David Harbin wrote: >I find it amazing that Gramophone 'experts' did not spot the fake orchestra >and conductor, neither of which, to my mind, made any recordings in the >past. Also the fact that major talents were ripped off and not spotted >(eg Haitink ...) > >The real question this raises for me is the validity or reviews in the >light of the Hatto scandal. What does all this say about the standard >of reviews and knowledge? There has not been enough discussion of this >in Gramophone. Classicstoday.com did at least compare their Hatto reviews >with some of their original reviews for the original 'real' recordings, >to their credit. I disagree. Do you know how many recordings of standard rep there are? Nobody has the kind of detailed knowledge to reliably pronounce. Indeed, I remember Neville Marriner on a British program (My Music?) being subjected to a "blind" test of listening to a Handel recording. He was rather hard on it. Of course, it turned out to be his own recording. I think it enough for a critic to say what he likes or dislikes and why. Steve Schwartz *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html