Giulini -Warner/EMI Boxes

[akiralx]

Morrison's glib dismissal of the Perlman recordings is an example of the shabby trite views that pervade Radio 3 nowadays .

I suspect it's the absurdly prominent balance he insisted on which makes them pretty much unlistenable to many.

[Barbirollians]

I suspect it's the absurdly prominent balance he insisted on which makes them pretty much unlistenable to many.

He did not mention the balance at all and I don't think that charge can be made out against these two recordings - unlike some of his later recordings from the 1980s.

[PJPJ]

I suspect it's the absurdly prominent balance he insisted on which makes them pretty much unlistenable to many.

The Beethoven I find unlistenable for that reason. That is the problem for me with recordings which the soloist insists reflects what he/she hears.

[Barbirollians]

That charge can be placed at the recording with Barenboim but not at this one IMO.