[78-L] Mutter 1, Gershwin 0

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sun Oct 2 10:17:27 PDT 2011


On 10/2/2011 1:22 PM, Don Cox wrote:
> On 02/10/2011, David Lennick wrote:
>
>> Herbie's membership was well known long before his death. He may have
>> "had" to join, but it was still a fact, and he wasn't allowed to
>> conduct or record in England until he was cleared. And yes, he made
>> great music.
>>
> Sometimes.
>
> He was at his best, I think, in Bruckner and Johann Strauss (and
> family).

Agreed..uneven in the Beethoven Symphonies, which he rerecorded every time BASF 
came out with a new color audiotape.

dl


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