tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403568589757394965.post3407108251805354276..comments2024-03-28T00:53:20.915-07:00Comments on Jay Harvey Upstage: Urbanski introduces ISO patrons to a colorful 20th-century symphonyJames Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14572259649879520132noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403568589757394965.post-83389885757902124532019-11-17T19:46:29.224-08:002019-11-17T19:46:29.224-08:00We were able to make it to the 5:30 Saturday perfo...We were able to make it to the 5:30 Saturday performance. Like you, I enjoyed the Weinberg very much. Because of your comments on the Brahms 2, the Beautiful C and I listened to 4 different recordings this afternoon: (1) Emil Gilels and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Fritz Reiner at the helm; (2) Andre Watts and the NY Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein conducting; (3) Artur Rubinstein and the Philadelphia with Eugene Ormandy (on vinyl); and (4) most unusually, Vladimir Horowitz and the NBC Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanini leading the way. As it turns out, they are wildly different and remarkably different from what we heard from the ISO on Saturday. Overall, we enjoyed the Andre Watts/NY Philharmonic the most with Horowitz/Toscanini a close second. It was an interesting exercise. Thanks for your review that spurred us on. platinumjstrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490360270145503239noreply@blogger.com