Monteux was the first to conduct these Stravinsky ballets, there are still few to compare. >From [log in to unmask] Fri Feb 12 11:48:30 1999 >Received: from [209.119.1.31] by hotmail.com (1.1) with SMTP id MHotMailB88DD07D2DBF5D1017079D177011F071E0; Fri Feb 12 11:48:30 1999 >Received: from mango.ease.lsoft.com (demo.lsoft.com) by home.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:50:54 -0500 >Received: from home (home.ease.lsoft.com) by mango.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:48:53 -0500 >Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:34:40 +0000 >Sender: Moderated Classical Music List <[log in to unmask]> >From: Jonathan Ellis <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Stravinsky's Le Sacre... > Deryk Barker wrote: > >>It's also possibly significant that Stravinsky himself, in all three of his >>recordings, takes the Rite considerably slower than Zander. > >Or could it be the suggestion which has frequently been made that while >Stravinsky could composer Le Sacre he couldn't conduct it. That aside, I >doubt whether anybody would actually suggest any of the three Stravinsky >recordings for anything other than historical interest. For musical >interest there are many other choices. In addition to Boulez, I am fond >of Sir Colin Davis's 1976 recording with the Concertgebouw. > >Jonathan