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 [log in to unmask]