Mimi Ezust wrote: >I'm also more partial to the string quartets (yes, every one of them) than >to his symphonic works, but that's just because I'm prejudiced. If you are >just starting out, try op. 33, branch to op.20 (#4 is my favorite) and op. >76. But they are all terrific. Looking through my old collection of LPs I have a boxed set which includes Op 76 but not op 33. The BBC broadcast a lot of Haydn quite a while back which I taped including Op 20 No 4 so you are in good company. They also did a selection of piano sonatas, piano trios and songs. I was reading Robbins Landon and he thought that the Viennese classical style starts with Op 20 and Sym 44. Many thanks to all the other suggestions. Tim Horwood