Here are some great recordings: 1. Ouvertures & Preludes - Boult/LPO/LSO - EMI 762 539-2 (if you can't choose, take this one!) 2. Orchestral Works 1 & 2 - Klemperer/Philharmonic Orchestra - EMI 566 805-2 & EMI 566 806-2 3. Orchestral Music 1 & 2 - Szell/Cleveland Orchestra - SONY 48 175 & SONY 62 403 4. Orchestral Favourites - Solti/Wiener Philharmonic - DECCA 440 606-2 5. Ouvertures - Thielemann/Philadelphia Orchestra - DG 453 485-2 Alfred Kalkhoven [log in to unmask]