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Jared wrote: Two weeks ago, I popped into the Salvation Army charity shop (which believe me, NEVER has anything worth while in the CD basket), and was most suprised to find no fewer than 7 high quality 20th Century CM CDs, sat next to each other, marked at 50p each....

Not being especially into 20th Cent material, I must admit I was very much in two minds as to what I should do... buy them, give them a listen through a couple of times for the experience and make a profit on ebay, or leave them there for another enthusiast. I hummed and arrrh'ed about it for a little while, thinking a purchase would be selfish... before eventually buying them, for effectively the price of a pint.

Like I say, this has surprised me quite considerably and has taught me to keep more of an open mind in the future... I might not build up an extensive collection of 20th century material, but some of the CDs I will be listing in the 'Recent Purchases' thread have gobe some way toward breaking down a psychological barrier...

fergus wrote:Coincidentally Jared, I bought this set during the week and have played Symphonies 1 & 2....







I thought that these were interesting works. They would still pose something of a challenge to me but not too much. I think that repeated listening will definitely solve that little problem.