Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos.5 & 6 / Dvorák: Symphony No.9 (柴可夫斯基：第5和第6号交响曲 / 德沃夏克：第9号交响曲)

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A magnificent testimonial to one of the greatest, if under-appreciated, mid-century conductors. In Our Two Lives, Rodzinski’s wife Halina rails bitterly against Reiner for his refusal to lend some Chicago Symphony string players to the Lyric Opera Orchestra to beef up the sound for what turned out to be Rodzinski’s valedictory performances of Tristan. But whatever Reiner’s and Rodzinski’s personal differences (and Artur seems to have responded to the Tristan tussle with more equanimity than his wife), there was certainly a similarity in their aesthetics. Both were intensely serious conductors, without a trace of Beecham’s lightness of spirit—but in contrast, say, to the serious Furtwängler, they avoided anguished self-expression, even toward the ends of their lives when the physical strain under which they were working would surely have justified it. Both were perfectionists (indeed, that’s the first word Halina uses to describe her impressions of the young Artur, even before she’d met him), especially with regard to rhythm, articulation, and balance—but in contrast, say, to Szell, they were never coldly disengaged from the music. Both sought out a darkish sonority with a strong tilt toward the bass (no Toscaninian incandescence here)—but in contrast to Stokowski, their colors were never ostentatious and their legato never smudged the edges of the individual notes. The high points of their repertoires overlapped, too, and in my experience, neither ever made a bad recording. For a variety of reasons, however, Reiner’s discs have had a stronger grip on our attention—so for younger collectors especially, the force of Rodzinski’s recordings may come as something of a surprise.

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