Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Roger Hecht:
>
>>Didn't the original EMI of the Barbirolli come coupled with Strauss's
>>Metamorphosen? I do know the Angel box in the US SAID the Strauss was
>>included, but it not always was!  But I'm not sure if this was always
>>the case.  (I have a different pressing, so I can't check.)
>
>My LPs certainly have it, just as fine a performance as the Mahler, IMO.

I have an original UK issue of the EMI set.  Yes, the coupling was
Metamorphosen and the symphony was couplied i, ii/iii, iv.  So reverseing
the order of the inner movements was as difficult as it could be on LP...

Deryk Barker
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