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  1. Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!enterpoop.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!syliao
  3. From: syliao@athena.mit.edu (Stan Yi-Huang Liao)
  4. Subject: Re: Greatest living conductors
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec23.141542.4146@athena.mit.edu>
  6. Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: e40-008-4.mit.edu
  8. Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  9. References: <BzFyvM.1wq.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Dec18.152457.715@midway.uchicago.edu> <Dec18.180233.49054@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
  10. Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:15:42 GMT
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  12.  
  13. hurben@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Mike Hurben) writes:
  14. >  As for Abbado, I love his Mahler's 3rd, 6th, and 7th, and he is
  15. >usually a
  16. >safe conductor -
  17. >
  18. >   However.....
  19. >
  20. >  Don't come near his DG recording of Beethoven's 6th symphony!!!!
  21. >
  22. >  This is the worst CD I own, in the sense of being made by a good
  23. >conductor.
  24. >It is heartless, cold, and empty - yuckkkk!!!
  25. >
  26. >Does anyone have a good recommend for this piece?
  27. >
  28. >Mike
  29.  
  30. Karl Boehm with VPO on DG is definitely the one to get.  It's coupled
  31. with the 9th symphony on a 2-disc set.
  32.  
  33. Stan
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