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Re: Solti's Mahler 1 & 2
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Roger Hecht <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:09:26 -0500
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John Smyth wrote:

>Regarding Mahler Symphony recommendations, I notice many people suggesting
>older recordings. Live performance aside, can a listener really get the
>full impact of a Mahler symphony on a recording before 1970? (Well, 1960)
>Wouldn't this be like trying to appreciate the visual arts through dirty
>glass?

Go back a little further. Fine sounding recordings have been made back to
1954.

Roger Hecht

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