Maybe I need to listen again, but I had not noticed the conducting being metronomic. In fact, I remember loving the conducting because I felt that for the first time I was really hearing those orchestrations, hearing so many details that I had not heard before, although that could have had to do more with the miking than the conducting. And it's nice to get more of the score than we have on any recording.
I was not nearly as happy with Carousel or The King and I, but I recall thinking Sound of Music was rather good. Have not heard the Show Boat. |
