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 [log in to unmask]