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Hi Donjr, you bought the mozart from my initial list. i certainly hope you like it. Think is a very good point to start listening to mozart and see if you like it to explore farther. The recording and performance of ashkenazy is superb. If you rea... 
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Thanks Goofyfoot for your list. Devilboy same for yours.Regarding Bach, I think he has some great compositions including masterpieces no doubt. not sure though he would be one of my top picks, but that is just personal liking and subjective. It is... 
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Ok, i would need a few more responses, in a list format if possible, to try to do a first compilation. Anyone else willing to contribute? 
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Thanks. I will aslo check the vivaldi.As an aside, One question for those of you woth several 100s or even over 1000s disks. How,do you keep track ofmall the discs and different recordings you have? Do you use a catalog program, database or simila... 
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Thanks newbee, reprince, mapman,I very much like both Heifetz and Mutter ( most of the time). I have some living stereo SACDs and sound great in general, one including Brahms and Tchaikovsky VC played by him and are fantastic. I will order the liv... 
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Thanks Newbee. Could you please recommend (now only for me...) another VIolin concerto edition? Not that I find anything wrong with the one you said, but I already have 4 or 5 violin concertos of Tchaikovsky, and although great, I would rather hav... 
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Thanks guys. I am not too familiar with Bruckner or Mahler. I will follow your recomendations and put it in my list of next listenings in order to expand. However, unless more people recommend them seems they would not make the cut for the short l... 
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Thanks Mapman. What 2 or 3 would you recomend of Mahler? I havent listen to it that much.Donjr did you get your order in? How do you like it? 
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Ok I understand. Lets hope they start that mssging service soon.Thanks 
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Al, I was reading a post about a diferent subject and saw comments made by you that seemed really knowledgable. i would like to ask you a few questions. Do you mind if I send you pa private mail? 
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Some interpretations are questionable from a technical perspective, experts say. You read all the time this or that conductor departed from the original, took too much liberty, did their own interpretation of certain passages, tempos and so on. Ka... 
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Yes, it sounds fantastic. I am not too familiar with Brahms symphonies. Mostly concertos and chamber music. i am going to get his recomendation on CD.Also Schubert symphony 1. Is it good? I very much like his latest ones but never listened much to... 
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No problem. You are probably right. As you said I think is clear what I'm trying to do, and I repeated a few times already to those saying it does not make sense.Is clear that people with more experience, knowledge.. however you call it, although ... 
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I mostly agree that picking 5 best compositions of all time is impossible. This is not intended to decide the best five. Again, It is intended to give a starting point to people who want to begin exploring but feel intimidated or do not know where... 
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Thanks. The pics are quite oudated. Those were taken when we just moved in. The system has changed completely since then. And the room layout now is in diagonal. It is a dedicated room so I can play around placement within it. Not a specific room ...