Richard Pennycuick wrote: >A friend whose special interest is Russian music has managed to obtain >Symphonies 1, 3, 4 and 5 by Eshpai and I've advised him of the release of >#2 on Albany. Does anyone know how many symphonies or other orchrestral >works Eshpai has written or indeed, if he's still with us? I believe he is indeed still with us. I have the following works of his. Some of them are a bit uneven. One of the Symphonies, possibly the 5th, sounds influenced by a rather naive notion of popular music. A Circle (complete ballet); Angara ballet fragments; Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra; Concerto for Orchestra (rather jazzy. One of my favorite works of his. May still be available on Russian disc from Berkshire-a great buy) Concerto for Viola; 2 for Violin; No.2 for Piano; Hungarian Melodies for Vln and Orch.; Lenin Among Us (1968); Violin Sonatas 1,2; Songs of Mountain and Meadow Maris for Orchestra; Symphonies 2-6 Karl