"Prokofiev: 'Classical' Symphony, Borodin: 'In the Steppes of Central Asia'" (Vinyl)
I encountered this little-known work by Alexander Borodin earlier this season. It was used as a program opener, and I have to say, it really stuck in my ear.
The melodies are poignant and simple; on the whole, the work is not a complex or difficult one, so I'm surprised I've never seen it before now.
Ernest Ansermet was the conductor of the Orchestra of French-speaking Switzerland from 1918 to 1967. That's a phenomenal tenure in any generation of music-making. I'm not exactly sure when this recording was released, but aside from some questionable clarinet- and oboe-playing, the orchestra sounds wonderful and is beautifully captured on a London FFRR stereo recording.
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