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Re: Sibelius' 7th Symphony
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Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:45:08 +1000
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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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