David Harbin wrote: >I can't stand Schubert's 9th "The Great". It goes on and on and the >jolly tunes are irritating, failing to organically change or grow over >the symphony's tortuous length. Not even Furtwangler/BPO can save this >symphony for me. Furtwangler didn't save it for me, but Mackerras did: the rec. with the Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment on Virgin Classics (I think -- perhaps a reissue). Splendid. At least try it. -MM