Donald Satz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>If I remember correctly, this thread started out with a focus on what items
>constitute the "standard repertoire." To me, just opening a Schwann Opus
>publication provides those answers.

Depends whether you're talking about the standard recorded repertoire
or the standard concert repertoire - which are hardly the same thing.

For example, how often do you hear any of these in concert:
        Rott: Symphony (2 recordings)
        Villa Lobos: String Quartets (one complete and one ongoing
                                     cycle IIRC)
        Vaughan Williams: outside of the UK how often are any of these
                          performed?
        Vivaldi: The F*** Seasons. Judging by the number of recordings
                 on the market this should probably be the most
                 performed work of all. Is it?
        Rzewski: The People United. (3 recordings and a 4th on the way)

There are also a number of examples of works which have never been
performed live, only in the studio (most of the works on the 2 Marco
Polo Harold Truscott CDs, for example)

Deryk Barker
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