Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the Kajanus-Heifetz-Beecham version, but I can't tell you if it's any good. Worst sound quality I ever bought via iTunes. Philippe Op 7-okt-07, om 21:08 heeft Steve Barbour het volgende geschreven: > try to find the George Szell, Concertgebeouw Sibelius Sym. 2... > > > I have never heard better, and I've heard them all... > > > Steve > > On Oct 7, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Art Peterson wrote: > >> >> Douglas wrote: >> >> 'Talking of interpretations - has anyone else ever compared Jean >> Sibelius >> 2nd Symphony (and the Karelia Suite for that matter)? >> 1 interpreted by Ashkenazy >> 2 interpreted by Leonard Bernstein >> >> 'I have never heard such a difference in interpretation in my life >> - Lenny took all >> the emotion out of it, Ashkenazy brought out everything that >> Sibelius stood for in >> Finland and Karelia. An amazingly moving interpretation! >> It has a similar 'ooomph' that a decent interpretation of Elgar's >> Nimrod or Barber's Adagio has - pure distilled emotion.' >> >> Try to find and listen to Arturo Toscanini's live 1940 broadcast >> performance of it with the NBC Symphony (it was on a Naxos CD), so >> intense, dedicated, and passionately emotional that you'd almost >> expect to find blood on the studio floor after it was over! As >> with so many performances by Toscanini, no one else even comes >> close. The broadcast (and the Naxos CD) also closed with an >> equally searing performance of 'Finlandia.' >> >> Art Peterson >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger >> Caf?. Stop by today. >> http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html? >> ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >