Yoel L. Arbeitman: >Gene Halaburt wrote: > >>If one had to depend on the "French tradition" for Berlioz, I suspect >>there would be few or no Bicentennial celebrations to celebrate. > >We do not disagree on that sad fact nor have I ever been ungrateful >to the English tradition beginning with Kubelik and carried on in ALL >Berlioz by Colin Davis. I notice that Philips has released a monster box containing all the Berlioz Davis recorded for them, probably including only one Symphonie Fantastique. I imagine most Berliozians will have already invested in some of the individual CDs, which probably makes this news more annoying than illuminating. Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]