[Sonnova]

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:36:57 -0700, Steven Sullivan wrote
(in article ):

Sonnova wrote:
Vlotovsky or some such pretentious nonsense. He as a character. His
pretensions to technical audio knowledge are legendary, but he did promote
technical innovation in both the production and playback of recorded music.
The public trusted him as a famous "authority" and so he did a lot of good
for the business and the hobby. He wasn't a bad conductor either - as long
as he didn't try to "re-arrange" the works of the masters (which
unfortunately, he did all too often). His recording of the Virgil Thompson
Suites from "The River" and "The PLow That Broke The Plains" are THE best
recordings of those works and the only recording of them formally
acknowledged by the composer.

His orchestral arrangements/recordings of JS Bach's Toccata & Fugue
in D minor, and Debussy's 'Engulfed Cathedral' are guilty pleasures
of mine.



I'll have to admit that I really like his arrangement of "the Engulfed
Catherdral" as well. But the "Toccata and Fugue" and his messing with
Beethoven are not to my taste.