On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Tom Connor wrote:

>I too find something missing in Brahms Symphony performances.  I think
>the symphonies are great music, but it's something in the performances.

I have similar reactions.  I prefer the previous generation of conductors
in this music.  I remember Bruno Walter once saying, when he was accused of
not playing new music, that Brahms was the music of HIS youth.  I do feel
that he, and others of his generation -- Klemperer, Furtwangler, etc., have
a freshness of discovery in their performances.  They aren't just painting
by the numbers.

Bill S