Ying Liu:
>I realised that Kempe has seldom appeared in this list or I missed posts
>regarding him but per my understanding, he should be ranked somewhere on
>the Great conductors board, I have only heard about his other two pieces
>from Great German Tradition Album except this one, one is Wagner's Die
>Meistersinger, another is Richard Strauss' Tod und Verklarung. Do any
>memebers know more about him and recommend more of his conducting works
>and give me some advice? Thanks in advance.
I agree. Kempe was superb, especially in Strauss. I recommend much of his
3-CD set of Strauss on EMI. Almost every performance can stand with the
best company. I also think he did the best Korngold Symphony.
Steve Schwartz