Dick Claeys wrote:
>Can't say that I agree with all Mr. Horowitz's points; in particular,
>he's silent about the Monteux performances and puts the shaky Mitropoulos
>"Spirituals" at the top of his highlight list. But his appraisal of
>Ozawa's contribution, the jaw-dropping Stokowski arrangements, the thrill
>of Munch in live performance, and the promise of better years ahead under
>Levine (not shared by all the voices on this list at the moment) deserve
>thoughtful reading.
I read it and find it difficult to believe he had the same BSO set I have!
Last Saturday morning I broadcast three hours of the set and included the
Ozawa Berlioz Roman Carnaval...Horowitz praised it...yet I found it a
crashing bore, and from what I could tell on the old applause meter...the
audience wasn't all that wild about it either.
I did agree with him on one point...as I recall he suggested the BSO needs
another Koussevitzky.
Karl