Karl Miller responding to me: >>My only disagreement here: I'd give that honor to the underrated >>Philadelphia Orchestra. > >I am reminded of the old "joke" that "Koussevitzky's Boston Symphony was >the best French orchestra in the world." He imported some ofthe finest >French players. According to my ears, both orchestras were magnificent. >I believethat each excelled in repertoire that was in the comfort zoneof >their respective conductors. So which was better? For me it depended >on the time, conductor,and repertoire. However, to be honest, while I >have triedto collect every shred of Boston, pre Ozawa, I can't say I go >out of my way to find Philadelphia recordings...unless it is Stokowski. Going back that far, who knows: maybe I'd agree. Not that it matters if I do or not, since you know that period of orchestral playing much better than I do. I was thinking more about the 1950s-60s. Roger Hecht *********************************************** 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