David Rothstein wrote: >In general I think it is best to obtain a complete set of important works >maybe for the simple reason of the shame to be without these works in your >home. > >I for one couldn't imagine being without a complete set of Beethoven, >Bruckner or Mahler symphonies, so I bought the Klemperer, Jochum, Kubelik >sets (respectively) taking into account budget prices. ... I don't have a complete set of either Bruckner of Mahler symphonies and don't feel particularly ashamed of this (although I will buy them one day). It's just more important for me to have a complete set or two (or three) of Mozart symphonies - come to think of it, I do have three of them - including the youthful and doubtful works. Or to have the "complete" works of Webern or both sets of "complete" Varese. I don't think there is a single composer or work that is an absolute must for everybody. -Margaret Mikulska