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Sat, 27 Nov 1999 22:37:47 -0800
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"William J. Karzas" <[log in to unmask]>
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Donald Scarcini wroye:

>Does anyone have an opinion on Tchaikovsky's, Symphonies Nos.  4, 5 & 6
>conducted by Pierre Monteux and the Boston Symphony on RCA? I'm looking for
>the last three symphonies and this one is offered by BMG.  Is this DDD?
>They don't say.

This is a very worthhile set, bested in my opinion only by the
Sanderling/Mravinsky mono or Mravinsky stereo DG sets.  The Monteux dates
from the late 1950s, thus in no way could be DDD.  But that is a terrible
criterion if you use it.

Regards,

Bill Karzas                     [log in to unmask]

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