The symphonies are performed ably by the BSO and Marturet (who is now music director of the Miami Symphony Orchestra). The readings seem to drag in a few places, but overall the recordings are quite good. Symphony No 1 is a live recording and has a very few coughs and such. The others seem to be studio recordings -- at least they don't have applause at the end and I didn't notice crowd noise during a casual listen.
The BSO features prominently in this collection. During the Cold War, the BSO was East Berlin rival to the West's Berlin Philharmonic, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall there were questions about whether it could survive at all. But it has recovered today, and in 2006 changed its name to the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. It is still a fine orchestra, and features frequently on recordings, often for budget labels.
Besides the symphony cycle, the BSO and Marturet perform a set of all 21 of the crowd-pleasing Hungarian Dances. They also give nice renditions of both of the Piano Concertos, but unfortunately the name of the soloist is not provided. I believe it might be Karin Lechner -- I haven't found references to any other recordings of these concertos by Marturet and the BSO with any other soloist.
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