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...

This is in addition to my previous reply.  There is a Sinfonia of
London alive and well today as their web site shows:

   http://www.sinfonia-of-london.com/

However, the Sinfonia of London that was to be found on recordings in
the 1960s was, as I say, a much more ad hoc ensemble.

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