Schwartzo writes: >I just finished reading a review of symphonies by Fibich >(contemporary with Janacek, but died around 1900), written by Wilfrid >Mellers on www.mvdaily.com. Folks, we don't even show up on the radar. Funny you should mention those symphonies. I listened several times last night to the Fibich Symphony No. 2, performed by Neeme Jaervi conducting the Detroit Symphony (on Chandos) and thinking how Brucknerian in places, how Brahmsian/Dvorakian in others, and Fibichian when all was said and done. Good music. In another thread, (about Melinda Wagner and the Pulitzer prize) I commented about falling in love with music after it has been heard enough to become familiar, and I think that notion applies here. I could easily imagine the Fibich 2 becoming a repertoire piece *if* it were played enough. It may not be grab-you-by-the-throat Janacek (as Mellers comments) but it's still very good music. Scott Morrison