Bob Draper ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >For me classical music is a journey of exploration. I want to peek >into as many dusty corners as possible and dig out the gems to be >found there. Better to spend my money doing this than purchasing >umpteen copies of Beethoven's ninth (for instance). Well, one might argue that a 2nd-rate performance of B9 is preferable to a first-rate performance of some of the stuff which has surfaced on CD in recent years. But I'll stick with the case I made earlier: great music needs to be heard in different interpretations. >Surely it is somewhat parochial to stay with the same repertoire >over and over. Also, dare I say that this attitude seems to be >characterised by those who have fetish over Austro-German composers. Pleas withdraw the word "fetish" or we may come to blows..... Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]