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Taken from live concert performances (and perhaps rehearsals) in London in January, 2010, this sonically impressive, note-complete Elektra is an odd duck. Conductor Valery Gergiev
There’s a curious rule in the music world that conductors
These are for the most part very good performances. The First Symphony fares best. The outer movements have the necessary guts in terms of accentuation,
Gergiev brings this symphony home in just under 80 minutes, and so it fits on a single disc. I have no doubt that anyone attending
The performance of the symphony is a reissue, previously reviewed and earning only a “7” overall. Hearing it again confirms my original view of it
Back in the old days before full scores were printed, conductors directed the orchestra from a first violin part. Valery Gergiev often seems like that
It’s admirable that Colin Davis is tackling new repertoire late in his career, particularly since his remakes of the music most closely associated with him
Competition in this music is fierce, and though adequately professional, these performances just don’t measure up. The opening of Daphnis lacks atmosphere, and the initial
The LSO recorded an excellent version of this symphony for EMI under André Previn, and the orchestra clearly hasn’t forgotten how this music should go.
This is bad. The LSO, interestingly, despite its advocacy of Mahler over the years, has not been known for its performances of the Fourth–but there’s
