Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>I have two Joachim overtures - Henry IV and Hamlet - as fillers for his
>Op 11 Violin Concerto on IMP and conducted by Leon Botstein.  They're very
>eclectic pieces, eg there's a short phrase from Beethoven's 9th in one, but
>mostly, among others, they sound like Liszt, not one of Don's favourite
>composers.

Eclectic and like Liszt? That doesn't sound good at all, no sir.  Those two
words are guaranteed to keep me away from Joachim.

Richard also mentioned that the conductor on the Joachim ovetures disc,
Roland Bader, also conducted Nicolai's Te Deum on cd.  I have a Nicolai
symphony on MD&G.  Is the Te Deum comparable in quality?

Don Satz
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