In Reply to: With works with so many recordings, there just can't be a "best" posted by Chris from Lafayette on August 2, 2017 at 12:19:33:
I flipped a coin and bought the Vänskä cycle and only bought the Haitink 2 & 6, but I like the Haitink so much I think I'll end up buying the set. As far as I can recall the first cycles out on surround were Barenboim (Teldec) and Abbado on DVD-A and Karajan on SACD (both DG/BPO). I didn't have any strong opinions at the time, but I gravitated strongly to Abbado and perhaps like 1 & 2 even better on the 2001 performance in Rome on Blu-ray. Perhaps this preference helps to explain why I also like the Pentatone SACD by Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields of Symphonies 1&2 (although quad is hardly my preference).
Speaking of preferences in surround sound, I really like Tacet's approach with chamber music, but have no inclination to listen to symphonies that way. Anyway, I apologize in advance of any flames for my praise of these lightweight treatments.
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Follow Ups
- even for surround enthusiasts a crowded field... - Jim Pearce 08:19:25 08/04/17 (5)
- I still have the Abbado DVD-A's and used to have the Barenboim DVD-A's too - Chris from Lafayette 10:09:05 08/04/17 (4)
- thanks Chris... - Jim Pearce 11:55:50 08/04/17 (3)
- Jim - You're welcome! - I'd somehow lost track of the fact that. . . - Chris from Lafayette 14:31:06 08/04/17 (2)
- Well Chris... - Jim Pearce 20:17:05 08/04/17 (1)
- I apologize that I somehow didn't pick up on that earlier - Chris from Lafayette 21:31:44 08/04/17 (0)