Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Missa de Requiem - OFF TOPIC
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:37:30 -0800
References: <B1980F9FBE18D511BB6200508BB1E2ED01385784@nssczeusex6.navsea.navy.mil>

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/
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