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Title: A very good 5th
Review: BUT, Muti's earlier accounts of all of the Tchaikovsky symphonies, with the Philharmonia, are better. They were certainly more original if not a bit idiosyncratic. In Philadelphia he chose to rerecord 4,5 & 6 only. (And he did also re-record Romeo & Juliet with the Philadelphians, but it was not reissued in this series.) Likewise, I hope EMI will reissue his 1981 Philadelphia recordings of the 1812 Overture and the Serenade for Strings. Those recordings were stunning! So, considering that Muti could not out-due himself, he gets 4 stars. But he does an outstanding job with Francesca da Rimini.
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