Greg Bright ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I have not noticed any mention of the Harnoncourt interpretations in this
>discussion.  I obtained the 3rd and 4th on clearance from Columbia House.
>I've not made any comparisons on the 3rd; but the 4th, using the original
>1841 version, sounds pretty anemic compared to my Szell LP.  I realize that
>the Chamber Orchestra of Europe issn't the Cleveland, but the excitement
>just isn't there.  Is anyone else familiar with this performance?

Yup and I disagree wholeheartedly.  Furtwaengler it may not be, but IMHO it
is far better than Solomons (the only other 1841 I know) and a pretty fine
performance in its own right.

Deryk Barker
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