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Re: Mackerras' Beethoven 9th
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Peter Varley <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 12:06:57 +0100
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Leighton Gill wrote:

>I would like feedback from anyone who has heard the recording of
>Beethoven's 9th with Mackerras conducting.

I found the performance tepid.  There was nothing specifically wrong with
it, but it didn't inspire.

(Usual provisos: IMO, on the basis of one hearing, might have been in a
bad mood anyway that day, etc.)

Peter Varley
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