I wrote:

>Mackerra has recorded the Brahms Symphonies with the relatively small
>forces used by the court orchestra (Erlangen?) which, I believe, premiered
>some of them.  I like these performances very much- even if you like the
>Brahms Symphonies with the usual orchestration, as I do, they present
>an interesting alternative view.

I must correct myself. It was the Meiningen court orchestra, and as
Margeret Mikulska conjectures, Mackerras leads the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra on Telarc.  The performances are billed as "in the style
of the original Meiningen performances."

Bernard Chasan