Of course, I also have to share my Mahler collection. Photos don't include my 9th by Rattle or my complete cycle on MP3....

Of course, I have to show off my Dvorak collection! This does not include what I have on MP3...

Just some more photos from my collection. I'm not a huge choral works fan, but wife is and she's introduced me to some great choral works...

Just a few pages of my collection. In the near future, I'll be updating my collection with new CD cases which I will cover in a later post. ...

Dvorak's 9th symphony holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first and only piece of classical music I owned and liked as a child. It would take me 30 years to truly appreciate and enjoy classical music like I do now past this Dvorak's 9th, but we it shows we can all get there eventually. I've also been listening to Dvorak's 7th as well. I'm still very new to Bruckner, but his 4th has my attention. I particularly like how he uses traditional Classical era structure, such as Sonata form in the 1st movement,...

Editor note: This report was one I turned in for class this last semester. Enjoy, but please don't plagiarize. Performance Report for Music AppreciationBy Samuel Guss Gustav Mahler, 9th Symphony as performed by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra (ASO) on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8p.m., Justin Brown conducting. I consider myself a Gustav Mahler fan. Having stated that, I must also confess I haven’t heard all of his symphonies yet and the 9th, only once the week before through a YouTube video. My sentiment towards Gustav...