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From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here.

I have not kept up with new releases, but, back in the day

I listened to a lot of different CD versions and the one I liked best, music, sound, and--my mania--concertmaster solos(!) was Dutoit/Montréal.

They did not record in the Stalinist poured concrete performance hall, but rather an old church with what I was told was a horsehair-plaster ceiling.

I loved the concertmaster solos (Schwalbé) in the Karajan modern-era one (dunno if there was an earlier), but the rest of it sounded a bit cold and not really engaged to me.

FWIW & YMMV, Arkivmusic's top recommend is Gergiev. They recommend it head-to-head against Reiner, FWIW.

BTW, one of my mentors was Boris Goldovsky. Early in his career, he was Reiner's conducting assistant. If I'd only had the brains (and the nerve) to ask him to record some oral history recollections about being a young man who spent a lot of time at Reiner's side.



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