphonies but have yet to give them a serious listen.So, Jeff, are you willing to help me avoid the same error again? :-)
Cheers,
Bert
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I haven't heard much Abbado but what I've heard sounds pretty generic. Don't let me influence you though, I haven't heard much of him.
Jeff
The Abbado/BPO live version is actually very decent. The recording is clean and full-bodied and the live performance is quite exciting. Chailly's recording is perhaps slightly better recorded, but Abbado's is more engaging. Heck, I even like Abbado's version of the 5th. Nothing wrong with it at all. Again, another engaging live recording. Abbado could really get the Berlin strings to play.I'd stay away from the Judd recording if I were you. I found it for $6.99 at Tower and got it, but it really didn't do anything for me.
As for the 6th, one of my favourite recordings is the Chicago Symphony/Solti. This was the absolute very first CD I ever bought and remains a sentimental favourite. The sound is excellent despite its age and the CSO sounds absolutely awesome. This is one of those recordings, where you can pick out the instruments in the orchestra with pin-point accuracy. I just love this CD. I may be wrong here, but I think this was the very first recording that Solti did with the CSO after he became their conductor. The CSO/Solti 7th is another excellent disc. I never quite cared for Solti in his later years, but some of the early stuff he did with Chicago were fabulous, including these Mahler symphonies.
In the 9th, My choices would be either the BPO/Karajan, or the Columbia Symphony/Bruno Walter. The Karajan is recorded better, and it is a fine, fine account. Dutton Labs has reissued the 1938 VPO/Walter account, but I don't think it will meet with your sonic requirements.
Happy listening!
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