Bernard Chasan wrote:

>...  I too always considered the symphony rather turgid, but it was
>played in the Monteux performance which seems to be the consensus greatest
>performance on this list, and it was magnificent- almost justifying the
>enthusiasm of the announcer, who declared it to be the French reply to
>Bruckner!!

I like the idea of "the French Reply" to Bruckner?? I wonder why the
Symphony is so "Turgid" as I seem to recall that the "Tone Poems" are
reasonable enuff??

Bill(Y)