Now deleted, but possibly to be found used on the web, is a 1990s Universal Classics cd reissue of Scherchen's 1950s performance of the work, also descibable as a "big scale" approach, and a bit ecceentric, as all his things seem to be, but which has the incomparable Hugues Cuenod , which Mr. Ivry mentioned, as the Evangelist. Veterans will recall it as the old Westminster LP set, but it sounds good on cd, and if heard, Cuenod can't be forgotten.
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Now deleted, but possibly to be found used on the web, is a 1990s Universal Classics cd reissue of Scherchen's...
Karl Schrom
Mar 19, 2008 13:52
Conspicuously absent from the list of large scaled performances on modern instruments are those of Herbert von Karajan (The recording... [MORE]