Anybody for a complete EMI Paavo Berglund?

[Lance]

Warner is at it again - I hope they always will be. Now we have a 42 CD [76615] set of Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund's [1929-2012] complete EMI recordings. This one probably will not be for me. I have many of his EMI recordings, Sibelius' seven symphonies and other works, his collaborative work with pianists such as John Ogdon, Andsnes, Ortiz, Tortelier, Menuhin, and a fine Rachmaninoff Symphony #3 [and another on RCA]. On Ondine, there's the four symphonies of Brahms. His work is very well documented on disc. If you could say anything outstanding about the conductor's work on disc, what would it be?

[david johnson]

I enjoy some of those Sibelius recordings, but don't know much else of his recording history.

[maestrob]

I bought his Sibelius cycle on a reviewer's recommendation, but found it disappointing, frankly. Haven't kept up with him. There's only so much room on my shelves, eh?

[Lance]

Agreed. There is, after all, only so much room. We might not even have the time to hear everything we already have piled up. I've been trying to make more time. I thought if one gets older it would be easier but it doesn't seem that way.

I bought his Sibelius cycle on a reviewer's recommendation, but found it disappointing, frankly. Haven't kept up with him. There's only so much room on my shelves, eh?