After making a definitive statement, I go back and listen to the recording I made the statement about with a more critical ear and often come away with a different conclusion. Happens again and again. I just listened to the Mackerras Brahms 2nd, this time more critically, and ended up disliking it. (Yet just yesterday it was heavenly!) Months ago Polly Nomial said that his two favorite cycles were Abbado and Rattle. For me, that continues being the case. I'm going to listen to the rest of the Mackerras cycle again soon, but at this point I have to disagree with Hitters and say that it is not worth releasing on SACD.
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