John Smyth:

>...got turned on to Nielsen after listening to Jim Sveda's Record Shelf
>radio program devoted to the composer's music.  (An excerpt played
>highlighting Bernstein's way with the snare-drum stuff in the 5th symphony
>was truly hair-raising, but I heard it too long ago to make an accurate
>comparison.)

I haven't heard the Saraste, but I like a Nielsen 5th where the snare
drummer is given his head - rimshots, the lot.  Jascha Horenstein's on
Unicorn (or Nonesuch) was such a one and the Leaper on Naxos is also good
in this respect.  I find the Bernstein a bit too "controlled".

Richard Pennycuick
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