Mats Norrman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have not heard Toscanini doing Verdis Requiem, but I share Stevens
>general opinion on Toscanini, and thats why I by and then drop adverse
>comments on him (Toscanini, not Steven) on this list.  I've got a Berlioz
>"Le Carnavail Romain" with Toscanini, and it is splendid!  What these well
>done pieces have in common, is that they relies solely on effect.

I am sorry you have this opinion about Toscanini which we consider the
Greatest Conductor ever but please remember that Toscanini studied the
scores of the Verdi Operas (almost all of them) with no less than the
composer himself and we think his nickname as The Maestro fits him
perfectly.

Stathis Arfanis, Alexandros Rigas
Athens
Greece