John Calvin Errickson wrote:
>This may be old hat to most in this forum and I know jillions of different
>versions exist but could anyone be so kind to give advice on what he or she
>considers to be relatively good performance of Verdi's requiem? The copy I
>have is the Eugene Ormandy conducted a few deacades ago. It is rather
>unsatisfying to me.
Giulini on EMI and Fricsay on DG Originals are highly regarded by many
(including yours truly). I wouldn't settle for "relatively good" in this
work.
I never heard Ormandy's recording. He always struck me as a very good
technically, but not really very inspired (whatever that means) conductor.
(I don't mean this to be as pejorative as it may sound: The orchestra
sounded wonderfully under his baton. I remember attending a concert with
Mussorgsky/Ravel "Pictures": it was a great example of a truly virtuoso
playing of the whole orchestra.)
-Margaret