Christopher Webber wrote:

>In any case, Elgar was not the first English composer to make a splash in
>19th century Europe.  Take two: Sterndale Bennett was adored in Germany
>as a young tyro, and Arthur Sullivan's huge early fame stemmed from the hit
>he made with his symphonic suite on "The Tempest", written and premiered in
>Leipzig.

Don't forget Sullivans "The Golden Age"!  It as so good so I almost fell
off my chair when I listened to it.  Here is the recording I listened to:

   http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=2570118

Jeffrey Black is so poetical in that piece...

Now back to Wagner again: "Welches Unholds List liegt hier verholen?"

Mats Norrman
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