John Calvin Errickson wrote:

>As regards Stravinsky I mush prefer his conducting of his own works.
>Bernstein always seems to be rushing through everything.  If "Lenny"
>had conducted the Ring Cycle it probably would have taken him 5 hours!

Which makes you wonder why he recorded the slowest "Nimrod" in history.

Incidentally, now we're on the subject on tempi in Le Sacre, I believe
the recording made by Benjamin Zander with the Boston Philharmonic, has the
fastest tempi - certainly for Le Danse Sacrale - which have been recorded.
And these tempi were based on those adopted and approved by Stravinsky for
the piano roll versions of Le Sacre.  Wouldn't this mean that Bernstein
may be more correct than Stravinksy, who, IMHO, gives a rather lukewarm
performance of his works.  He may have written them - but did he know how
to perform them?

(And with that little sprat, we wait to see what mackrels we haul in.....)

Jonathan