Albie Cabrera wrote:

>...  I just got the chance to finally put the Barbirolli version in my
>player...  and it popped out just a few seconds later...  Yeesh!  Just as
>sludgey-slow as his 5th!  And I'm sure it can't be that his orchestra just
>can't play it at a faster tempo!

You judge a recording by the first few seconds only??? In fact, apart
from the first movement, Barbirolli's tempi in the Sixth are pretty
conventional.

Tony Duggan,
England