D. Stephen Heersink wrote:

>...  Even so, Jon Lewis captures my impression of Saraste as seeming
>balletic rather than symphonic.  But, these are symphonies, not ballets...

The one Saraste I heard that I liked was the RCA First.  Seemed kind of icy
(in a positive way), but I always heard the others were nothing special and
never investigated further.

Roger Hecht