As much as I love the von Karajan Verklarte Nacht in beautiful stereo, I first heard the piece the other day in a historic recording by Vladimir Golschmann and I must say it's almost like listening to a differennt piece of music. Mono archival sound, of course, but a stunning performance done, I think, in 1942. Maybe I'll do a historic recordings CD for Kritzerland with a few things like that that I love.