Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Second that!  The classic recording is E. Power Biggs and (I dimly recall)
>Ormandy leading the Philadelphia.  For some reason, it's a killer piece
>that hasn't caught on.  People *will* insist on the dreary Saint-Saens
>Symphony No. 3 (dons asbestos windbreaker).  In fact, I'm not sure that
>recording's been released on CD. I can find only a Cedille release *not*
>by those forces.

I have the Cedille release.  I find it wonderful.  It also has a very
romantic reading of the Piston Prelude and Allegro and a wonderful piece
by Sowerby.  There is also a Colgrass piece that did not make a great
impression on me.

With 4 different performances of the Barber in my collection...it is one
of my favorite Barber works.

Karl