Mark Zimmerman ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>M10: Cond/Orch/Soloist(s)
>Chailly/R S O Berlin
>Lopez-Cobos/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
>Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic
>Rattle/Bournemouth Symphony
>Preference is for the Chailly.  I know that the Rattle/BPO won Gramophone's
>record of the year award, but the sound is very congested.  The Chailly is
>very fine and in great sound.  Also, the earlier Rattle with the CBSO is in
>fine sound.

I feel Chailly's performance ultimately doesn't quite cut it - it from from
the 1980s.  His more recent performances with the RCOA sound better.

You might also point at that IIRC the Lopez-Cobos is of Mazzettis' version,
whil the others wyou mention are of Cooke's.

deryk barker
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