I would stay away from the Barenboim. There is Boulez if you already like his sort of conducting/interpreting. For Karajan, I know of, listen to two versions- 1968 with Salzburg and (1951 I think) Bayreuth- which is surprisingly good, far exceeded my expectations both in terms of music and sound quality. sevgiler, iskender www.defterisk.blogspot.com *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html