Re: Mengelberg and Pletnev have been rehabilitated

On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:37:21 +0000, Zionazi wrote:

I was a bit too harsh as usual I guess...
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So fav Beethoven Symphony recordings update:
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1) Furtwängler, Mengelberg
2) Celibidache, Furtwängler, Mengelberg
3) Celibidache, Furtwängler, Mengelberg
4) Celibidache, Furtwängler, Mengelberg
5) Celibidache, Furtwängler, Mengelberg (and maybe Nikisch)
6) Celibidache, Furtwängler, Mengelberg
7) --
8) Celibidache, Furtwängler, Mengelberg
9) Celibidache, Furtwängler (not so sure about Mengelberg here -- some
very nice ideas, some very nice movements, but some moments are not so
good)
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Fav Beethoven PC recordings update:
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1) Gould/Golschmann, Pletnev/Gansch
2) Argerich/Abbado, Gould/Bernstein, Pletnev/Gansch (Gould/Jochum has
been discarded)
3) Gould/Karajan, Richter/Kondrashin, Richter/Sanderling, Pletnev/Gansch
(Gould/Bernstein has been discarded)
4) Gould/Bernstein, Hansen/Furtwängler, Pletnev/Gansch
5) Gould/Stokowski, Lang Lang/Eschenbach (not so sure about Pletnev
here)

Is Mengie going to get back his baton?
The Concertgebouw is in dire need of a
real konduktor! ;-)