Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Roger Hecht: > >>Didn't the original EMI of the Barbirolli come coupled with Strauss's >>Metamorphosen? I do know the Angel box in the US SAID the Strauss was >>included, but it not always was! But I'm not sure if this was always >>the case. (I have a different pressing, so I can't check.) > >My LPs certainly have it, just as fine a performance as the Mahler, IMO. I have an original UK issue of the EMI set. Yes, the coupling was Metamorphosen and the symphony was couplied i, ii/iii, iv. So reverseing the order of the inner movements was as difficult as it could be on LP... Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]