Re: Ein Heldenleben
Part of the excitement is the Dynagroove LP technique (the UK SB used RCA's US matrices) but the Boston SO was a great orchestra - and, interpretively, the opposite pole of Barbirolli's saunter; that heard initially as Radio 3's Sunday afternoon RFH transmission; though my first version was Mehta's - encouraged by the Gramophone review - but there my attention lessened after the Battle section. Leinsdorf's other R.Strauss/BSO Dynagroove (SB6639 - L.Price Salome + Helene) makes a fine companion. Superbly-pressed discs.
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