Donald Satz wrote: >... I recently bought all T's symphonies performed by Markevitch(1-3) and >Mravinsky(4-6). It's been hard going - I cringe often. I think I would >have been better off if I went for the ballets, and that's what I'm going >to do next. If that doesn't work, I'll take Henk's advice. If that >doesn't work, I'm giving up and considering myself the wiser for it. You also have to consider the point that perhaps Tchaikovsky *himself* is over the top, and the only thing performers/conductors can do for him is to make him less so. My personal opinion is that he wasted a good many nice melodies, and over used a few too many bad ones. -Lindsey Orcutt [log in to unmask]