Amen! I am also a classical music fan and have some great recordings by the DSO with Dorati, including one of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture which as far as I am concerned is the standard by which all others shall be judged - and I've yet to hear one which comes to a more rousing ending.
And I have also yet to find a performance of the Nutcracker ballet which I've liked as much as the Detroit ones I used to see in the 80's.
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