Janos Gereben wrote: > Oh, well, we put up with Wagner, so why not Comrade Valery (as long as > he doesn't conduct Wagner)? Gergiev is IMHO a triumph of style over substance. The more I hear of his conducting the less impressed I become. No idea why the LSO chose him. His Shostakovich is, to my ears, mediocre. |Deryk Barker |email: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** 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