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  1. Norman,

    A lot of my Cleveland Orchestra records are conducted by Szell, including a set of Beethoven's symphonies and his five piano concertos.

    I was a friends house in St Albans some years ago and was trying to convince him that the Cleveland Orchestra was one of the best in the world and had been the guest orchestra at the Salzburg Festival. He said he had never heard of the Cleveland Orchestra and didn't believe me about the Festival. At the time, he was playing a CD of one of Beethoven's piano concertos. I looked at the sleeve and informed him that it was by the Cleveland Orchestra and Ashkenazy (sp).

    David

  2. Pat,

    Among other Goodman records, 33 1/3 rpm, I have him playing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. I saw him perform in Cleveland several years before he died. I also saw Carlo Curley perform in St Albans about six months before he died. No cause and effect, I don't think.

    David 

  3. 17,

    I listened to as much as I could stand, a couple of minutes, of Billy Budd on BBC4 the other night. It was like listening to a random group of people reading any Shakespeare play while 'singing' any notes that jumped out of their mouths. It was about the worst thing I have ever heard. How could anybody write anything so tuneless? Did you watch the whole thing and actually enjoy it?

    David

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