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Title: Excellent #39, very good #s 32 and 35 : 4.5 stars
Review: #32 is more of a long overture than a symphony. Tate and the ECO play it well, but it could us a bit more zip. It is a significantly lesser work c.f. the other two symphonies here. I prefer the #32 performances of Bohm and Krips, both with the RCOAon Philips, and Bohm with the BPO on DG. The Haffner here benefits from apt ceremonial pomp and prominent windsand trumpet. Textures are perfect, and Tate again proves himself a winds maven in the tradition of Klemperer and then William Steinberg (whose Haffner is ideally performed in mediocre sound -see my review.)#39 is tailor made for Tate, especially in the wind laden second movement and third movement trio. No tempi problemsare evident, and the second movement is one of the best ever.Additional peers: #35- Szell/Sony; Steinberg/Pittsburgh; Kubelik/BRSO/Sony; Dohnanyi/Cleveland/Decca#39- Jochum/BRSO/DG; Kubelik/Sony; Szell/Sony; Dohnanyi/Decca; Klemperer/PO/Decca; Sawallisch/CPO/Eurodisc
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