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 [log in to unmask]