Ray and Steve write:

>I share Steve's view of Abbado, and liked the way he expressed it:
>
>>what it is.  The only way I can describe it is that he gets the notes
>>but not necessarily the music.

Agreed--I've never warmed to his Ravel or Debussy, and Previn/LA Phil
turn in a more exciting Abbado's Scythian Suite--but with the Alexander
Nevsky, everyone concerned is on fire.  By the end you'll have tartar
sauce coming out your speakers.

John Smyth
Sacramento, CA