Here is a prima facie case of unnecessary duplication. The Scots must surely have known that the BBC Welsh Glazunov series was in progress and that its production values are high. So why bother competing? Admittedly there is no doubting José Serebrier’s commitment to the sunny Fifth Symphony – he lavishes at least as much affection as does Tadaaki Otaka on its lyricism and shows an equal flair for the momentum of its outer movements. The elfin Scherzo is nicely done and the finale goes with a splendid swagger. But the musicians sound a good less familiar with the score than do their Welsh counterparts, who bring to it more distinction of woodwind tone, more solidity in the strings and more subtlety in the brass.

The Seasons, with its well-known ‘Bacchanale’ (a relatively decorous affair by Ravelian or Stravinskian standards, yet still delightfully catchy), is likewise well-intentioned but no more than passably played. The most cursory comparison with the Philharmonia’s 1978 version instantly reveals a difference in class. Sad to relate, the Warner Classics recording is ill-balanced at anything above a moderate forte and certainly no match for the smooth integration of the BIS sound in the symphony. The new issue would perhaps have passed muster in the days when you could not be sure to find all Glazunov’s major works in the catalogue. Nowadays, sorry to say, it is simply not competitive.