Bert Bailey wrote:

>Can anyone tell me how this version of the Organ Symphony compares with
>Leonard Slatkin's: St Louis SO (RCA Red Seal 9026-68292-2), Simon Preston
>on organ? That 1996 CD also includes Copland's Dance Symphony (1929), the
>Short Symphony (or #2, from 1932-33) and Orchestral Variations (1957).

Much to my surprise, I rather enjoyed Slatkin's reading of the Organ
Symphony.  I didn't care for his other performances on the disc.  My
favorites of the Organ Symphony are broadcast performances, one with
Leinsdorf and the BSO and another (without the organ) with Copland and
the BSO.

Karl