Dick Claeys wrote: >Can't say that I agree with all Mr. Horowitz's points; in particular, >he's silent about the Monteux performances and puts the shaky Mitropoulos >"Spirituals" at the top of his highlight list. But his appraisal of >Ozawa's contribution, the jaw-dropping Stokowski arrangements, the thrill >of Munch in live performance, and the promise of better years ahead under >Levine (not shared by all the voices on this list at the moment) deserve >thoughtful reading. I read it and find it difficult to believe he had the same BSO set I have! Last Saturday morning I broadcast three hours of the set and included the Ozawa Berlioz Roman Carnaval...Horowitz praised it...yet I found it a crashing bore, and from what I could tell on the old applause meter...the audience wasn't all that wild about it either. I did agree with him on one point...as I recall he suggested the BSO needs another Koussevitzky. Karl