Title: Try Again!
Review: I just listened to this performance on WETA-FM in Washington, D.C., not knowing who the conductor was until the end. Wow. The worst performance I have ever heard of this symphony. Dragging tempi, inner voices highlighted when they detract rather than add to the musical line, the orchestra slowing down in soft sections and speeding up on creschendi (just like an amature band conductor)--this awful performance has it all. For an infinitely better interpretation, I'd go with the Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra on CBS Classics--or if you're into blockbuster 1960's records, the Command Classics 35mm recording with Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in the wonderful gatefold album.
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