This is for me his finest 7th. The way they play the adagio always put me in mind of Charon on the Styx

Karajan = Apollonian, and Bernstein/VPO = Dionysian. Both are incredible performances. It just goes to show that great music invites different perspectives so long as they are fully coherent.

Segerstam's Helsinki symphony cycle is one of my absolute favourites. Cut from an entirely different cloth than anybody else.

Thank you. Fascinating list. Made me smile to see so much Balzac and Maupassant.

Where did you get WB list from?

It did take me some time to gather and read all the Maigret novels but it was worth it.

I don't think we are sleepwalking; we are running headlong into this, which is why I am so keen not to be first in line.