Saturday 1 September 2007

Change of season this evening. No violins; no duos; not baroque. My instincts demanded Canteloube (Chants d'Auvergne -- sung, of course, by VĂ©ronique Gens) and then the Sibelius sixth symphony (or the Vaughan Williams Pastoral would have done, instead). Colin Davis (LSO Live) is really very good in the Sibelius 6 and may even have supplanted von Karajan (Philharmonia, 1950s) in my fickle affections. Sometimes, having too many records to choose from does help, when one's head demands something out of the ordinary.

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