Well, I didn't get the first Tuesday thread on the new forum, I'll try for the second! Besides, I have to go out and can't wait.

Haydn, Symphony no. 22 “The Philosopher.” Ward, Northern Chamber Orchestra. Naxos 8.550724. I didn’t listen to nos. 29 & 60 this time.

Wagner, Siegfried Idyll; Brahms, Serenade no. 1. Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble. Philips 426 298-2.

Chopin, Etudes. John Browning, piano. RCA 60131-2-RV.

Walton, Symphony no. 1, Variations on a Theme by Hindemith. Vernon Handley, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. EMI CDC 74966712.

Haydn, The Seasons. Heather Harper, soprano; Ryland Davies, tenor; John Shirley-Quirk, baritone; Sir Colin Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Philips 289 464 034-2.

Deems Taylor, Through the Looking Glass; Charles T. Griffes, The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Poem for Flute and Orchestra, Bacchanale. Schwarz, Seattle Symphony. Delos DE 3099.

Mendelssohn, Symphonies nos. 3 and 4 (Scottish and Italian). Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony. London D 140143.

Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Posthorn Serenade. Mackerras, Prague Chamber Orchestra. Telarc CD-80108.

Mussorgsky (arranged by Stokowski), Pictures at an Exhibition; Scriabin, Poem of Ecstasy; Stravinsky, Pastorale, Firebird Suite. Leopold Stokowski, various orchestras. London, 443 898-2. The sound is not great, but the performance of the Firebird Suite is the best ever, I think.

Praetorius, Dances from Terpsichore. Westra nos Pijpare. Naxos 8.553865.

Chominciamento di gioia. Ensemble Unicorn. Naxos 8.553131.

Dvorak, String Quartets nos. 8 and 11. Vlach Quartet Prague. Naxos 8.553372.

Dvorak, String Quartets no. 12 and 13. Vlach Qt. Naxos 8.553371.

Stan Rogers, Between the Breaks . . . Live! Fogarty’s Cove Music FCM-002.