Peter Lundin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Kondrashin lived the same kind of life as the composer, just listen to
>his rendition af the 13'th (especially the Russian Disc release), if it
>does not lift You to musical all time high nothing will, the sound quality
>is a down point.
Lets not forget that Haitinks Sjostakovitj 13 is still not bad. maybe that
comes he has such a good and sensetive singer (Marius Rintzler). Though I
am not as general a fan of early Haitink.
>If You really want to get a box the Kondrashin is the one I'd recomend
>despite its shortcommings.
I cannot at all claim to have heard everything from these cycles, but
afyter what I have heard I would second this recommendation.
Mats Norrman
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