mikeweil Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Oh, well ... they just do not want to hear it any other way, and need the exaggerations of modern orchestral sound to get off. Probably the same people who do not want to hear about Wagner's extreme anti-semitism. I could care less about amateurs' reviews on amazon ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 I found Tennstedt recordings "soft" and dumped them. Not the most exciting I've heard, but at these prices, worth a listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Maybe I shouldn't have spoken so soon on Tennstedt. The Tennstedt disc I own is an old singleton with only non-"Ring" overtures. Maybe the "soft" approach works better for "Lohengrin" and "Rienzi" overtures...Don't have a "Ring" excerpts CD; the full cycle I kept is Solti, who probably qualifies as "anti-soft". Edited April 22, 2013 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigshot Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Solti is definitely anti-soft. I'd call him strident at times. I like my Wagner to be varied in emotion. I really like Stokowski's symphonic synthesis transcriptions. Bambert's rerecording of these is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I have a cd of George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra playing great orchestral highlights from the Ring series. Though I am no Wagner buff, I like this disc very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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