Holey smokes do some of you guys pour a lot of cash into this hobby.

[SlumpBuster]

I have my favorites, (humm ... Shostakovich' quartets for instance)

I upset my 3 month old son with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8 last weekend. He wouldn't stop crying until I put in something else (which only took me all of fifteen seconds to realize).

[Feanor]

I upset my 3 month old son with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8 last weekend. He wouldn't stop crying until I put in something else (which only took me all of fifteen seconds to realize).

Hey, he's only 3 months old. But I'm sure you enjoy Shostakovich's 8th, right?

Seriously though , I have Shostakovich's 8th and enjoy it once in a while, but I prefer his 5th and 10th. As I recall, I've versions of his 1st, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th symphonies, and maybe and maybe another (?). And, yes, all his string quartets, most in couple of verions. Shostakovich' music is gritty and a bit angst-filled -- but, dang! I like that versus the romantic drivel of, say, Robert Schumann

[SlumpBuster]

Actually, it was my first time with the 8th. I should have known from the cover. Bleak snow covered bombed out cityscape with Russians scavanging for food.