Bob Yoon ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Here are mine: Most of these "worst conductors" have at least some great recordings: >Herbert von Karajan Brahms Requiem (the latest recording), Honegger symphs, ... >Vladimir Ashkenazy Rachmaninov symphs >Leopold Stokowsky Shostakovich 11 (we hope God will forgive him for his Bach transcripts.) >Arthur Rodzinski Sorry, can't help him >Andre Previn Elgar 1st, Shostakovich 5th, Prokofiev Cindrella, ... >Wolfgang Sawallich Errr, I thought I had something good by him, can't remember. A wonderful disc I remember is the Annie Fischer Mozart concertos 21 and 22. How about the following theorem: there are no "truly bad" conductors whose names would be recognizable to most list members. (Although Muti and Mehta come close for me, it's probably because their best work appears to be in opera and therefore beyond my radar screen). Ulvi [log in to unmask]