Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peterson Arthur G NSSC wrote: > > I would expect recordings by Solti and Karajan to be good, although both > conductor's performances sometimes suffered inequalities, particularly the > latter's. The finest performance of Mozart's Requiem I have heard is the > one conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, not his later recording on the Sony > label, but his earlier one (c.1980) for EMI/Angel. And Sir Colin Davis made > several very fine recordings of it too. And there is a pirated recording of > a live, broadcast performance conducted by Guido Cantelli, which I have > never heard, but which many experiences with other performances by that > conductor would lead me to believe should be the best of all. > > Arthur G. Peterson > Alexandria, Virginia > ><Snip> Carlo Maria Giulini usually tops them all out if you believe the Penguin. Or if you believe the manager of our classical record store. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html