Have we no people on the list who started with Russian composers.  The
Cold War ended years ago!  When I was in grade10.  many years ago, sigh,
my older brother and I used to go to a group which met every Friday night.
They had what was then called a "high-fi".  The two records we wore out
were the l812 Overture by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky Korsakov"s Capricco
Espanol and Great Russian Easter Overture.  The next year we got a high-fi,
joined the Columbia Record Club and one called Music Treasures of the World
which came in plastic sleeves [no debate over cover pictures - they all
said Music Treasures of the World on them.  The labels said what was on
them.  From there on there was no stopping me.

Best Regards to all,

Alex Renwick
Ottawa, Canada