Deryk Barker, responding to Donald Scarinci:
>Sibelius 7? Koussevitsky (1933, BBC SO, live the first recording)
>white-hot. Leningrad PO/Mravinsky, ditto.
I've only heard the Mravinsky once and thought it magnificent except for
the Russian vibrato in the trombones. Deryk doesn't have a problem with
that but I found it a minor blemish. Of course it's a matter of taste but
I thought it worth a mention.
Richard Pennycuick
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