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Gardner Salome Posted by Tony Haywood on May 24, 2025, 11:06 pm Well this must be a first - Ralph and the internet's classical 'guru' Dave Hurwitz agreeing on this latest Salome as a real stinker ! Even more so as both Gramophone and BBC MM give it raves. It's a strange old business this classical music reviewing....

Re: Gardner Salome Posted by Ralph Moore on May 25, 2025, 10:30 am, in reply to "Gardner Salome" Indeed, I could not but laugh - because I agree with his every word - which is a first. To be fair, an upcoming review on MWI is much more positive - as you say, it's a strange old business.... Previous Message Well this must be a first - Ralph and the internet's classical 'guru' Dave Hurwitz agreeing on this latest Salome as a real stinker ! Even more so as both Gramophone and BBC MM give it raves. It's a strange old business this classical music reviewing....

Re: Gardner Salome Posted by Ignatius on May 25, 2025, 2:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Gardner Salome" I was just about to point this out, but Tony beat me to it! When Dave and Ralph are in agreement then you must know it's bad. I've long ago stopped reading the BBC and Gramophone magazines, feels like every major release is a winner in their books, when the truth is sadly very different...

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