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In the Thread: Conductor Herbert Kegel
Post Subject: Good call, Romy!Posted by JANDL100 on: 10/18/2007
Yup, Kegel is an excellent and under-appreciated conductor.
I have his complete Beethoven symphony set which are all very fine "middle of the road" performances.
I also have him in Bruckner 5th and 8th (both with the Leipzig Radio Orch) and also two recordings of Bruckner 3rd symphony - one with the Leipzig Radio Orch (1978) and one with the Gewandhaus Orch (1986). Also his Brahms 1st symphony (Leipzig, 1973) and Haydn 81 (Leipzig 1986).
His Bruckner is clear-headed and quite powerful.
Sadly, he does not seem to have been happy with the return to democracy in East Germany, as he killed himself very soon after the fall of the communist regime.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site