Mikhail Zemtsov wrote: >This is a very fanny thing. This symphony was presented in 1948 >as a first symphony written by ukranian composer, it was an enormous >sensation at that time. Ovsianiikov- Kulikovski was supoused to be >living in 19th century. Orchestras have played and recorded the symphony >and musicologists have written extended researches, but then..... It >resolted to be a geniously made fake by composer and violinist Mikhail >Goldshtein Thanks Mikhail for that information, I'd often wondered about the Khandoshkin, as the slow movement, though delicious, sounded to me as genuine as Casadesus' bogus Handel & JC Bach concertos. Paul Silverthorne Principal Viola - London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta Professor of Viola - Royal Academy of Music - London www.paulsilverthorne.com