Tony Duggan replied to John Smyth, referring to Mahler's 8th:
>>but Tennstedt's handling of the final chorus coupled with the urgency
>>and exaltation of the coda is hard to forget in my book.
>
>Have you heard Horenstein in the final chorus? I think you should.
Tony hardly needs my agreement with his opinions of Mahler, but
Horenstein's version of the 8th is just so powerful, so overwhelming, so
RIGHT, that I can't imagine anyone doing it better. Buy it and be amazed!
Richard Pennycuick
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