Went a bit mad in HMV

I think actually finding the Satie score I needed at Chappell of Bond Street in Wardour Street (huh? yes, made me do a doubletake too) went to my head and I went a bit crazy in HMV afterwards when I found out they had a sale on, with the result that I brought home Philip Glass’s opera Einstein on the Beach, Haydn’s Paris Symphonies performed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien (which I’ve wanted to hear for ages) and the complete piano music of Schubert performed by Mitsuko Uchida, which took me rather by surprise as I’ve been a Schu-disliker, not distinguishing between -mann and -bert in this but which for some reason caught my eye and I’ve been really really enjoying it. Well, it seems miracles do happen. Maybe one day I’ll even find I unreservedly enjoy Mahler too. *snort*

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