rammiepie said:

This sounds intriguing and the price is right but will someone who is fluent in Japanese enlighten us as to what is included in this set? A visit to the various japanese web sites does not include a listing of what is included on the various sacds.

zeus said:

With the exception of the second, all have been previously issued as single discs:

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Czech Philharmonic/Kobayashi
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 etc - Philharmonia Orchestra/Ashkenazy
Bach: 3 Suites - Baborak
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - Mácal
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 - Albrecht
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra etc. - Edo de Waart
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 - Jaap van Zweden
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Haydn Variations - Sieghart
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 - Ashkenazy

akiralx said:

I am assuming (perhaps wrongly) that the Tchaikovsky Fifth is the same performance as this one:

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Marche Slave - Kobayashi