Although surely not a first choice for any of the works, this disc joining Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Handel's Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/3, and Strauss' Ein Heldenleben will surely be of great interest to those who admired the work of East German conductor Kurt Sanderling. Best remembered for his monumental 1956 recording of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, his magnificent early '80s Beethoven cycle, and especially his brilliant partnership with pianist Sviatoslav Richter in concertos by Rachmaninov and Beethoven, Sanderling ...
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Although surely not a first choice for any of the works, this disc joining Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Handel's Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/3, and Strauss' Ein Heldenleben will surely be of great interest to those who admired the work of East German conductor Kurt Sanderling. Best remembered for his monumental 1956 recording of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, his magnificent early '80s Beethoven cycle, and especially his brilliant partnership with pianist Sviatoslav Richter in concertos by Rachmaninov and Beethoven, Sanderling was a conductor who eschewed overt excitement in favor of deep musicality and obvious effects in favor of profound emotions. In this collection of recordings with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Sanderling turns in an immensely driven and enormously dramatic Egmont Overture, an austerely beautiful but lushly colored Concerto Grosso, and an enormously effective but by no means flashy Heldenleben. Although the Leipzig radio orchestra is impressive in the Beethoven, a bit flabby...
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