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
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