your question:

08/23/2022 Questioner

Hello Trevor,

Hope all is well with you. I've been following your career for many years and as I digitize my musical collection, I have some questions for you from your past Hermitage/More You Know recommendations. If you can recall that is! The following two pieces were part of your past recommendations and I was wondering if you recall the specific labels/conductors/and or orchestras that you mentioned for these back then?
1. Milhaud's 6 Petites Symphonies
2. Berg's 3 Pieces For Orchestra
Anyways, thanks and looking forward to the new Trio-Convulsant!

my answer:

Luckily I can access that information pretty quickly. Obviously there are lots of versions of the Berg piece and I love to compare different orchestras/conductors. The one I usually check out is the Berlin Philharmonic with Karajan. (There’s a great box set with Berg’s complete works on Deutsche Grammophon). The Milhaud pieces are less prevalent but I have a CD on Koch with a Polish ensemble called Capella Cracoviensis conducted by Karl Anton Rickenbacher.