Deryk Barker wrote:

>Roger Hecht ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>>...  An odd thing about the Lyritas, again, if my memory serves.  Boult
>>always divided the violins, but on those Lyrita recordings of the Elgar
>>symphonies I don't think he did.  No idea why.
>
>Because the engineers talked him into it, somewhat reluctantly.

Really? I always wondered what that was about.  I wonder why he gave in.
I mean, who the hell was Lyrita? Great sounding LPs, but I'm amazed they
had that kind of clout with Boult.  But I guess that must be it.

Roger Hecht