Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Liszt: Mazeppa
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Zubin Mehta
Mehta’s Tchaikovsky has always been direct and dramatic. He recorded a super symphony cycle (Nos 1-6) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 1970s and a bit of comparative listening here reveals...
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Liszt: Mazeppa
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Zubin Mehta
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Mehta’s Tchaikovsky has always been direct and dramatic. He recorded a super symphony cycle (Nos 1-6) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 1970s and a bit of comparative listening here reveals...
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The Indian conductor Zubin Mehta is closely associated with the city of Munich and the orchestras based there. From 1998 to 2006, he was General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and has similarly close ties with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra's 2018 Asian tour with Zubin Mehta was voted No. 1 in the "10 Top Concerts 2018" by Japanese critics. In January 2020, he conducted the memorial concert of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for their late chief conductor Mariss Jansons. – This BR-KLASSIK CD features recordings of concerts on February 28 and March 1, 2013 in the Philharmonie im Gasteig.
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August 2023
Mehta’s Tchaikovsky has always been direct and dramatic. He recorded a super symphony cycle (Nos 1-6) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 1970s and a bit of comparative listening here reveals that this new account is just as intense, if a shade slower.
