Absolutely first class! What a fabulous concert it turned out to be! I know these works backwards but suddenly they were new again. Riveting! And now at Conway Hall limbering up for Opus 131 from the Fibonacci Quartet.

Good luck, Christian! Fingers crossed it'll be mild and brief.

Meanwhile, I've been asked who does the Finale of Bruckner 6 best. I've listened to quite a few, of those Sawallisch comes out best, Mena, Celibidache and Klemperer also up among the good ones.

IMSLP have this.

I don't know the date. I think I bought it in The Gramophone Exchange, Wardour Street - so it could be half a century old. I'll see if I can find out...

Good to read all your Bruckner stuff in Gramophone - and the choice of Schaller's 1888 4th!

Not quite the first recording, Christian. I had this LP. Copied to CD, original went to Dalston Oxfam a year or two ago.