Aaron Rabushka ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>If you're talking about the DSCH 8th Symphony recording with Litton
>conducting I would agree that it's not that great (although quite well
>played by the orchestra)--Litton makes it sound pretty rather than gutsy.
>On the other hand, a few months ago Claus Peter Flor let the Dallas
>Symphony in a DSCH 15th that was nothing less than stunning.

Withou a doubt the most intense version I've ever heard is the revcent BBC
Legends release of the 1960 Leningrad PO/Mravinsky at the RFH, the Western
premiere.

Deryk Barker
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