Other features of this piece, for those who have not played it, are 5 flats, parts in bass, tenor (way below where it needs to be tenor), and treble clef, and the use of 4/2 time. Focus, I tell myself.
Mstislav Rostropovich conducted this version in 1990, my favorite version so far. I am posting it here to remind myself to listen.
On the other hand, this one, the world premiere, the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini on May 11, 1938, in New York, is also pretty spectacular. Even without being able to see the orchestra.
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Always feel "flattened" by this piece :)
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