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Donald Satz wrote:
>In terms of interpretation, I suppose I'm looking for versions
>which highlight the 20th century aspects of the works as opposed to the
>romanticism of the pieces. I likely would not appreciate interpretations
>which wallow in syrup, but I might be wrong here. My familiarlarity with
>Rachmaninov's symphonies is basically zero.
When it comes to the Third, I prefer the first Ormandy recording, a mono LP
on Columbia. I am not a fan of Ormandy but this recording really captures
the classical implications of the work. (Columbia ML 4961)
If you want to avoid "syrup" you may want to consider recordings of the
Second Symphony which observe the various cuts. The most cuts I have
encountered can be found in the Cleveland Orchestra 75th Anniversary set
with Sokoloff conducting. It times out at 46 minutes. A good sounding LP
of a version which observes most of the standard cuts features Steinberg.
He made two recordings, one on Capitol and another on Command. The Command
issue is in stereo and the sound is quite fine even by today's standards.
As far as I know, LP issues only. (Command 11006). The Capitol recording
was issued on an EMI CD. A Mitropoulos recording is still available on CD,
Nickson 1006.
On the other extreme, there was a complete version on an MCA CD (now
deleted) which ran about 66 minutes, conducted by Rozhdestvensky.
As for the first, my first recording was a Russian disc which featured
the Leningrad Phil conducted by Sanderling. It was perhaps the least
"sentimental" recording of the work I have encountered.
I haven't heard all that is out there but I would pass along thumbs down to
some that I have heard, Ashkenazy, Previn, Slatkin, Dutoit, Otaka and the
second recordings made by Ormandy.
Karl
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