I was just listening to samples of the Symphony's opening, Honeck and Walter side by side, and I still prefer Walter.Walter's string phrasing and articulation is more interesting yet he still manages to keep his eye on the ball: the arrival of GM.
Honeck's conduction seems a bit directionless, strings are less pointed and emphatic and the arrival on GM not as satisfying. His poor little bird on xanax.
Of course, I'm listening to crappy samples. Has anyone lived with the Honeck for awhile? It's been praised to the skys. I'm leaning towards Walter's later stereo recording at HDTT at this point, even though I promised myself I'd support living musicians more.
Honeck's opening sample can be found here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2014/07/dvorak-symphony-no-8-sacd-review.html
And Walter's early NYPO comparison can be found
Edits: 03/20/17
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Topic - Dvorak's Symphony 8: Honeck vs Good Old Walter - jdaniel@jps.net 18:44:11 03/20/17 (9)
- RE: Dvorak's Symphony 8: Honeck vs Good Old Walter - briggs 18:01:20 03/21/17 (0)
- What is "GM" ? nt - oldmkvi 07:58:25 03/21/17 (4)
- Sorry, G Major. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 08:24:02 03/21/17 (3)
- I've heard of it. Too many Sharps... nt - oldmkvi 08:47:21 03/21/17 (2)
- :-) nt - Rick W 10:02:54 03/21/17 (1)
- Why settle for one Sharp when - oldmkvi 11:32:04 03/23/17 (0)
- RE: Dvorak's Symphony 8: Honeck vs Good Old Walter - Kal Rubinson 05:48:16 03/21/17 (2)
- I'll probably wimp out and pick up the Walter, and save my pennies for Honeck's Strauss. Re: Soundmirror - jdaniel@jps.net 08:35:50 03/21/17 (1)
- RE: I'll probably wimp out and pick up the Walter, and save my pennies for Honeck's Strauss. Re: Soundmirror - Kal Rubinson 17:44:22 03/21/17 (0)