Sunday 21 July 2002

A good recording from the radio (transferred to HC106). Mainly excerpts from a Promenade concert in 1954 by Beecham (one of only three proms he conducted, apparently). An excellent Sibelius 7th, plus excerpts from Bizet’s l’Arlésienne suites, plus Massenet’s Last Sleep of the Virgin as an encore (introduced by Beecham). There is also a short talk by Beecham concerning Sibelius’ music.

The CD is filled (77 minutes) by a good performance of Schubert’s B major piano sonata D 575 played by Paul Lewis. All in all, I am well pleased with the quality of the transfers; the problem with the weak signal from the tuner appears to have been solved, and the off-air recordings are excellent. Burned the CD at 4 times speed, following a long discussion in PC World. Good evening -- also eat two Dover Soles, with a very nice Sancerre rosé.

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