Christopher Webber writes:

> I'd recommend the Piano Quintet and the two Quintets for Strings and
> Clarinet very highly indeed as starting points, followed by the
> Symphonies (if you can get them!  There's an excellent version of the
> monumental 4th on EMI conducted by Franz Welser-Most.)

I just wanted to point out that there are two recorded cycles of the
Symphonies readily available: Jarvi on Chandos and Luisi on Querstand.

Don Satz
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