Satoshi Akima wrote:

>In an age when thick, syrupy and heavy Bach was the norm, Scherchen
>must have stuck out like a sore thumb.  Then again even today by way of
>comparison to Scherchen, Herrheweghe is left to seem too syrupy, heavy -
>in short too old fashioned.

I was around when it first appeared...at the same time as a Robert Shaw
Chorale performance on RCA.  Both were hailed at the time as refreshing
departures from performances like that of Coates.

Walter Meyer