David Hrabin:

>Can anyone recommend some more effective recordings that I could play at
>high volumes to remind him that his neighbours like to sleep at midnight?

Try Berlioz's Requiem by Robert Shaw (Atlanta Sym.  Orch.  and Chorus,
TELARC), especially "Tuba Mirum".  This recording will blow your
neighbours' heads off, and perhaps your speakers too (seroiusly:  read
the warning inside the CD).

Pablo Massa
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