Roger Hecht:

>Hanson was an interesting conductor.  His recordings of his symphonies
>are quite viable alternatives to the competition, mainly from Schwarz, but
>also, in the 2nd, from Slatkin and Gerhardt as well.  All are good, but in
>many ways, Hanson was the most incisive and exciting, though he had the
>weakest orchestra.

I wouldn't disagree with this.  Hanson was the Schwarz of his day,
recording a large amount of American music, and he was a fine conductor.
Although I didn't care for his Bloch, I still treasure his recordings of
Barber and Schuman.

Jim Tobin