Steve Schwartz wrote: >I'm a great Boult admirer, and not just in British music. He was a >superb Brahms conductor, among others, as well. Not everyone shares my >enthusiasm. Britten really disliked Boult's performances of his music. That's the first time I heard those first two points together. Generally, I heard someone doesn't like Boult or likes him in English music by oh that ghastly Brahms. Me, I like both. That Brahms symphonies are marvelous, though I don't care for his hurry-up Serenades. I can see Britten's point, though. I don't see Boult doing that well with Britten. Too spiky and angular. Boult didn't do everything great, of course. I never did like his Hindemith Symphony in EB, for instance. Roger Hecht