Jon Lewis ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>...  Beecham is my favorite Sibelius conductor, period.  Oh, if only, if
>only he'd recorded the 3rd and the 5th and the 4 Legends, ...

Did he perform them? Seems to me Beecham was genearlly a man who knew his
limitations and avoided works he wasn't in sympathy with.  Generally, that
is.  If you've ever heard a Beecham Beethoven 9th...

>and if only that NYPO 7th didn't have the worst sound in the world (yes
>I do have the Dutton transfer)...

Hmm, sorry I think this performance a distinctly mixed bag and can
understand why TB tried to suppress it.

Deryk Barker
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