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Sure :-) I guess by "CD" I should have said "digital format" or "digital stream". Having said that is there even a streaming service which would play an entire set of piano concertos? This thing must be 8 or more hours long. I've been listening to it in fits and starts over several weekends.

Also for the doubters, here's a photo: http://oirase.annexia.org/tmp/20190908_183833.jpg

As you can see I have CDs and a Squeezebox so I'm hardly opposed to digital :-)

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I just looked and Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven Piano Sonatas is on Google Play Music and Spotify, so yeah unless something is pretty new/indie/remixy one of the two is going to likely have it

> Having said that is there even a streaming service which would play an entire set of piano concertos?

Classical Archives or Idiago are probably your best options for streaming classical music.

Any decent streaming service will let you build a custom playlist and play it in order, if it doesn’t already have the entire work as one “album.”

Thank you. There's an experience of owning, holding and playing a vinyl record which is quite different from clicking on a stream. It ties you to a place, forces you to pay attention at least when changing sides, has quirks, crackles and pops, and beautiful artwork you can hold in your hand while listening.

The digital stream is certainly more convenient and quite obviously available in more places. I don't say this as someone who is in any way "opposed" to digital music - I own and play a lot of it myself. In units of "minutes listened" probably much more than vinyl.

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