BTW. Of course I'm talking about his 78 recording of "Bolero", I know that he recorded it a number of times. 

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On 2013-08-03, at 1:52 PM, Dave Burnham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Sounds like they had the best take of the bunch and used it each time. Talking about muffed notes, nothing could be worse than the end of Fiedler's recording of Ravel's "Bolero". It sounds like the trombones thought they'd have to do a retake on the side and were fooling around. I've heard that Fiedler could be difficult and I can see him telling them to hell with it, it's going to stay that way. 
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> On 2013-08-03, at 12:06 AM, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> The Max Goberman recording of Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite has the most godawful cello (or is it doublw-bass) playing in the slow movement, along with a clarinet run that the player muffs every time it repeats. Were they trying to be satirical? Or just inept?
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>> Peace,
>> Paul