David Harbin wrote:

>...bookshop is selling Leningrad Masters CDs very cheaply.  Most have
>Mravinsky and the LPO.  I have bought the Francesca da Rimini / Tchaikovsky
>CD and was very impressed.  Are there any other that should be snapped up?

Yes! Others in that series that I have acquired (at GBP 2.00 per CD!)
include:

Borodin Symphony 2 (with Steppes and Glazunov's Stenka Rasin) - Leningrad
and Fedotov/Nesterov/Serov

Balakirev 2 (with Russia/Islamey) -- again LPO with Koshin/Fedotov/Tchishel

Bruckner 9 -- LPO Mravinsky. Sound quality is not the finest on this, but
pacing is beautiful. A different set of emphases from Jochum -- more detail
in the wind, less bash on the brass.

CR