Balakirev: Symphony 1 / Symphonic Poems Tamara

USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov Classic Svetlanov from the mid-1970s. "These performances have passion and urgency... a natural feeling for idiomatic phrasing and rhythm... rarely if ever on disc has there been such a radiant account on disc of the lovely slow movement" (Penguin Guide). "... his masterpiece Tamara: this is a very good Tamara and every bit as colorful and mysterious" (Gramophone).