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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Hearing it " Live " must have been incredible. No one mentioned Peter Cetera's version, with backing vocals by Madonna, lol. Enjoy ! MrD.
The sound a live classical orchestra makes is indeed awesome.  No stereo system playing any recording, analog or digital,  comes even close.
Depending, of course, where you happened to be seated. I remember the old Acoustic Research catalogs from the 1970's, where they would show pictures of some recital hall with AR speakers (usually 12 or so speakers) providing the sound for the venue.  

Rich 
JVC has remastered the Fritz Reiner - Chicago Symphony version in to XRCD format.  It is the best I have heard.