Welcome Barrett Reynolds, who enthused about CM and asked about... >...what pieces comprise your absolute musical zenith? A recent MCML exchange considered how remarkable it is that -- a bonus for musical joys -- tastes change with stunning regularity. Just stand still and wait, and even stuff you once couldn't hack is likely to reveal its charms. Normally, I'm 95% stuck on 20th century, non-vocal fare, so would be liable to suggest: Bela Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. (Am partial to Bernstein/NYPhil, on Sony; also the Mravinsky/Leningrad PO, a live version on Praga with a rather fresh ending). But it's recently been wall-to-wall choral music for me. These four pieces in particular: J Haydn: Missa in angustiis, aka Nelson Mass (Pinnock, on Archiv) Bartok: Cantata Profana (Boulez/Chicago SO on DG; also Robert Shaw/Atlantans, on Telarc) Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, and JS Bach's Magnificat, also in D Maj (Shaw/A..s again, Telarc) Bert Bailey