Re: Audition in Vienna


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Posted by Alpine Symphony on August 07, 2002 at 13:08:54:

In Reply to: Audition in Vienna posted by Sam on August 07, 2002 at 05:14:41:

Sam,

The VPO has recorded "Alpine Symphony" three times. My favorite of the three is one with Seji Ozawa on Philips. It also comes with a big fanfare for the VPO brass section. However, that one was never released in the U.S. The sound is really great on that one.

There's another very good one with Previn on Telarc. That one just got reissued at a lower price. However, my only complaint about the Previn one is that it's all on one track. It was made back when Telarc was using indexing instead of separate tracks.

Of the three, I really like the Christian Thielmann one (DG) the least. It certainly has the poorest sound quality of the three. Given the lower cost of the Previn recording, I'd go with that one.


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