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Edith Bailes <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:58:44 -0500
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Kevin Sutton wrote:

>How Bruno Walter ever got the reputation as a great Mozart conductor,
>I shall never know.  It's slow, ponderous, turgid, lacks any sense of
>forward motion...

I heartily second the comment about Bruno Walter and Mozart, and I'm
glad to have the chance to do so.  For years I've thought I was the only
person on the planet who felt this way, only I thought he had Mozart
confused with Wagner.

Edie in Maine

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