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Paul MacKay disagrees with James Zehm about the quality of Beethoven's
Sixth, writing:
>I think the 6th is the only symphony that Karajan never got right.
>Actually, IMHO Drahos' version of the Pastoral symphony is quite a good
>one, certainly better than any of Karajan's.
I have Karajan's 1962 recording of the Sixth as part of a (LP) set of the
complete symphonies (with the BPO, naturally). Not only can't I fault it,
but I think it's one of the very best performances ever recorded by anyone
(and I remember H.H. Stuckenschmidt, the leading German music critic of
the time, praising it highly--in the Neue Zeitung, I believe). The set
also includes a Ninth not only featuring, but blessed by, the performances
of Gundula Janowitz, Hilde Roessl-Majdan, Waldemar Kmentt, and Walter
Berry. What a recording!
Denis Fodor Internet:[log in to unmask]
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