Richard:

>IIRC, Ormandy's was the first recording of the 1st symphony outside
>of Russia.  My only experience of the symphony prior to that was a
>rather elderly Russian mono affair - I don't remember the conductor.
>By comparison, Ormandy's sounded wonderful.  Last time I played my LP (an
>Australian pressing), it still did.  Might have to order the CD anyway.

I listened to this recently for a review of another recording. The Ormandy
is still a winner.

Roger Hecht