In my most recent fortnightly trip to HMV in Sydney I found an ArtHaus Video of Burkard Schliessmann playing symphony metamophoses on walzes and themes of Johann Strauss. It seemed excellent value, particularly since it also came with a Bonus DVD audio of his playing the four Chopin Ballades, Barcarolle, etc. The DVD is excellent although my wife objected to the number of palms distributed around the playing location. They did not detract one whit from his playing. I love the Godowsky-Strauss pieces. I thought his playing was quite masterful with all those simultaneous melody lines coming out clearly. I was disappointed that he did not also play 'Wien, Weib under Gesang' but otherwise I had nothing to complain about. These Godowsky paraphrases are technically quite challenging - at least, for me. He handles the technical difficulties with consummate ease ('ease' always seems to be 'consummate'). The Liszt Schubert transcriptions were also beautifully played. Has anyone else seen this DVD? Any comments? Has anyone encountered better playing of the Godowsky-Strauss paraphrases? Leon Le Leu Canberra