I just ordered the Klemperor, EMI 1967 (Baker, Prey, Getta, et al). Any good? I've never been disappointed in any of Klemp's performances on disc. Normally, I prefer faster tempi, but the depth and passion of his work reels me in every time.
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Topic - Bach's B Minor Mass - Which One? - mbmiller@bcpl.net 17:18:34 03/22/07 (17)
- Re: Klemperer - castironandtubes 21:09:31 03/23/07 (0)
- The benchmark for decades has been the Karl Richter, with Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger and Fischer-Dieskau. - clarkjohnsen 10:37:43 03/23/07 (8)
- I hear ONE of the two Rcichter recoridngs and it was terrible, far too many of the soloists were NOT pitching properly - Timbo in Oz 14:16:15 04/01/07 (0)
- You score 10 points, Clark, for . . . - psgary 06:39:40 03/24/07 (5)
- Who are you talking about?. - Tadlo 08:17:17 03/29/07 (3)
- The reference to Kuhn . . . - psgary 21:50:56 03/29/07 (2)
- Re: The reference to Kuhn . . . - Tadlo 13:19:53 03/30/07 (1)
- Dear God in Heaven . . . - psgary 20:06:48 03/30/07 (0)
- Of course the kudos belong to Teri Noel Towe, the author of the quoted passage, and.... - John N 07:13:28 03/24/07 (0)
- Quite respectfully stated - Luciano,IT 14:01:23 03/23/07 (0)
- The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven - gd 05:08:53 03/23/07 (3)
- The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven , and I'll add it is to be released in the US 4/10/07 - John N 21:42:09 03/25/07 (0)
- thank you for the rec, I will try it (nt) - John N 07:20:17 03/24/07 (0)
- I'll second this - Luciano, IT 09:23:00 03/23/07 (0)
- There are several good ones but... - Harmonia 18:19:08 03/22/07 (2)
- Re: There are several good ones but... - mbmiller@bcpl.net 04:07:28 03/23/07 (0)
- Re: There are several good ones but except. WCRB-FM Boston has never "dumbed down" classics, dammit for Christ's sake! - WGBH-FM 22:48:50 03/22/07 (0)