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Mark replies to Nick's list:
>>Lack of recordings doesn't prevent Hans Richter from making the list, but
>>Nikisch is not on it. And of course one is glad that Richard Strauss's
>>absence makes room for the likes of Malcolm Sargent.
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>And what about Christoph von Dohnanyi?
It's very apparent from the methodology that they're not talking about the
greatest conductors, despite the advertising. They're simply talking about
who showed up on more lists at any rank. Karajan better than Furtwaengler
or Mengelberg or Koussevitzky or Stokowski or Horenstein or (fill in your
favorite non-Karajan candidate here)? He's made some great recordings, but
with the exception of the first DG Ninth, Rosenkavalier (Schwarzkopf), and
Turandot (Ricciarelli), I wouldn't call any of them world-beaters.
And, by the way, Malcolm Sargent was a damn fine conductor. There's
nothing "the likes of" about him.
Steve Schwartz
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