Robin Mitchell-Boyask ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >This reminds me to add that the "live" recordings of Bernstein late in >his career were so heavily patched as to be virtually a studio recording. >I have, for example, very vivid memories of his Sibelius 2 (not least >because it was the first live VPO concert I heard in Vienna), but the >performance presented some of most appalling brass playing I've ever >heard. Not only Bernstein but most of what passes for 'live' these days are put together from often 2 or more concerts plus the dress rehearsal plus even a patch-up session afterwards (the 'live' Karajan mahler 9 For Instance) >The recording emerged a bit different, needless to say. I've found it a >bit ironic that the most consistently accurate orchestra I've ever heard >(Cleveland) has never made a live recording.%) Never say never. The 1968 (?) Szel Mahler 6 is a live recording. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]