I would have agreed with you a few years ago.....

Especially about his last M9. But for the 1979 Berliner Phil version which preceeded it is one of my favorites. Go figure, both from the same guy, and neither particularly traditional.

Actually I like the drama he could tack on - makes for some good alternative listening. Lots of fun. His broad tempi, especially in his later years was IMHO boring.

But, I bought some DG reissues of sets of his Schumann and Beethoven Symphonies and was very plesantly surprised by the life he breathed into these old warhorses. The were really quite the opposite of slow and dragged out and are amoung my favorite sets, especially the Schumann set.

So there you go - I recommend the Mahler 9 with the Berliner and the Schumann Set with the Wiener Phil.

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Topic - I don't think - for the most part - that I'm a Leonard Bernstein fan. - sjb 11:43:28 05/17/07 (21)

As many have said of Lenny . . . - psgary 09:39:27 05/20/07 (0)

Thanks everyone!! - sjb 09:58:17 05/18/07 (0)

I'm appreciating Bernstein more and more while Ormandy--sadly--is fading away. - jdaniel 08:34:26 05/18/07 (1)

Ormandy..... - Todd Krieger 10:37:21 05/18/07 (0)

With Lenny, it came to be more and more about Lenny... - clarkjohnsen 08:24:02 05/18/07 (0)

Stick with the earlier NYPO stuff. - markrohr 05:22:05 05/18/07 (0)

Re: Lenny and slow tempos.... - C.B. 04:35:57 05/18/07 (0)

His Mahler set is regarded as a benchmark by some - John C. - Aussie 22:46:48 05/17/07 (0)

Re: I don't think - for the most part - that I'm a Leonard Bernstein fan. - Brian Cheney 18:24:51 05/17/07 (1)

Thanks! - sjb 21:28:10 05/17/07 (0)

Converted - Amphissa 17:30:03 05/17/07 (2)

I Generally Convert the Other Way...... - Todd Krieger 10:25:59 05/18/07 (0)

"Gimme some insight, gimme some personal perspective, gimme your soul laid out on that podium" - sjb 17:54:32 05/17/07 (0)

his Haydn symphonies - docw 16:44:31 05/17/07 (2)

Re: his Haydn symphonies - sjb 17:59:09 05/17/07 (1)

for my Dad, who started me in the music aspect of the hobby,... - docw 10:46:37 05/18/07 (0)

I would have agreed with you a few years ago..... - Chuck Y 13:49:37 05/17/07 (1)

Re: I would have agreed with you a few years ago..... - sjb 17:55:11 05/17/07 (0)

Sure is a proliferation of it - dpy 13:33:59 05/17/07 (1)

550 cd's on Amazon just for symphonies. - sjb 17:57:15 05/17/07 (0)

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I would have agreed with you a few years ago..... - Chuck Y 13:49:37 05/17/07 (1)

Re: I would have agreed with you a few years ago..... - sjb 17:55:11 05/17/07 (0)

I would have agreed with you a few years ago.....

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