Roger Hecht ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>John Proffitt wrote:
>
>>The Skrowaczewski is an all-around excellent choice for an integral
>>edition, and at Arte Nova's budget price an incredible bargain.
>
>Agreed. But Skrowaczewski didn't conduct all the symphonies. His Ninth
>was not in this series as far as I recall. A Japanese conductor whose
>name escapes me, did that one, I believe. Skrowaczewski the 9th did it
>with Minnesota for REference. It seems to me there is another gap, too,
>but I'm not sure.

I believe 4 is the other, there was a Halle/Skrow B4 on the old BBC IMP
label. Is there a Nova Arte 4? The NA 9 is not in the same league as
Skrow.

And I'd also highly recommend avoiding the Ormandy 5th: as the Gramophopne
reviewer put it, it's Bruckner for people who really prefer Tchaikovksy.

Deryk Barker
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