Pick the one you like most

[mc ukrneal]

Seems like we have a lot of hostility out there today. So perhaps we just need a silly poll to lighten the mood a bit. There is nothing scientific about this. Just pick the one that takes your fancy. You will not be tested on this material!

Choices are

[PaulR]

Something tells me that my life would be in danger if I didn't pick Mravinsky.  Could be his stare.

[North Star]

Something tells me that my life would be in danger if I didn't pick Mravinsky.  Could be his stare.

Alsop, OTOH, looks like her life could be in danger if we didn't - or did, could go either way - pick her.

[Lisztianwagner]

Johohoe! Johohohoe!

Karajan the Fisherman for me.

[PaulR]

Johohoe! Johohohoe!

Karajan the Fisherman for me.

Someone dared to go against Mravinsky!  I'm scared....

[Sergeant Rock]

Karajan came so close...I absolutely love the completely irrelevant photo for that album. Hysterical. But the taglines made me laugh even more, so my vote goes there.

Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

Karajan came so close...I absolutely love the completely irrelevant photo for that album. Hysterical. But the taglines made me laugh even more, so my vote goes there.

Sarge

Aww, shucks.   A couple more like that and I can lock the poll!  (j/k)

But I agree about the photo. It cracks me up. The Alsop too - such a deer in the headlights type picture. And every time I see the Rattle, I always have to look twice, because it looks like he's giving a nasty gesture.

[North Star]

Johohoe! Johohohoe!

Karajan the Fisherman for me.

TWU.

Is that Peer or Tapio singing?
Karajan for me, too.

And 'Legendary Treasures' sounds a bit too tame - naming the series Greatest Legendary Treasure of Century would probably triple the sales 

[PaulR]

a different angle, and the Mravinsky and Alsop could be very eerily similar.

[mc ukrneal]

Someone dared to go against Mravinsky!  I'm scared....

Don't worry, he'll track them down. You know how as kids where you play this staring game and you can't blink/laugh/turn away - I bet he was good at it (if the pictures are any judge).

a different angle, and the Mravinsky and Alsop could be very eerily similar.

You may have something there.

[DavidW]

The Karajan cover is the best.  Music wise I choose Mravinsky, but I voted for Karajan.  I don't care for the whole I just shat myself poses some conductors take.

[jwinter]

Musically & pictorially, Mravinsky, but most of these are good for a chuckle.  Nice hat, Herb.

[kishnevi]

I went of Lenny; the tagline could apply to almost any picture of him while conducting.

The only one I actually have is the Dudamel, which is very good--in fact, was the recording that convinced me that Tchaikovsky's symphonies did not need to be played in a manner that could induce diabetic comas.

[mc ukrneal]

Musically & pictorially, Mravinsky, but most of these are good for a chuckle.  Nice hat, Herb.

It's so against type. Someone must have been trying to convince him to get loose or something or maybe be more like everyone else.

[Conor71]

I like the picture of the Dude (he always looks like he is enjoying the music) and Karajan on his boat as well

[Lisztianwagner]

Is that Peer or Tapio singing?

That's Senta.

[North Star]

That's Senta.

Yeah - but not in Sibelius or Grieg, surely??!

[Lisztianwagner]

Yeah - but not in Sibelius or Grieg, surely??!

Yes, not in them; looking at Karajan's cover immediately made me think of his recording of Der fliegende Holländer......

[Sergeant Rock]

They obviously photoshopped the Mravinsky. Both his wife and pitchfork are missing. I've partially restored it.




Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Had to go with Bernstein. The captions that could go with the image are endless.