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I've casually found at a record shop near my place one of the Great Conductors of the 20th Century CDs, dedicated to Golovanov. It's a two CD set and includes the 1812 Overture with the Moscow Radio Orch (In spite at Amazon they state the Monaco Radio...), recorded in Moscow in 1948:
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I've listened the two CDs and I can understand your liking for this conductor, he's phenomenal. I don't know if the 1812 included is even close to the one you have, but it's certainly different from any other I have listened to before. It's crisp, energical, alive and also subtle, very fluid and "story telling". The very beginning is amazing with all the strings sounding as if it were a chamber work. No "bombasting cannons" and arguable sound quality, but wonderful music and playing. I never had the feeling before that that music was depicting a war and who were the winners and who the loosers. Thanks for your comment, if it weren't for it I doubt I had bought that disc.

brgs,

aj

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