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Barrett Reynolds ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>I only heard this symphony once, while partying late at night with a
>fellow classical music buff who is in this very group. But since I heard
>it, I was so awe-inspired by it that I've been trying desperately to
>find it on compact disc, to no avail. It seems to be one of the more
>scarce Haydn symphonies, and I'd do anything to find a nice box set of
>all the London Symphonies. The George Solti performance is supposed to
>be good (isn't that the one, Mike?). But whichever performance you get,
>you can't go wrong with this symphony.
Rare? Hardly; I'd imagine that 104 is one of the most commonly recorded
symphonies.
I haven't heard Solti in this repertoire, nor can I say I'm particularly
keen too. There is an excellent set by Jochum and the LPO on DG of the
12 London symphonies. But, as I said before, nothing IMHO matches the
99-104 of Mogens Woldike on Vanguard.
Deryk Barker
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