Robert Palmer <[log in to unmask]>:

>I wish I could hear the Ancerl version; he was a wonderful conductor.

Yes he was, and I think one of his main positives is; that he had so high
level in most of what he did, in very different kind of music.

Mats Norrman:

>>A propos Gergiev: I think he reminds of Karajan in much what he does.
>>Anyone agree?

James Tobin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have never been a Karajan basher, but for many here, this would not be a
>recommendation.

I guess you are right here - but it SHOULD be...

>I grab anything I see with Gergiev conducting.

Everything I have heard by him was worth having.  Boris Godunov was
carefully made, and the Tjajkovskij 5 very good - just what popped up in
my brittle mind.

(Not really much, so far, I admit.)

But more to come! Then we have something to wait for, and thats nice.

Jim Tobin responds to me:

>>A propos Gergiev: I think he reminds of Karajan in much what he does.
>>Anyone agree?
>
>I have never been a Karajan basher, but for many here, this would not be a
>recommendation.

I guess you are right here - but it SHOULD be...

>I grab anything I see with Gergiev conducting.

Everything I have heard by him was worth having. Boris Godunov was
carefully made, and the Tjajkovskij 5 very good - just what popped up in my
brittle mind.

(Not really much, so far, I admit.)

But more to come! Then we have something to wait for, and thats nice.

Mats Norrman
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