"Few of us have ever heard this work and fewer in performance. I was fortunate enough to participate in a performance of just the first movement and it is a real kick!I am grateful for this recording and though the performance isn't bad, I think it doesn't have the majesty, mystery, and power that the work really requires to make its statements. Maybe it needed to be recorded in a cathedral rather than a studio. The group certainly seems to have the skill to pull it off.Well, I don't want to quibble. Listen to this work! And then imagine it performed more Russian and with more mystery and I think you would have it. The definitive recording remains to be made."