'Sir Thomas,' said an American musician. ' I'm sort of embarrassed to say so, but I've never played this symphony.' 'You're lucky, my boy,' said Beecham, you're going to love it.'
JACK BRYMER presents a portrait of the celebrated English conductor rehearsing Haydn and Mozart, and playing Sibelius and Strauss, in an endearing mixture of hard work and legendary anecdotes. Producer KEITH HORNER gramophone records