presence of the composer, who thanked the musicians at the end of those sessions; this speech was taped and included on disc releases as an appendix to the symphony. Altogether there have been 26 recordings: Stokowski — Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York — Columbia Masterworks ML 4214 (Manhattan Center, Feb. 21, 1949) Boult — London Symphony Orchestra — HMV 10-inch BLP 1001 (Abbey Road, Feb. 23–24, 1949) Boult — London Philharmonic Orchestra — Decca LXT 2911 (Kingsway Hall, Dec. 28–31, 1953) Barbirolli — Boston Symphony Orchestra — Music & Arts CD 251–2 (Symphony Hall, Oct. 30, 1964) Abravanel — Utah Symphony Orchestra — Vanguard VSD-71160 (University of Utah Music Hall, Dec. 1965) Boult — New Philharmonia Orchestra — HMV ASD 2329 (Abbey Road, Feb. 27 and March 1, 1967) Previn — London Symphony Orchestra — RCA Victor SB 6769 (Kingsway Hall, April 1–3, 1968) Barbirolli — Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra — Orfeo C 265 921 B (Herkulessaal, April 10, 1970) Boult — New Philharmonia Orchestra — BBC Legends BBCL 4256-2 (Cheltenham Town Hall, July 7, 1972) Boult — BBC Symphony Orchestra — Carlton BBC Radio Classics 15656 91642 (Royal Albert Hall, Aug. 16, 1972) Berglund — Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra — HMV ASD 3127 (Kingsway Hall, June 17–18, 1974) Handley — London Philharmonic Orchestra — Classics for Pleasure CFP 40334 (Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Feb. 5–6, 1979) Davis-C — Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra — BR Klassik 900705 (Gasteig, April 30, 1987) Rozhdestvensky — USSR State Symphony Orchestra — Melodiya CD 10-02170-5 (Philharmonia Building, Leningrad, Oct. 31, 1988) Thomson — London Symphony Orchestra — Chandos CHAN 8740 (St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, Dec. 16–17, 1988) Slatkin — Philharmonia Orchestra — RCA Victor Red Seal RD 60556 (Watford Town Hall, April 6–8, 1990) Marriner — Academy of St Martin in the Fields — Collins Classics 12022 (Henry Wood Hall, May 1990) Davis-A — BBC Symphony Orchestra — Teldec 9031-73127-2 (St Augustine's Church, London, Oct. 1990) Bakels — Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra — Naxos 8.550733 (Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Nov. 12, 1993) Handley — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic — EMI Eminence CD EMX 2230 (Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, March 5–6, 1994) Haitink — London Philharmonic — EMI CD 5 56762 2 (Colosseum, Watford, Dec. 13–14, 1997) Norrington — London Philharmonic — Decca 458 658–2 (Colosseum, Watford, Dec. 15–16, 1997) Hickox — London Symphony Orchestra — Chandos CHSA 5016 (All Saints Church, Tooting, Jan. 21–22, 2003) Elder — Hallé Orchestra — Hallé