Steve Schwartz, reviewing: >As far as I know, a unique pairing... There's always some smartypants who knows of another - there's a budget EMI 2-CD set of reissues of Stabat Maters by Rossini (cond Karl Forster and with the glorious Josef Traxel), Verdi (Giulini), Poulenc (Pretre) and Szymanowski (Wit). I bought the set about a year ago, mainly for the Rossini but was glad to make the acquaintance of the Poulenc in particular. Not having heard the Shaw Steve reviewed, I can't make comparisons. Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]