Petr Ludin wrote: >My first contact with the 13 was Previn on EMI (Now released on their >Serephim sub label), a recording a thought was fine then, today unideomatic >and stale, it was then followed by Haitink on CD, wich was followed by >Jaarvi on DG, an improvement (mostly because I attended the pre-recording >concerts and it was electrifying) then I read about Kondrashins recording >of the premiere, searched it out, and was totaly convinced. As I saw the Knondrashin 13 (Russian disc) yesterday in a shop and as this might go out of print soon I had not much trouble to convince me to pick it up. Well, after one listen I have to admit it *is* a stunning performance and definitely very different from the Haintik recording (most obvious the timing: Haitnik takes some 10 minutes more for the whole work). This is also historically quite an interesting disc as it is as I understand the recording of the premiere. It will need some more listenings to decide if this one will become my favourite version but I still think the Haitnik is not bad. At least the sound is much better, I rarely heard a live recording with so many coughs in it than this Russion disc recording! Achim Breiling