In a reply Deryck Barker wrote about the Mravinsky/Leningrad recording:

>I don't know the Francesca, but have had the Tchaik 6 since it first
>appeared and agree 100%. You should also mention the brass section which
>could "kill at 100 paces" (forget who said that).
>
>And people raved about the Pletnev. Hah!

Throwing my 2 cents worth in, I have to say that the recording in question
changed my whole appreciation of Tchaikovsky. For those who associate the
composer with beautiful tunes bordering on treacle, I recommend this
recording on Erato. It is beautiful in the way that a storm battered coast
is beautiful rather than say, an English rose garden.

Regards,
John Parker