A novelty here and possibly a mystery to boot. On the Aries label, famed for pirated recordings comes Khachaturian's First Symphony conducted by Ermanno Berladini with the Palermo Symphony Orchestra. Aries LP-1608 is billed as, and is, a true stereo record, probably recorded sometime during the mid to late 60's.
Ermanno Berladini was an authentic figure and the Palermo SO is an actual ensemble (now known as the Sicily SO). What we have here is a rather spirited recording of a second tier work performed by a rather decent orchestra. Whether it is Sicilian or conducted by Berladini is anyone's guess. Again, Aries was notorious for pseudonyms, as witnessed by its series of records dedicated to the orchestral works of Havergal Brian.
This record is a bit of an oddity though I enjoyed it and hope you will too.
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