Re: Music that is "lucky"/"unlucky" on disc?

>Puccini's _Madama Butterfly
>there are a half dozen recordings I would never get rid of, and their
>excellence and contrasting special qualities make me return to _Butterfly_
>with
>some regularity.

When I see the names of Callas, de los Angeles, Bjoerling, di Stefano, Gedda,
and Pavarotti, all great favorites of mine, it makes me wish I did like
Butterfly (of which I don't own a single recording), but I really don't.  I do
find things to admire in it when I stumble across it, but not enough.

-david gable