Don Satz, writing of the Magnard symphonies: >Now to the available versions. There is an older set on EMI performed >by Plasson which I have not heard. I bought it earlier this year and am pretty well satisfied with it. It's on 3 CDs with some short orchestral works as fillers. I'm not sure if it's still available. I've heard only the Hyperion #1 and thought it on a par with Plasson - as ever, a combination of the two would be a better version still. For years, the only Magnard I'd heard was the old Ansermet version of #3 which I still find more satisfying than the Plasson, although if I were in the habit of wearing a hat, I'd take it off to Plasson for his advocacy of French music in general. I agree with Don that these are very rewarding symphonies and I regret that Magnard, as another senseless casualty of war, did not have the chance to compose more. Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]