Just listened to the earlier, analogue Neumann "New World" - yes; excellent, great timps, grainy woodwind, superb depth of sound and a real sense of forward momentum. Not as thrilling as Fricsay - especially in the finale - but thoroughly idiomatic and engaging and the Largo is very poetic. Great drive, then lilt, in the Scherzo - but the Trio lumbers a bit. Despite the propulsiveness, he's a "rallentando" conductor who pulls back without sounding self-conscious or losing the pulse.
I'll be trying some of the other symphonies.
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