Aaron Rabushka wrote: >One of the few works by another composer (if not the only one) that >Stravinsky ever conducted was Tchaikovsky's Symphony #2. I usually find >other recordings of Stravinsky's music more rewarding than those that he >conducts himself. NPR did a wonderful series on Stravinsky...back in the 70s. One program was on Stravinsky as conductor. There was a story of his conducting the Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony in Cleveland...a performance supposedly unlike any. It was at a time when he was more interested in a less fluid approach. While I can't remember the exact comment, I recall something about there being a great deal of staccato! Karl