Roy Ellefsen ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I don't have a recording of the Tschaikowsky Sym. 4.  What's your advice?
>Naxos has several.   I am partial to Naxos because, of course, money is
>indeed an object.  Anyone know them?  I am from Utah and am therefore
>partial to Abravanel and the USO.  Any advice there?   Or is there some
>other recording that you consider THE recording to have?

Yes - AVOID ABRAVANEL. I had the misfortune of having to review the Vox
reissue of his Tchaik 4-6 and they were awful.

A measure of their authenticity was given by the cover illustration: a
charming rural scene, straight from thre Cotswolds, with thatched roofs
and a sign outside a building which, when examined closely, clearly reads
"Teas"...

Deryk Barker
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