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Edward Greenfield in The Gramophone ( May
1995) writes of the Second Symphony - "Goossens
brisk and dramatic reading comes over with spelindid
bite... his springing of rhythm is most
persuasive "
He writes about the Fifth Symphony - "Sdney Beer was
highly regarded by the many musicans he worked with,
generously spending his wealth at a difficult time on
bringing together a remarkable body of players,
including such stars as Dennis Brain, Gareth Morris,
Leon Goossens, Reginal Kell and Bernard Walton. As
his fresh and direct reading of Tchaikovsky's Fifth
demonstrates (sadly marred by a tradional 100 bar cut
in the finale) he was able to inspire them on record
to produce elctrifying results. " |