What's the work of which you have multiple recordings but don't like?

[JBS]

Mine is Franck's Violin Sonata. I don't like or dislike it--but it's so often coupled with other works I like or in box sets that I have several recordings of it.

[Jo498]

Probably Grieg's piano concerto.
Dislike would be a bit too strong but I am not that fond of it and I don't think I have ever bought a disc because of that piece

Similary, Rachmaninoff's 2nd PC, Tchaikovsky's 2nd PC (I think I have the Rococo variations only once but they would also qualify), several shorter Tchaikovsky pieces (like Marche slave), Glazunov's violin concerto, Rimsky's Sheherazade, Shostakovich's 2nd PC (but I've only 2 of that one, I think)

Some shorter Chopin pieces, I usually skip: A major polonaise, Grand valse brillante op.18

[Brian]

Probably Grieg's piano concerto.
Dislike would be a bit too strong but I am not that fond of it and I don't think I have ever bought a disc because of that piece

For me it is the Schumann concerto for the same reason, but the opposite problem - I like the Grieg but am not fond of the Schumann.

After that, I only listen to Brahms' First Symphony about once every 18 months but have 6-7 symphony cycles.

There is a good chance that the answer here is a piece that frequently appears as an encore at the end of recitals, in orchestral compilations, or on "greatest hits" albums, like Fur Elise or ... Finlandia! Oh it might be Finlandia.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Brahms 1st piano concerto. I like the 2nd, but not the 1st. And yet I have 7 of the 1st and only 3 of the 2nd.

[André]

Brahms 1st piano concerto. I like the 2nd, but not the 1st. And yet I have 7 of the 1st and only 3 of the 2nd.

Kudos for your perseverance 😉

[André]

Brahms' Academic Festival Overture. It pops up all the time as some main work's + one.

[ShineyMcShineShine]

One purchase I've long regretted is a boxed set of Bach's complete works for solo keyboard: I don't dislike them, but all the works sound the same to me, so they might as well be multiple recordings of one work!

[DavidW]

Brahms' Academic Festival Overture. It pops up all the time as some main work's + one.

Record labels felt that if they didn't reach the 70-minute mark on a CD, someone would break into the building and start screaming obscenities at them!

There is an extra on a Gorecki third recording I have. The symphony is so emotionally draining that I always turn the CD off and don't listen to the extra. It took me years to hear the work! Canticum Graduum. It's a nice work, but it would have been better collected with smaller works.

[Selig]

Too many recordings of BWV 565... I like all of Bach's organ compositions, but I've had enough of this one.

[Todd]

Several.  The one that jumps immediately to mind is Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.  I detest the work, yet have four or five versions, I think, due to inclusion in box sets or it being filler.  I'm not sure I've listened to all of them.

[relm1]

I don't think I have any.  I have a a few Planets and Mahler 2 but at least like them all.  Everything else is just a single recording.

[Jo498]

Record labels felt that if they didn't reach the 70-minute mark on a CD, someone would break into the building and start screaming obscenities at them!

Actually, in the early days of CDs it was more like that a 35 min CD, e.g. only Brahms' 3rd would have felt very poor value for money as CDs could have 70 min and were considerably more expensive than LPs, and even in the LP age a Brahms' 3rd might have had an ouverture as a filler.

[prémont]

Too many recordings of BWV 565... I like all of Bach's organ compositions, but I've had enough of this one.

Most of the versions I own of this piece are performed on interesting organs, which adds a great deal to the experience.

[Karl Henning]

Record labels felt that if they didn't reach the 70-minute mark on a CD, someone would break into the building and start screaming obscenities at them!

Truly.

[Karl Henning]

Too many recordings of BWV 565... I like all of Bach's organ compositions, but I've had enough of this one.

Seriously ... somehow it became the obligatory Hallowe'en piece.

[Karl Henning]

Actually, in the early days of CDs it was more like that a 35 min CD, e.g. only Brahms' 3rd would have felt very poor value for money as CDs could have 70 min and were considerably more expensive than LPs, and even in the LP age a Brahms' 3rd might have had an ouverture as a filler.

Your point and Davey's are complementary, and not at odds.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Several.  The one that jumps immediately to mind is Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.  I detest the work, yet have four or five versions, I think, due to inclusion in box sets or it being filler.  I'm not sure I've listened to all of them.

I can handle that once a year...can anyone here guess when? 

PD

[Spotted Horses]

I've got a lot of Mahler 8ths.

[Karl Henning]

I can handle that once a year...can anyone here guess when? 

PD

(* chortle *)

[Karl Henning]

I've got a lot of Mahler 8ths.

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