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Donald Satz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Derek Lim wrote:
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>>I must say that Mehta has done some very fine conducting before (try the
>>Beethoven 5th pc with Brendel, and some of his Mahler), as has Maazel.
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>I have not tried to steer clear of Maazel or Mehta, but I have no
>recordings of either of them. I don't think I ever read a complimentary
>review of a Mehta recording, but Maazel has been lauded from some sources
>for his Mahler cycle on Sony. Would list members provide some feedback on
>those Mahler symphonies?
Although he is more variable, Mehta's Mahler is better than Maazel's.
The latter's 4 is very good (despite Kathleen Battle) but the rest of his
cycle (or what I've heard of it) is distinctly sub-par.
OTOH I am convinced there are two Zubin Mehtas (Zubins Mehta?), the one
who is capable of directing a fine performance (his Decca Mahler 1, 2 and
3 are all very good and his Teldec 2 and 6 not bad at all) and his evil
twin (the one who conducted that unbelievably tedious finale to Mahler 3
at the Carnegie Hall centenary, and the one behind that dreadful Mahler 1
on EMI and the tedious Mahler 4 on Decca)
Deryk Barker
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