Back to a mixed bag. The first two were Hungarotons of the Takacz quartet and a friend playing string quintets by Mozart. Then orchestrations of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and a further inroad into Schubert: the sonata D958 and Moments Musicaux. More Brahms: his second symphony with the Hallé and Loughran. Grieg’s Peer Gynt is conducted by Neville Marriner with St. Martin in the Fields, the Ambrosian Singers and Lucia Popp (and a rather psychedelic sleeve). Finally, a Mendelssohn disc: the 4th and 5th symphonies with Karajan and the Berlin Phil.
At this point I’ve recorded just over 100 discs and the half-way point must be approching though I don’t think I’ve reached it yet.