"D. Stephen Heersink" wrote:

>I don't recall Shaw recording this excellent work.  In fact, it's not
>widely recorded.  I have the Inbal recording with the Frankfurt RSO on
>Denon which is quite good.  But I am open to others' suggestions.

Thus far everyone has bragged about this piece.  I recently heard Claus
Peter Flor and the Dallas Symphony (which has one of the finest symphony
choruses I have ever heard) perform this work and my impression was that
they gave an excellent performance of a dreadfully dull work.  I kept
wishing that they were singing the Bruckner.  Why do you guys like the
piece? I'm curious as to what you find attractive about it.  (Seriously,
I could change my mind if convinced!)

Kevin