Geoffrey Gaskell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Speaking of Liszt's music, there is a non overblown, structurally
>sound version of the Faust Symphony generally available on various cheap,
>obscure labels (possibly a pirate, but I'll not ask too many questions
>or delve too deeply into that).  It is conducted by Jascha Horenstein
>with Ferdinand Koch, the Southwest German Radio Choir of Stuttgart &
>the Southwest Radio Orchestra of Baden - Baden.  Perhaps it is also a
>Brilliant Classics release?

No pirate, 'tis a legit Vox recording from 1958 (stereo tho').

Vox CDX2 5504 has this plus Horenstein's 1955 recording of Bruckner's 8th,
the recorded premiere of the Nowak version.

Great performances, both.

Deryk Barker
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