fergus wrote:Lunch time listening: Haydn – two versions of Symphony No. 73; Goodman and Dorati....
My guess is that the Goodman version came out on top Fergus??
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Very enjoyable but not quite what I expected. I found the bass in the Concerto No.1 to be a little heavy and dominant at times although I wasn't listening with my fullest attention at the time. I need to come back to it again with perhaps a comparison with the Gardiner, OAE and Hogwood versions.
The highlight of the above disc is without doubt Concerto No.3.
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Some tape hiss on this recording that normally wouldnt bother me so much but the performance here fell a bit short of my expectations considering what I've heard from this boxset already. Not one of my favorite 4ths.
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