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Glass - Violin Concerto (Robert McDuffie/Christoph Eschenbach, Houston Symphony, Telarc)

Hello Sean

A bit late in the day to give a view but I would say that the Kempe Strauss set and Kondrashin's Shostakovich are nigh on indispensible if you like those composers.

I have this recording Fergus and I very much like the textures Kubelik conjures up.

Vinyl...

In all the moving and shifting about I have relocated my small vinyl collection :) Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Karl Bohm, Wiener Philharmoniker, Deutsche Gramophon) http://i.ebayimg.com/t/BRAHMS-VARIATIONS-THEME-OF-HAYDN-TRAGIC-OVERT-BOHM-DGG-LP-EX-NM-/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqNHJBkE9sp...

I take no pride in telling you all that I have shed the thick end of 2000 discs; most are available to buy but I have also given a large wedge of them to Oxfam (god knows what they'll make of Schnittke and Bax). Hi Darren, It must have taken ages to catalogue all 2000 discs .. by the way which Oxfa...

^^ I don't think I'll ever be opera's greatest fan Jared. I certainly think Mozart's (late) operas are his masterpieces and I have a lot of time for Wagner. I adore Der Rosenkavalier and have seen that live, as well as Simon Boccanegra . I don't have an inordinate attention span and, I believe, it's...

Schubert - Symphony No.9 Great (John Eliot Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker, Deutsche Grammophon)

Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps (Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Channel Classics)