Donald Clarke wrote:

> [Two] of my favorite recordings are ... Andre Previn's recording of
> Shapero's Symphony for a Classical Orchestra, recorded in concert:
> if it had had to be recorded in a studio I would not have it at all.

So much for the work itself!  I know Shapero liked this recording.  For
myself, I strongly prefer Bernstein's exciting performance with a pickup
orchestra done in a studio, even though the sound is hardly cutting edge.

Some performances simply cut through the technical limitations.  In other
cases these can make it nearly impossible to enjoy the work.  As for the
value of spontaneity in a live performance vs. the edited "perfection"
of a spliced studio performance of the same work, in general, this is
not something I have a lot of instances to point to.

Jim Tobin

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