Luis Afonso wrote concerning Dvorak's cello concerto:

>>But my favorite performance of the many in my collection is without
>>doubt Helmerson/Jarvi on Bis.

Don Satz continues:

>Is this the same Helmerson who recorded for Chandos one of the Shostakovich
>cello concertos which was coupled with the 15th symphony conducted by
>Polyansky(sp?)?

You bet.

>Also, any opinions on the Chandos/Shostakovich symphony cycle to date?

Its bland, really not worth the monny compared to the best (Kondrashin
&/or Mravinsky) - Polyansky fares best with the choral symphonies,
understandable as He's background is as choirmaster.

Peter Lundin - Gothenburg, Sweden