Ardella Crawford wrote:

>Tony Duggan wrote,
>
>>Also his Rachy Symphonic Dances.  The only version, in my experience, to
>>leave the tam-tam reverberating on the last chord, as the composer asks -
>>and very exciting it is also.
>
>As I remember, the Yuri Tamurkanov version does also; it's a good version
>to have, coupled with Dmitri Alexeev playing the Rhapsody on a Theme of
>Paganini.

That is good to hear.  I suppose conductors wonder whether it is worth
leaving it in since the audience is likely to cover it with their
applause but I always find it a very striking (ouch!) effect.

Tony Duggan
Staffordshire,
United Kingdom.