On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:41:56 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 25 Jan 2009 15:52:49 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Cool, I'll have to see if I can find the disc.  Come to think, I wonder
>>if I have that one in my collection - Von Karajan is one of my favourite
>>conductors - I've got him conducting Berlin for the Beethoven
>>Symphonies, I consider that more or less the definitive recording. 
>>Though Toscanini with the NBC Symphony Orchestra is a close second.
> 
> I would also recommend listening to Colin Davis's conducting of any
> Berlioz.

Oh, yes, absolutely.  Davis is another I really like.

IIRC, I've got two different recordings of the Symphonie Fantastique.  
Nope, three:

Boulez & Cleveland
The European Philharmonic Orchestra (my online info doesn't include the 
conductor, will have to check when I get home)
One other (also don't have the orchestra or conductor info for that one 
online)

Jim

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On 26 Jan 2009 13:10:44 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>Oh, yes, absolutely.  Davis is another I really like.
>
>IIRC, I've got two different recordings of the Symphonie Fantastique.  
>Nope, three:

I've been packing things away so I can't check but I think at the last count we
had 7 different versions. (My wife is a collector.)

I've been having laptop problems. I updated a driver on my laptop earlier today
and it would not reboot, it kept shutting down hard after the press F2 to ender
the bios. I decided to reinstall Vista and it did reboot so I'm backing up my
important documents then will try to see what is wrong. The last couple of weeks
it has been shutting down when I put it into sleep or hibernation. So I might
reformat the C: drive and start over. 

So buzz for hesitation ;)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:13:10 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 26 Jan 2009 13:10:44 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Oh, yes, absolutely.  Davis is another I really like.
>>
>>IIRC, I've got two different recordings of the Symphonie Fantastique.
>>Nope, three:
> 
> I've been packing things away so I can't check but I think at the last
> count we had 7 different versions. (My wife is a collector.)

Cool!  Packing things away for any reason?

> I've been having laptop problems. I updated a driver on my laptop
> earlier today and it would not reboot, it kept shutting down hard after
> the press F2 to ender the bios. I decided to reinstall Vista and it did
> reboot so I'm backing up my important documents then will try to see
> what is wrong. The last couple of weeks it has been shutting down when I
> put it into sleep or hibernation. So I might reformat the C: drive and
> start over.
> 
> So buzz for hesitation ;)

Buzzing yourself?  I don't know that that's allowed....Consult the rule 
book. ;-)

Jim

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