Don Satz wrote:
>I have to go with the 9th Symphony. It was the first VW music I heard
>as a youngster - think it was on the Everest label. I loved the music
>so much, I wore out the LP. Power, tension, and heroism dominate the
>work, and I believe Boult was the conductor. I haven't listened to the
>work for quite a few years, so it's possible I wouldn't be so keen on
>it now. I'll have to go back to it and see how it fits.
I suspect you'll still like it. It's a wonderful piece, hardly the
product of a played out composer, as some claimed. I haven't heard that
Boult in years, since I lost my copy whomever knows where, but do like
his EMI a lot, as well as Handley and Haitink.
Roger Hecht <[log in to unmask]>