What a powerful little disc this is, when i listened to this for the first time [early in 2001], i thought that Harding pushed his Orchestra just too far, these are hard driven readings on the whole, fast speeds, abrupt stops and starts, not smooth and glorious like Karajan, now i sit on the edge of my seat, Harding isn't for the comfy rocking chair, more like a roller coaster chair!,
How did you get into Wagner?
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I know about people who heard a few bars of Wagner and were caught for
life. I envy such people. My experience was somewhat gnarlier.
I was annoyed at the ...
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