Turangalîla-Symphonie
Olivier Messiaen
Antoni Wit / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
1998Top choice. 'Fantastic, wonderfully engineered' recording, which is crucial for this difficult work. The slower sections have 'ethereal beauty,' everything is well-balanced, and the performance is 'exciting' and 'wonderfully paced'.
Yvonne Loriod / Hans Rosbaud / Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
1951 Almost 'astonishingly good sound' for its age.Essential listening with 'astonishingly good sound' for 1951. The interpretation is 'particularly dramatic and intense and assertive. They're really giving their all'.