David Harbin wrote:
>...bookshop is selling Leningrad Masters CDs very cheaply. Most have
>Mravinsky and the LPO. I have bought the Francesca da Rimini / Tchaikovsky
>CD and was very impressed. Are there any other that should be snapped up?
Yes! Others in that series that I have acquired (at GBP 2.00 per CD!)
include:
Borodin Symphony 2 (with Steppes and Glazunov's Stenka Rasin) - Leningrad
and Fedotov/Nesterov/Serov
Balakirev 2 (with Russia/Islamey) -- again LPO with Koshin/Fedotov/Tchishel
Bruckner 9 -- LPO Mravinsky. Sound quality is not the finest on this, but
pacing is beautiful. A different set of emphases from Jochum -- more detail
in the wind, less bash on the brass.
CR