Of course it always makes sense to own recordings, but I find it either ludicrously expensive or unimaginably boring. Going by my streaming history, if I owned

Of course it always makes sense to own recordings, but I find it either ludicrously expensive or unimaginably boring. Going by my streaming history, if I owned the recordings I listened too I'd have a full CD shelf for the late Beethoven Sonatas. The same again for the Concerto's, perhaps two for the Symphonies. I've just spent £150 at IKEA just to hold the basics of Beethoven, before I've even got the CD's! Of course the alternative is to only listen to my 'preferred' interpretations, which is the unimaginable boredom. Zimerman's ballades are too dry, Perahia's too wet, Horowitz's too unorthodox, Ashkenazy's too uneven; but I'll listen to all of them again and again and again. I'm not picking a favourite here. I'd forget Chopin before I pick one. Finally, so what if my streaming service comes and goes? I just go somewhere else.