Deryk Barker wrote:

>>Horenstein's 1950s 1st and 9th are available on Vox.  His 1970 1st and 3rd
>>are on Unicorn-Kanchana.  The live Stokcholm 1966 6th is on the same label
>>but BBC Legends are reputedly issuing his Bournemouth 6th soon, which will
>>render Stockholm obsolete.
>
>Would someone please explain this to a Friend of Stockholm PO.  Was
>Bournemouth really considered a better orchestra or is the sound not
>very good?

Having heard both it seems to me more a question of Horenstein managing to
communicate what he wants to the Bournemouth players better than he does to
the Stockholm players and the Bournemouth playing sounds more accurate too.
The Bournemouth performance has a degree more intensity where the Stockholm
performance gives the impression of being a run- through and perhaps could
have done with a little more rehearsal.  Tempi are a touch faster in
Bournemouth too, there is more drama and conflict where that is needed.
In sound recording there is little in it, though.

Tony Duggan, England.
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