Steve Schwartz asked: >Bernstein was, as far as I know, the first to record the Schumanns with >the original orchestrations, for Columbia somewhere around 1960. Does >he use these in the new set? I am pretty sure he uses the original orchestrations, as he did in his Columbia recordings. When I said "liberties" I meant more in his conducting and interpretations, per se, though really he is pretty straightforward for Bernstein. Mostly he just gives the performances a shot of energy that I haven't found in practically any other set. Chris Parles