u/bay30three

My previous taste in classical music was in virtuoso violin/piano concertos with killer hook and solo passages, but in the past year or so I've started enjoying more nuanced symphonies, and have added significantly to my collection.

So far I've completed collection of (by complete, I mean all the symphonies by a conductor but not necessarily complete cycles by one conductor, although I have a few of those):

Beethoven 1-9

Brahms 1-4

Bruckner 1-9

Mahler 1-10

Mendelssohn 1-5

Rachmaninov 1-3

Saint-Saens 1-5

Schumann 1-4

Sibelius 1-7

Tchaikovsky 1-6 + Manfred

So which are your favourites, and which would you recommend I add?

My taste is mainly romantic era.

I have incomplete collection of symphonies by Shotakovich, Schubert, Elgar, Dvorak and a few others.

AU$2 each.

Two new composers I hadn't heard of before (Ferde Grofe and Carl Nielsen).

I own around 400 CDs but only 1 by Mozart (piano concertos 20-24 by Askenazy and Philharmonia Orchestra) but glad to add this monumental work.

Big fan of Rachmaninov and only learnt about Vespers recently so had to get it.

Wasn't going to buy the Tchaikovsky piano conceto 1 as I already have 5 or so recordings but saw it was signed by Simon Tedeschi so decided to add to the collection.

Not really into opera but a "best hits" CD was hard to pass up.

What are you listening to first?

Personally I love the 1992 Anner Bylsma recording with the Stradivarius "Servais" (1701). There is some fascinating history behind the instrument also.

I listened this recording growing up as my parents often played it. Then in the mid 1990s my mother gifted it to a friend who was moving overseas, thinking she's simply buy another set. For the next 10 or 15 years she tried to find this recording, to no avail!

I managed to find one for her online selling at a premium, and eventually bought myself a set too.

Currently I have full sets of Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Brucker and Brahms symphonies.

I'm new to Bruckner and listening to it now (bought the full set yesterday).

Which symphonies are worth collecting in their full set?

I left a note for my family so they don't file a missing person's report.

Knox Grammar school Sydney Australia

I mainly listen to symphonies, piano/violin concertos. Favourite composers are Rachmaninov, Mahler, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovksy, Prokofiev to name a few.

I mainly listen to music on CD, because streaming just isn't the same, even if there are near infinite recordings available. If I discover new music online, then I usually end up buying a CD for it. I have a modest but growing collection as pictured.

My audio systems are budget systems. My main system is a budget Panasonic SC-PMX92, but I have an even cheaper $150 system in the kitchen (for when I'm cooking/ washing up). My car audio is probably the best for sound quality of the three audio systems I have (built-in system on an Audi).

Which makes me wonder, are there any audiophiles here with systems that are worth the price of a car? What are your audio systems like? Maybe share and have a discussion.

Glorious weather, unreal to see a whale breach the water 3 times today.. glad I did it after 20 years thinking about it!

Never seen this level of promotion of football in recent memory. Almost made me buy Coke.. almost.

Inaugural Parramatta Half Mararhon is lit!

From this morning. Not sure if there are multiple seals who do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ubtVs5n6A&pp=ygURYWFtaSByaG9uZGEga2V0dXTSBwkJOAsBhyohjO8%3D

Hi all.

I've had these two for a month. I almost never see them eating, and just once I caught one with an apple piece (photo attached).

There's never an appreciable amount of reduction in the food in their bowl. I assume they must be eating because I figure they wouldn't survive a month without food.

I give them a mix of 5 things:

- diced apple

- diced carrot

- crushed unsalted roasted cashew

- shredded coconut

- torn spinach leaf

Is this a decent long term healthy diet? What else can I give them?

Thanks in advance.

Completed my collection today.

Which are your faves?

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