David Harbin on Sinopoli:

>Sometimes the results were risible, for example the awful Elgar recordings
>with the Philharmonia....

I would agree regarding the 2nd, but not Elgar's 1st.  Sinopoli lets Elgars
score breath in a magnificent way--without every hyperventilating.  I also
enjoy his Enigma Variations, including the outrageously slow but thrilling
coda.  Awesome.

>I love Sinopoli's Salome.  The orchestra takes on real character.
>Listen to the neurotic itchy sound in Herod's final scene with Herodias
>or the dark howl of delight from the horns when Salome finally gets John
>he baptists head.  Also, his Elektra is a controversial classic.

Completely in agreement here.  His Elektra come off my shelf a lot.  Those
Vienna horns....

My Sinopoli favorites:

Elgar's 1st Symphony  DG
Salome and Elektra  DG
Mahler 7th  (you heard me ;) DG
Scriabin  Symphony 3/Poem of Ecstasy  DG
Puccini's Madame Butterfly  DG

John Smyth
Sacramento, Ca