Megasam's list is excellent - While I can't add anything meaningful to the list, I would highly encourage you to own Beecham's. It is a thing of beauty. Reiner & Kondrashin are equally excellent and, interpretively speaking fall between Beechams and Gergiev's account which are quite dissimilar.
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
I love my college's music library.
1)Karajan
2)Masur
Distant 3) Foster
4) Svetlanov
I love my college's music library.