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If you listen to that Reiner recording over headphones. . .

. . . you'll hear some overload distortion in some of the louder sections. That's not to say that the Reiner album isn't very fine indeed. My favorite incarnation of it is the Analog Productions SACD (which preserves the original three channels of the master tape, as does the earlier SACD done my SoundMirror).

One of my other favorites is the Classic Records DVD-Audio (also available on plain old CD) of the performance by Pavel Kogan and the Moscow State SO (originally recorded, rather unexpectedly, in Vienna by Scott and Joanna Nikrenz). Kogan does not spare the whip in this performance, and yet, he has a sure instinct for knowing just how far to go while averting disaster. Unfortunately for me, even the DVD-Audio incarnation of this performance is only two-channel.

I like the Fedoseyev performances, the earlier one recorded for JVC at the beginning of the CD era (and later available on various Vox-related incarnations), and the latter one recorded for the Japanese Pony-Canyon company and now (I think) available on an Exton SACD - and I don't know if the SACD was re-mixed for MCh. The incarnation I have is the Canyon CD.

When it comes to surround sound, I was pleasantly surprised by the recording on Pentatone by the Russian National Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Ponti (the son of Sophia Loren!). Some folks are suspicious about this recording, and claim that Ponti must have had connections and had some strings pulled for him. But the proof is in the recording, and I thought it sounded great.

Of all the ones I've mentioned in this post, I'd probably recommend the Kogan recording the most.


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