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In the Thread: My new favorite "New World" (Karel Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic, on Supraphon)
Post Subject: This is one of the works that should be appreciated “live” only.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 11/11/2007
Hm, this is funny you are ask because I spinning now Toscanini 1953 play in Carnegie Hall with NBC. The “New World”…
The “New World” is well celebrated work and everyone played it. Here are a few memorable that came to my mind: (with no order)
Stokowski with Kids Orchestra
Rozhdestvensky with Russian Radio
Kertesz with London and Vienna
Neumann with Czechs
Kabasta with Munich
They all are different… The Karel Ancerl with Czech Philharmonic sure would be atop of this list. Still very atop of my list would be Rafael Kubelik with Berlin in 1973. I do not remember the story correctly – I think he conducted for BPO give him a new “Alfa Romeo”, or something like this… Rafael Kubelik was kind of mercenary conductor but when he did what he did he did it very well. His 9th, along with his 8th with BPO in 1966 were very good. Sure, BPO in 1973 will not have that psychedelic Czech Philharmonic tone for which I am willing to give up an inch of own penis but still they BPO did very well and the Kubelik reading of the piece is nothing short of astonishing. Rafael Kubelik kind of one of the very few people who was able to play the “New World”… fast and slow at the same time - an amassing play…
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