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]>