11 APRIL 1958, Page 6

Critics Circle

THE London Symphony Orchestra . . . was respond- ing with sluggish unpunctuality to the batonless mesmeric passes made by Mr. Laszlo Somogyi, who had previously done his best to persuade us that Schubert's Unfinished Symphony was not worth com- pleting.

The Tines, April 7.

MR. SOMOGY1 brought the orchestral players so much into accord with the pianist 'that the subtle rhythmical changes seemed unanimous. His rendering of Schu- bert's 'Unfinished' symphony recalled the dreamlike perfection of Bruno Walter.

Daily Telegraph, April 7.