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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:30:57 -0700
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James Tobin ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

Deryk Barker advises:
>
>>Avoid the Dutoit.
>
>Why? I ask because even before it came out, and then afterwards, someone
>in Fanfare urged that this was the one worth waiting for.  Never added it
>to my collection, though.

I know, a lot of people rave about this.  I rushed out and bought it and,
while the recording is nice, the performance strikes me as hopelessly
unidiomatic.  Jupiter, in particular, is plodding.

Deryk Barker
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