Title: Too fast by far
Review: Previous reviewers have attested to the excellent sound on this CD. I concur: it is outstanding. So is the orchestral playing.In other respects I disagree with those reviewers' raves.The CD's annotator notes that Mackerras's recordings of the two symphonies are among "the fastest on recordings." That is true. The allegro of the Military's 1st movement is taken at a presto clip that leaves one breathless -- or, better, gives one not a second to savor a moment before another moment comes cascading in.I have about a dozen recordings of each of these works. I've listened to Mackerras's four times; I doubt I'll listen to them ever again.
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