Mikael Rasmusson wrote in response to me:
>>Mendelssohn's Reformation Symphony is easily my favorite of the five.
>>Not being a significant Mendelssohn fan, that simply means that I like
>>the work.
>
>For once, Don and I seem to agree about a composer and his works.
Just once? And I thought Mikael and I were soul mates.
>Does this mean that the revised "Italian" has been ignored by
>conductors in general?
I don't know that "ignored" is accurate. The revisions have not been
considered as worthy as the original. Those types of perceptions, though,
have never stopped Gardiner.
Don Satz
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