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Best Recording of Scheherazade

What recording of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade do you find the most enjoyable? I've listened to four different recordings in the last 24 hours. London Symph under Svetlanov, Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte Carlo under Lawrence Foster, Berliner Philharmoniker under Karajan, and New York Phil under Masur. Out of these, I'd rank them as such:
1)Karajan
2)Masur
Distant 3) Foster
4) Svetlanov

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midficollege
tubegroover
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The 1958 Beecham is quite special  for the reasons given above notably tonal color and a most magical performance, it is a must have for those that love this piece.
schubert
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As several have said, LSO /Sir Charles Mackerras on Telarc.To me , Masur /NYP is fine also .
And Beecham never made a bad recording .
johnnymann
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The Hamburg Philharmonia Orchestra (Franz Schmidt) version is powerful and strong. The way they recorded it and the musicianship of orchestra is amazing. Hard to find. I found the vinyl recording on ebay. Lucky find. 

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daveyf
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A friend played his ultra rare copy Reiner/Chicago on RCA Shaded Dog with 10s 10s stampings for me yesterday. This is the one to acquire if possible, an incredible sounding record with the best SQ of this piece I have ever heard! Amazing.

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