[Thor Joachim Haga]

The difference is that that person puts the Olivier Hamlet up as the pinnacle which can’t be bettered, and that’s why he returns to it again and again. He’s hung up on the performance.

That’s not the case for me, though. I have this rather scruffy-looking OST of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, and I know it’s outshined both in sound and maybe even performance by that massive re-recording that was done a few years ago, for example.

But I don’t really care. It suffices for me. It’s maybe not the best, but it’s not bad enough that I have a need to replace it either.

Same with Beethoven’s ninth, for example. I have maybe three versions of that (two of which have fallen into my collection rather randomly), but I don’t stand in front of my shelf, ruminating over which version I’m going to play today, which am I in the mood for? I just reach for that Karajan one. And that will be the dose I need of this particular work/title/composition that day.

So yes, it’s rather the opposite of what you describe. Very laidback on the whole performance or various interpretation ordeal, more just interested in spending some time with any given work, in whatever version I have. That frees up more time to listen to other works, maybe even new ones!