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[Karl Henning]

I have 4 children and no longer have a prostate. I'm done.

Oh wait, are you talking about music??

Hey, if this thread is a Rorschach . . . .

[Gurn Blanston]

I didn't know these existed!  Or, you mean, as complete as have yet been managed?  0:)

Everything that's been recorded. PI X 2 + MI X 1 =

[Karl Henning]

Everything that's been recorded. PI X 2 + MI X 1 =

You win! 

[prémont]

I have you name it complete sets of the Brandenburg concertos. That will probably not do for me.

[Karl Henning]

I have you name it complete sets of the Brandenburg concertos.

Three digits? 

[prémont]

Three digits? 

Right.

[Karl Henning]

I did weigh the question!

[Mirror Image]

I have over 40 performances of Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps. I think this is enough.

[Karl Henning]

I have over 40 performances of Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps. I think this is enough.

Any of those you don't like?

[Elgarian]

I have six complete CD sets of Wagner's Ring cycle (plus three on DVD); that will definitely, absolutely, utterly, and without any doubt at all do for me.

[Karl Henning]

You may need supervision, old dear!  0:)

[Elgarian]

You may need supervision, old dear!  0:)

No no, Karl, my mind is completely, utterly, and beyond all question made up on the matter.

[Do you think I protest too much?]

[Mirror Image]

Any of those you don't like?

I seem to recall not enjoying Jansons that much. A little too staid for my tastes. There have been many which didn't 'wow' me but I enjoyed nonetheless. My favorite Le sacre may or may not be a surprise but is Gergiev's with the Kirov Orchestra on Philips. Quite simply a thrilling, no-holds-barred type of performance, but not without the detailed interplay of all the instrumental sections and the weaving of those sections together in a coherent way. Gergiev knew what he was doing here.

[Jo498]

I have three full Ring cycles that will certainly do for me as far as audio only goes. But I want the Chereau/Boulez on DVD eventually.

I do not have a single Bruckner symphony SET, i.e. 9 symphonies from one conductor or in one box.

I was about to write the same about Mahler but this is technically untrue as I have all 10 symphonies conducted by Gielen (but on different labels and I bought them over many years separately).

[Elgarian]

I don't think I have a complete set of anything by Elgar, and have never bothered to check whether I have, and I am slightly bemused by that circumstance.


Oooh, wait. I have all the known recordings of Spirit of England but only need one. Does that count?

[NJ Joe]

Hey, if this thread is a Rorschach . . . .

Ah yes, Rorschach! I really enjoy his Symphony No. 4 in D Minor (Inkblot).


But seriously folks:

I have 15 complete sets of Beethoven symphonies and 11 complete sets of Brahms symphonies; that will probably do for me.

[Karl Henning]

I seem to recall not enjoying Jansons that much. A little too staid for my tastes. There have been many which didn't 'wow' me but I enjoyed nonetheless. My favorite Le sacre may or may not be a surprise but is Gergiev's with the Kirov Orchestra on Philips. Quite simply a thrilling, no-holds-barred type of performance, but not without the detailed interplay of all the instrumental sections and the weaving of those sections together in a coherent way. Gergiev knew what he was doing here.

Thanks.  Interesting that it is Jansons who, erm, stands out there (I don't know that recording).

I asked because, I think of the Shostakovich Op.43, which is nearly the only piece I "obsessively collect";  and how, while I certainly have a short list of great favorites, I do find merit and enjoyment in perhaps each recording I know.  (The negative stand-out by me is the Gergiev, but I may be in a minority opinion there.)

[Karl Henning]

No no, Karl, my mind is completely, utterly, and beyond all question made up on the matter.

[Do you think I protest too much?]

I don't mind a man who knows his own mind!