Karl Miller writes:

>As for the success of Levine...that has me stumped.  He isn't like any
>designer gown, he ain't exotic, he is a very well trained highly talented
>musician, but for me, in the final analysis, his interpretations bore
>me to death.

There was nothing boring about the Missa Solemnis he conducted last
January, IMHO as always.

Bernard Chasan