Sheldon L. Tarakan wrote: >Can anyone in this forum recommend a recording of Balakirev's Symphonies >in C and d? I used to have a recording, but it is gone for many years. >Any assistance would be most welcome. From my own collection: Hyperion dyad CDD22030 (1998) 2CD set DDD Both symphonies coupled with Russia, Overture on three Russian Themes and Tamara Svetlanov conducting the Philharmonia in 1991 Naxos 8.550792 (1994) Symphony No. 1, Islamey (Liapunov's orchestration) and Tamara Igor Golovschin and the Russian State Symphony in 1993 Naxos 8.550793 (1994) Symphony No. 2 and Russia Igor Golovschin and the Russian State Symphony in 1993 EMI Classics 5 66595 2 (1998) Symphony No. 1 coupled with Roussel's Symphony No. 4 von Karajan and the Philharmonis in 1951 All are good performances and I play different versions for different moods. I find the Naxos recordings solid, the Hyperion purposeful but for sheer bloody exuberance I love the Karajan interpretation -- and the Roussel provides an interesting counterpoint to the Balakirev. Good hunting Tim Mahon