David Harbin writes:

>BTW, I find the Leningrad Symphony bombastic, ugly music and cannot
>believe he holds it up as a finer alternative to, say, the Jupiter
>symphony or Don Giovanni.

I wouldn't state that the Leningrad is a greater work than the other
two; actually, the differences are so huge that a comparision is
meaningless.  However, I reach for the Leningrad more frequently than
either the Jupiter or Don Giovanni, not that I reach for any of the three
very often.

Don Satz
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