Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Brian Rourke on Sawallisch:
>
>>Somehow he's gotten the reputation as a dull conductor.  I haven't heard
>>enough of his recordings to know why that is, but it mystifies me.
>
>I think he's probably better live than on record.  I've reviewed some awful
>Strauss and Hindemith recordings by him.

And I have a lovely set of the Schubert symphonies on Phillips by him.  On
cassette, so they don't get played as much as they should.

Bill S