Roger Hecht wrote:
>I'm very surprised at all the enthusiasm for Bohm, some of it from
>people I've associated with HIP performances.
I might be one of those people Roger is referring to. I can't really
explain why I favor Bohm over HIP conductors except that Bohm delivers
the weight I prefer in the work. My HIP rigidity only applies to Baroque
music, and even then, not to solo instrumental works.
>It's an old fashioned, large scale, massive, thick performance.
That it is, and that's the way I like it. I also prefer Bohm in Mozart's
clarinet concerto and the Flute and Harp concerto. They can be found on a
DG disc. Bohm was simply an outstanding Mozart conductor.
Don Satz
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