Mark Seeley wrote: >Yes. . . Very insightful post! And yes, there will be several distractors, >nevertheless, here are some other great Szell recordings: ... > >Any additions? Subtractions? Easy, alas, too easy! Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Beethoven: Symphony 7 (he's one of the rare conductors who dares to play the allegretto at its real pace, i.e. not andante, and it works perfectly) Kodaly: Hary Janos Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Mark mentioned Fleisher. I also remember these recordings: Franck: Symphonic Variations Rachmaninov: Paganini Variations He also mentioned Casadesus. Here are some more recordings I particularly appreciate: Mozart: Concertos 21 & 26 Weber: Konzertstuck I'll have to stop somewhere, so I'd like to end with a lovely choice of lieder by Richard Strauss (with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, but without the Cleveland Orchestra). Simon Corley <[log in to unmask]>