It's impossible for me to leave a nice clean RCA Plum Dog at a thrift store, so here's tonight's spin...haven't listened to the Saint-Saens yet, but the Chopin is well executed. Someone wrote "12-24-56" on the back cover, looks like it was a Christmas present...very neat.
Hm, I've never heard a Solti performance that I would call subtle. In comparison some sound more subtle than others, but that's it. Different tastes and all that
Agreed...I have a DVD of Solti conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 10. He could generate great power and energy, but was also quite sensitive.
You're right, "subtle" is not the first word that comes to mind when I think of Solti...nor the second or third, probably
I’ve heard the exemplary performance of Mendelssohn’s MSND Scherzo in a Chicago Symphony regular concert in NYC. It was so subtle and sounded out of this world. An example.
I've heard that CSO performances in NY in that era were significant events...resulting in a sort of "Why can't the NY Philharmonic play like that?"...
I cannot say I have any go-to Mahler recordings since I really do not like Mahler works that much. I collected his recordings simply because he was an important composer in the early 1900's ...
On the subject of Mahlers second. I have Klaus Tennstedt on vinyl and it is great For some reason the image does not show so here is the link Images for Mahler* - The London Philharmonic Orchestra - The London Philharmonic Choir - Klaus Tennstedt, Edith Mathis - Sinfonie Nr.2 C-Moll Auferstehung / Symphony No.2 In C Minor Ressurection
For me, the sonics were a letdown, but I also found Annie's playing to be disappointing. I wanted more excitement from her. And the slow movement was too fast.
Thanks for the recommendation. Along with Klemperer #2, I've also just ordered Barbirolli #5. Hopefully these should keep me busy for a while (hint: they won't...).
Mahler 1-Kubelik, 2-Solti LSO, 3-Mehta Los Angeles, 4-Maazel VPO, 5-Karajan, 6-Barbirolli, 7-Bernstein Sony, 8-Solti, 9-Barenboim.
I can't see either without opening in a new tab, but that's typical for discog.com images. I don't know why.
My list is Mahler 1-Nezet-Seguin, 2-Walter 1958, 3-Mehta LA, 4-Reiner CSO, 5 Solti CSO Live 1990, 6-Karajan, 7-Levine, 8-Ozawa, 9-Karajan.
I can't post a full list of favourite conductors of Mahler Symphonies as it depends on the mood I'm in, but Nézet-Séguin, Mehta and Ozawa wouldn't be on it. Szell's 4th and Karajan's 9th (the live one from 1992) are the best of those symphonies in my opinion, regardless of mood Conductors I like in Mahler are Haitink, Klemperer (2 and 9), Abbado, Giulini (1 and 9), Boulez, Chailly, Szell (6), Karajan and Kubelík (1). I probably forgot one or two.
Bernstein is not a favourite of mine. I acknowledge his efforts to revive interest in Mahler, but that doesn't mean I have to like his work, it's not mandatory - it seems to be like that in the US .