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Re: opinions on Zubin Mehta...

Posted by Jay (A) on November 16, 2002 at 11:28:06

In Reply to: Re: Considered opinions on Zubin Mehta.....past/present/future? [with an article to help] posted by Brian Cheney on November 15, 2002 at 20:43:41:

"...it's safe to say the novice could avoid Mehta's work completely and miss nothing."

Well, it seems that Decca/London recorded classical music with natural timbre, lifelike dynamics (micro/macro) and expansive soundstage... long after Mercury, RCA and others abandoned minimalist techniques that made earlier efforts legendary. Mehta/ LAPO/ Strauss: Alpine Symphony (1975) is a fine example of the enduring Decca/London sound. Perhaps artful engineering masked composer Strauss' "shallow" score and conductor Mehta's "clueless" interpretation, but the resulting LP (London CS-6981) to my novice ears is nonetheless spectacular.

And, for example, Mehta's Decca/London (1973) Puccini: Turandot (w/ Sutherland/ Pavarotti) is beyond reproach, is it not?

~Jay

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