Aaron Rabushka wrote: >I don't know the Naxos Bax recordings, but MHS had a splendid series >going (I believe it originated with Lyrita) Correct. >with English orchestras conducted by Myer Fredman (#'s 1 & 2), Raymond >Leppard (#5), and Norman del Mar (#6). The orchestra in all the Lyrita Bax symphonies was the London Philharmonic. Leppard also did #7 which is coupled with #1 on the CD. I'm pretty sure Lyrita never recorded 3 or 4. IMHO, Fredman's is still the best version of #1. And don't forget Spring Fire (Chandos/Vernon Handley), which Bax designated a symphony but not as one of the numbered canon. Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]