The biggest regrets concerning your record collection

[Florestan]

For all I know, Yugoslavia might have the best prostitutes in the world.   

... and the most capitalistic Communism in the world! 

[Daverz]

I've always been fairly fussy about what I'll buy, so I regret more the things I didn't buy rather than the ones I did.

[Florestan]

I regret more the things I didn't buy rather than the ones I did.

The surest way to madness... 

[mc ukrneal]

I regret that there is far too much great music in the world that I will either never hear or never appreciate.

Pretty happy with my collection. I suppose I could wish I had been even pickier in my choies in the beginning, but on the other hand, that has led to some lifelong loves (Elgar/Boult set comes to mind).

[Sergeant Rock]

Non, je ne regrette rien.

Sarge

[Wanderer]

Non, je ne regrette rien.

Moi non plus.

[Brian]

... and the most capitalistic Communism in the world! 

That's China, dude.

[Florestan]

That's China, dude.

Sure: whichever security company shoots Liu Xiaobo in the head cheaper gets a contract with People's Republic of China. 

[Harry]

No regrets at all.

[Philoctetes]

No regrets at all.

Only because you own every flipping recording.

[prémont]

My collection reflects my interests, - no need to regret that. 
I rather regret, that I do not have the time to listen to so much music as I would like to do.

[Szykneij]

No regrets at all.

Only because you own every flipping recording.

Bet he doesn't have this one:

[some guy]

Yugoslavia's prostitutes are not the best in the world, nor is its communism the most capitalistic, for the very simple reason that there's no Yugoslavia.

I was just in Croatia this summer. If Croatian prostitutes are half as hot as the girls I saw just walking around on the streets and beaches, then the girls I saw are twice as hot as the prostitutes.

But I digress. I have had regrets, but most of those were about LPs I never purchased, and between CD reissues and the avant garde project, I don't really have any regrets. Personally.

I do wish that record companies would record more of the things I like. 'Twill always be so.

[marvinbrown]

  Biggest regret, this:



  Sure you can argue that Solti's treatment of the 8th Symphony is noteworthy but overall I found this set to be a very abrasive treatment of music that deserves so much more! I tell you had it not been for the Bertini set I would have missed all the warmth and nuance in Mahler music.

I'm sorry but slashing through Mahler's music is never appealing.....

  marvin

[Grazioso]

I regret the excess money and space I've devoted to JS Bach, in the vain hope that after 20 years of classical listening I'd hear what his diehard advocates do. Hasn't happened despite repeated efforts. I do enjoy some of his work (principally instrumental) quite a bit, but overall, I could have used my resources better.

A minor regret that's being addressed: in building up my symphony collection over the last few years, I haven't put as much time into hearing new chamber music, my second classical music love.

Another minor regret: too little metal atm.

Other than that, very happy: I have a broad range of classical music, covering most of the "core repertoire", the complete symphonies of 100+ composers, and a lot more. Decent jazz collection, too. I'm very thankful that I always have something interesting to hear and have gotten to explore lots of neat stuff.

[Superhorn]

  I wish I had bought more standard repertoire. My collection is so full of interesting stuff by the likes of Roussel,Stenhammer,Fibich,
Anton Rubinstein, Zemlinsky,Franz Schmidt, Unno Klami,
Rued langaard, Krenek, Myaskovsky, Pfitzner,Nielsen(lesser-known Neilsen), Bax,Bliss,Brian,Berwald, Alfven, Taneyev,Balakirev,
Chavez, Enescu, Glazunov,Gliere,Koechlin, Braunfels, Pavel Haas,
Vitezslav Novak, Frank Martin, Casella,Busoni, Franz Schreker,
Erwin Schulhoff, Tippett, Heinrich Marschner, etc I don't have any Mozart piano concertos, any of the major Bach choral works,
the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, only a handful of Haydn symphonies, no Schubert C major quintet, almost no Chopin,
Pictures at an Exhibition, and other staples of the repertoire which I know so well but still love to hear.
   I don't agree at all about the Solti/Chicago Mahler set.I have it and love this kind of gutsy and unsentimental Mahler. There's still plenty of lyricism in it,though. No one has ever beaten Solti's 6,7, and 8 IMHO.

[marvinbrown]

  I wish I had bought more standard repertoire. My collection is so full of interesting stuff by the likes of Roussel,Stenhammer,Fibich,
Anton Rubinstein, Zemlinsky,Franz Schmidt, Unno Klami,
Rued langaard, Krenek, Myaskovsky, Pfitzner,Nielsen(lesser-known Neilsen), Bax,Bliss,Brian,Berwald, Alfven, Taneyev,Balakirev,
Chavez, Enescu, Glazunov,Gliere,Koechlin, Braunfels, Pavel Haas,
Vitezslav Novak, Frank Martin, Casella,Busoni, Franz Schreker,
Erwin Schulhoff, Tippett, Heinrich Marschner, etc I don't have any Mozart piano concertos, any of the major Bach choral works,
the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, only a handful of Haydn symphonies, no Schubert C major quintet, almost no Chopin,
Pictures at an Exhibition, and other staples of the repertoire which I know so well but still love to hear.
   I don't agree at all about the Solti/Chicago Mahler set.I have it and love this kind of gutsy and unsentimental Mahler. There's still plenty of lyricism in it,though. No one has ever beaten Solti's 6,7, and 8 IMHO.

  But don't you think that Titan, Ressurection and the 5th Symphony could have been better served with a more sentimental approach?

  marvin

[drogulus]

    I don't have any regrets, not because I don't believe in them but because there's nothing regrettable about my collection, just a few duds. The great majority of discs are keepers. It helps that I'm a Golden Age of Stereo buff so my collection is filled with Klemperer, Munch, Szell, Bernstein, Walter, Barbirolli, Dorati, Reiner, Stokowski and Boult. I had a theory that these would form the basis of a great collection which I could then branch out from. I think it worked out fine.

[Satzaroo]

At a flea market a couple of years ago, I found a treasure trove of classical cd's from an estate--all in excellent condition and priced very cheaply. I bought the ones that I knew for sure I didn't have copies of. But if I had taken my list of recordings, I might have found other cd's not in my stockpile. It was too late in the day to retrieve my folder, so I might have lost out on some gems.

[Brahmsian]

At a flea market a couple of years ago, I found a treasure trove of classical cd's from an estate--all in excellent condition and priced very cheaply.

You must have felt like a kid in a candy store!