Christine Labroche wrote:

>A friend has just had me listen to a Barbirolli version of Vaughan
>Williams' Tallis.  He is conducting the Sinfonia of London.
>
>Could anyone tell me anything at all about the Sinfonia of London?  It
>seems to have disappeared without trace at some point in the 1960s, but
>maybe I'm not a good sleuth...

It was only ever one of the many "scratch" orchestras that could be put
together from the vast pool of London freelancers for recording purposes.
There were others: The National Philharmonic, the Symphonica of London.
The Accademy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields started that way but became
more permanent.

Tony Duggan,
Staffordshire, UK.
Mahler recordings survey at: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/