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Ed Zubrow asks for recommendations from the Berkshire Record Outlet
catalogue:
>Brandenburg Concertos with Rillig and Oregon Bach Festival on Hanssler.
I'd save my dough. I've always found Rilling a particularly dull Bach
interpreter.
>SCHUBERT: I have zero Die Schone Mullerin (amazing in light of the recent
>thread!). The catalogue offers one with Schrier and guitar accompaniment
>on Berlin and one with Ian Partridge on Classics/Pleasure.
Go for both: the first, because of the unusual accompaniment; the second,
because Ian Partridge was one of the great Lieder singers, too little known
or appreciated.
>Strauss Don Quixote with Ormandy on Biddulph
Two very great soloists: Feuermann as Quixote, Samuel Lifchey as
Sancho. Unfortunately, very constricted mono sound. Also Ormandy had
a lot of difficulty keeping contrapuntal music together. Some of the
more spectacular sections come out like mud. If you don't own a Quixote
already, don't start with this one. My top recommendation is Szell and
the Cleveland with F0urnier.
Steve Schwartz
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