On Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 2:26:55 PM UTC-10, Ed Presson wrote:
> I've listened to all 63 CDs in the the Sony box of Reiner's RCA recordings,
> and I'm a bit surprised at some of my reactions. These notes are purely
> subjective, but for what they're worth:
>
> Desert Island list (more than I expected):
>
> Debussy: Iberia
> Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; MUSPAC
> Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Salome and Elektra excerpts
> Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
> Weinberger: Polka & Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
> Albeniz: Iberia (selections); Navarra; Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Dances
>
> Others I like a lot (but don't made the list above):
>
> Beethoven: Symphonies 3,6,7
> Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
> Mussorgsky: Pictures
> Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
>
> Others:
>
> Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & Das Lied von der Erde I don't feel that Reiner
> really "got" Mahler; but when Forrester sings Mahler(in the latter), my
> critical faculties shut off
>
> Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 A deeply felt performance, but a bit over-dramatic
> for me
>
> Haydn & Mozart symphonies: I get the feeling that Reiner believed that to
> stress humor, charm, or grace would emasculate these works. I'll have to
> listen again to see if convinces me. Not so far.
>
> Works I wish Reiner had recorded (that were in his repertoire)
>
> Hindemith: Symphony: Harmonie der Welt and several Sibelius symphonies that
> High Fidelity magazine obituary said he did very well.
>
> Ed Presson

(Recent Y. upload):

Review: Reiner's Super Scintillating Strauss Box

I have no idea why my thread should be resurrected by gggg after almost a
decade.

Reviewing what I
wrote then, I'd move Reiner's Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky up for its
combination of excitement and
gravitas that, for me, raises the cantata above the "exciting but shallow"
ranking that I might
have used then.

I also wish that RCA had recorded Reiner's entire Salome.

Ed Presson

gggg gggg" wrote in message
news:68a17003-29fa-4ef1-a452-f4e858e45af8n@googlegroups.com...

On Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 2:26:55 PM UTC-10, Ed Presson wrote:
> I've listened to all 63 CDs in the the Sony box of Reiner's RCA
> recordings,
> and I'm a bit surprised at some of my reactions. These notes are purely
> subjective, but for what they're worth:
>
> Desert Island list (more than I expected):
>
> Debussy: Iberia
> Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; MUSPAC
> Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Salome and Elektra excerpts
> Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
> Weinberger: Polka & Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
> Albeniz: Iberia (selections); Navarra; Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Dances
>
> Others I like a lot (but don't made the list above):
>
> Beethoven: Symphonies 3,6,7
> Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
> Mussorgsky: Pictures
> Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
>
> Others:
>
> Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & Das Lied von der Erde I don't feel that Reiner
> really "got" Mahler; but when Forrester sings Mahler(in the latter), my
> critical faculties shut off
>
> Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 A deeply felt performance, but a bit over-dramatic
> for me
>
> Haydn & Mozart symphonies: I get the feeling that Reiner believed that to
> stress humor, charm, or grace would emasculate these works. I'll have to
> listen again to see if convinces me. Not so far.
>
> Works I wish Reiner had recorded (that were in his repertoire)
>
> Hindemith: Symphony: Harmonie der Welt and several Sibelius symphonies
> that
> High Fidelity magazine obituary said he did very well.
>
> Ed Presson

(Recent Y. upload):

Review: Reiner's Super Scintillating Strauss Box

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 4:42:24 PM UTC-5, Ed Presson wrote:
> I have no idea why my thread should be resurrected by gggg after almost a
> decade.
>
> Reviewing what I
> wrote then, I'd move Reiner's Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky up for its
> combination of excitement and
> gravitas that, for me, raises the cantata above the "exciting but shallow"
> ranking that I might
> have used then.
>
> I also wish that RCA had recorded Reiner's entire Salome.
>
> Ed Presson
>
>
> gggg gggg" wrote in message
> news:68a17003-29fa-4ef1...@googlegroups.com...
> On Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 2:26:55 PM UTC-10, Ed Presson wrote:
> > I've listened to all 63 CDs in the the Sony box of Reiner's RCA
> > recordings,
> > and I'm a bit surprised at some of my reactions. These notes are purely
> > subjective, but for what they're worth:
> >
> > Desert Island list (more than I expected):
> >
> > Debussy: Iberia
> > Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; MUSPAC
> > Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Salome and Elektra excerpts
> > Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
> > Weinberger: Polka & Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
> > Albeniz: Iberia (selections); Navarra; Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Dances
> >
> > Others I like a lot (but don't made the list above):
> >
> > Beethoven: Symphonies 3,6,7
> > Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
> > Mussorgsky: Pictures
> > Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
> >
> > Others:
> >
> > Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & Das Lied von der Erde I don't feel that Reiner
> > really "got" Mahler; but when Forrester sings Mahler(in the latter), my
> > critical faculties shut off
> >
> > Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 A deeply felt performance, but a bit over-dramatic
> > for me
> >
> > Haydn & Mozart symphonies: I get the feeling that Reiner believed that to
> > stress humor, charm, or grace would emasculate these works. I'll have to
> > listen again to see if convinces me. Not so far.
> >
> > Works I wish Reiner had recorded (that were in his repertoire)
> >
> > Hindemith: Symphony: Harmonie der Welt and several Sibelius symphonies
> > that
> > High Fidelity magazine obituary said he did very well.
> >
> > Ed Presson
>
> (Recent Y. upload):
>
> Review: Reiner's Super Scintillating Strauss Box

I can't believe that it came out 8 years ago, as I am just now starting to work my way through it. Going is slow, as a tend to have so little time for listening, but I'll try to put up some impressions.

On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 13:42:16 -0800, "Ed Presson" <pep38@comcast.net>
wrote:

>I also wish that RCA had recorded Reiner's entire Salome.

And Elektra too!