Aaron Rabushka ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Yes, just having heard some of his recordings I must say that Rostro never
>lacks intensity. His Shostakovich 4 is outstanding--Slatkin's is good (as
>are, IIRC, Kondrashin's and Ormandy's), but Rostro blows everyone else
>away.
I've often contemplated buying this, as I heard him conduct the LSO in
it in 1986 IIRC and it was absolutely spellbinding.
His 11th OTOH is not that great, which is one reason I've not sprung for 4
yet..
Deryk Barker
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