Michael Lehrman ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Thomas Heilman wrote:
>
>>My only real disappointment with the set is with the third symphony.
>>Cluytens does not take a heroic approach.  In fact, it sounds laid back.
>
>I wasn't disappointed at all, just pleasantly surprised.  True, it is not
>very 'Eroic', less fierce, but I like it better this way.  After all, it is
>the one after the second, and should still bear the classical influence.

True, but this was the great mould-breaker, it should sound revolutionary.

>IMO, the weakest in this set is the 9th, mainly because it has to be
>compared to the great interpretations of W.F.  and few others.

None of whom gave us their Eroicas?

Deryk Barker
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