Title: Ugh
Product review: If this is improved sound, I'd hate to hear the prior recordings. Compared with a typical modern recording, it's like hearing something that was recorded from outside a concert hall through the walls. And to me the performances aren't much better; it's hard to believe these 2 Beethoven masterpieces could be made boring, but Toscanini achieves it here.With excellent modern recordings of the 9th (Gunter Wand's on RCA is my favorite) and the Missa Solemnis (Gardiner, Klemperer, and a terrific DVD conducted by Gielen) available, why anybody would waste their time listening to these recordings is beyond me.
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