January 14, 2005
Gratuitous Musickal Blegging
I'm thinking of buying the complete set of Mendelssohn's symphonies. Anybody out there have some pro or con recommendations about any particular recordings?
Posted by Robert at January 14, 2005 05:22 PMMake sure it has "Takin' Care Of Business". I always skip straight to the "workin' overtime" part.
Posted by: Joe R. the Unabrewer at January 14, 2005 10:27 PM
That, and "Bad Moon Rising." I always liked that one.
Actually, I'm thinking that that's the kind of question we'd ask you -- you know more about that subject than I do.
That being said, I found that I like Herbert von Karajan on most nineteenth century stuff.
This got pretty good reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001GCO/qid=1105791656/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/104-9600305-4541511
The folks at ClassicsToday rank the Claudio Abbado/London Symphony Orchestra performances very highly,
See www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=5269
Posted by: Axel Kassel at January 15, 2005 11:54 AMVery good buzz on the new Claudio Abbado.
Posted by: gail at January 15, 2005 03:37 PM Get it on CD.
You'll be able to play it on the latest equipment.