Issued without accompanying notes, we are asked to take it on faith that these recordings made by Otmar Suitner with the Dresden Staatskapelle are in fact legendary. But while most of the performances here have not been released on compact discs, that does not necessarily make them legendary; it only makes them rare. Still, whether rare or legendary, the performances on this Edel Classics 10-disc set are never less than interesting. Though the 13 Mozart symphonies included here have been recorded many times before, Suitner ...
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Issued without accompanying notes, we are asked to take it on faith that these recordings made by Otmar Suitner with the Dresden Staatskapelle are in fact legendary. But while most of the performances here have not been released on compact discs, that does not necessarily make them legendary; it only makes them rare. Still, whether rare or legendary, the performances on this Edel Classics 10-disc set are never less than interesting. Though the 13 Mozart symphonies included here have been recorded many times before, Suitner's spry and sprightly interpretations -- with their alert tempos and sinewy textures -- are in the same class as Neville Marriner's. And though Joseph Lanner's dances, Suppé's overtures, and particularly Volkmann's Serenade have been recorded much less frequently than Mozart's symphonies, Suitner's brightly colored and balletic interpretations make all other recordings seem prosaic by comparison. But legendary means more than merely interesting, and many of Suitner's performances are...
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