Rodrigo Ventura ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Hi. Could anyone advice me on the best piece to start exploring these >composer's work? > >Listz Orchestral: A Faust Symphony. Horenstein on Vox is as good as any (and better than all but Beecham and Horenstein IMHO) and cheap. Keyboard: Piano Sonata in B minor. Can anyone recommend a modern versoin? All my favourites are pre-1950. Actually Pollini is pretty good. >Mahler Traditionally either Symphony No.1 (Kubelik, DG) or 4 (Kletzki, EMI or, I think, Royal Classics get my vote currently). >Chopin When I was young I hated Chopin. Pollini's recording of the Polonaises did it for me. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]