Gerard
5/18/2012 8:54:00 PM
richard.simnett@gmail.com <richard.simnett@gmail.com> typed:
> On May 17, 5:44 am, "Gerard" <ghendrik-nospam_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can you tell me why someone would be a Silvestri addict?
> > I think I have 1 or 2 of his recordings (one of them 'being' a
> > Manfred). What's special about his recordings?
>
> When he was 'on' his recordings show a flexible pulse and real dynamic
> control of the orchestra, so that his Tchaikovsky Ss4-6 recordings
> (which were the first HMV stereo recordings of them) can, if you
> respond to them, make Mengelberg seen straight and Svetlanov
> unemotional.
Thanks.
Could these recordings be compared to Mravinsky's?