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RE: Living Stereo Reiner Scheherezade

Reiner's Scheherazade is good and since it was praised all over the places, we've got to have it. But then why not pick a few other recordings of Scheherazade to indulge ourselves into? After all it's such a fun work and filled with great melodies and sparkling effects that audio fans are longing for. So, after a decade or two, I've gathered over a dozen recordings and listened though all of them. My recommendation list would include

Fricsay 1953 DG mono

Ormandy 1953 Columbia mono *this is an Ormandy performance that will change your view about him if you have not heard much of his early mono ones. Tightly paced and full of energy!




Bernstein 1959 Columbia

Rostropovich 1974 EMI

Tjeknavorian 1979 Chalfont *An Armenian conductor with great gift. Not much recording can be found but most of them are very good. This Chalfont digital recording was done in the famous Watford Town Hall, London. Audiophile sound and the LSO played superbly.





And finally, Kondrashin's ship wreck section is always a good treat to your audiophile friends, especially when you have a system with good bass impact. One can actually feel the room shaking a bit when the bass drum hit hard!


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