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[bobsticks]

I was going to hold off posting on this one until the weekend, at which point I felt I could devote a bit more time to it. Howeva, your comments on Ms. Mutter come hither, etc. etc. had me laughing so I'll give a quick drop in and rejoin after the workweek's completion.

Off the top of my head I know I have several versions of Beethoven's 5th and 6th, Orff's "Carmina Burana", Dvorak's 8 and 9, most of the Mahlers, Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet", Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade", and Berloiz' "Symphonie Fantastique".

I haven't had all the Tilson-Thomas Mahlers long enough to comment critically on the performances. Anything I would say at this point would be soley based on sound quality which is largely unrivaled (although Ozawa/BSO is pretty darn good)

For RK, my head says Reiner/Chicago but in reality I usually pick the Spano/ASO on Telarc. I find the brass to be a little bolder and I appreciate the "airiness" of the string section. If it matters, it's a redbook cd so anyone can enjoy it (when I have access I'll list the numbers).

I guess I would say that when judging interpretations i'll sacrifice some "correctness" for emotional content, be that the breakneck pace of Bernstein's Mahler 6 or the slower smoothness of Marriner's Schubert 8 (#2 Adante?).

In the realm of the sublime, I suspect I don't enjoy any of my versions of "Peter and the Wolf" to the fullest because I know there exists a narrative with Sir John Gielgud which, in my twisted mind, surely cannot be surpassed

[Resident Loser]

...now we've gone and done it...

I took a look at Tartini and now there's at least three CDs that have The Devil's Trill...and I want 'em...They all contain the piece in question, but also have other things going for them...

This one seems to be a great Hallowe'en disc, violin and piano:

http://www.amazon.com/Instrument-Dev...e=UTF8&s=music

This solo work has another theme with multiple variations:

http://www.amazon.com/Tartini-Devils...e=UTF8&s=music

And this one is done by a trio, and I'm a big fan of counterpoint:

http://www.amazon.com/Tartini-Devils...e=UTF8&s=music

And this one bears no relationship to the rest other than being Italian sonatas and I'm a sucker for string ensembles:

http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Sonata...e=UTF8&s=music

Since I recently dropped a hunnert smackers on some CDs including Miles Davis and Dylan discs and really, really, really want the Europa Galante Seasons these will have to wait a bit...In the meanwhile I'll have to get me to a Border's and camp-out at one of their listening stations...

jimHJJ(...who says classical is static and boring?...)