Mimi writes:
>This conductor has always meant a lot to me. I don't THINK it is only
>nostalgia that is producing my goosebumps when I hear his Beethoven's
>Seventh. I don't think it's only the memory of being at the Academy of
>Music in the early '60's to catch every performance of the adored and
>respected Klemperer conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
It is said that when Stokowski resigend he wanted either Walter or
Klemperer to succeed him (interesting twist given K's loathing for W).
One wonders how the history of recorded music would have differed had not
external forces elevated Eugene Ormandy to the post (this is not to knock
Ormandy). Either of those conductors, in their prime, with Stokie's
musicians. Wow.
Robin Mitchell-Boyask
Temple University
Philadelphia PA 19122