Hi List!

At the moment I am minimizing my CD collection. My aim is only to
keep two recordings of every important work (yes, I make exception,
I own seven Winterreise but then Schubert is my personal god). The
first recordings I listened to intensely now were Furtwanglers,
Giulinis and Zinmans recordings of Beethovens 9th. And Zinman left
me totally unmoved. Too quick, too soft, too boring. With Furtwangler
und Giulini the first movement is a fight of titans, an earthquake.
With Zinman it is a lightning, interesting for a short time and
soon forgotten. Now is Zinman really weak or is it only me? In my
collection he wont make the grade.

Robert