Manfred Symphony
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Riccardo Muti / Philharmonia Orchestra
1981 Sounds really good.Top recommendation. 'Sounds really good,' with 'beautiful playing' and the 'lush sound quality you want in Tchaikovsky.' Very dramatic, and the majestic organ at the end is 'wonderfully engineered'.
Constantin Silvestri / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
1957 Sound is 'a little bit harsher' than Muti.This one 'really goes for the jugular in terms of the emotions. It is just raw.' 'Even more dramatic and intense' than Muti's, 'they just go for it.' Almost the first choice, despite harsher sound.