Jonathan Ellis ([log in to unmask]) wrote:


Deryk Barker wrote about Stravinsky conducting Le Sacre:
>
>>Really? Many critics would put his 1960 Columbia SO performance in
>>first place.
>
>"Many critics" says little to me.  Does Deryk share their opinion? If that
>is so, I may be prepared to give Stravinsky a second (third and fourth)
>try.

I was expressing surprise that the previous correspondend considered
all of Stravinsky's own recordings of historical interest only.

For me his 1960 Rite is - ahem - rite up there....Top 5 certainly.

Deryk Barker
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