Message #43042

[Chriskh]

There may be a slower Witwe even than Karajan's. Lovro von Matacic, whose lively EMI recording is something of a classic, conducted the work in valedictory, post-Mahlerian manner in Milan around 1980. In a weird sort of way, it's very moving, though Edda Moser had a job to sustain the Vilja-Lied at this tempo.