She goes on to say that Brooks and Yearwood have a wonderful blend and natural chemistry that will make listeners wish they'd record together more often.

The listener wished he knew what secrets the Havener had heard, but he wasted no time in wondering.

A listener often wished that Mr. Yoo would step forward and leave Mr. Ohyama behind, literally and figuratively.

Still, even after such an intense couple of hours, a listener wished he had got to know the players better, as individuals and as a group.

However, if the listener wishes to stray from the preselected order of musical proceedings, the machine will oblige by playing tracks in random sequence.

For all of the beauty of tone, however, this listener also wished for a bit more of a commitment to exploring the deep recesses behind the notes.

In the case of Bach's "St. Matthew Passion," which he presented to great effect in 1993, a listener might even have wished for a more or less literal revival.

As so often, the listener could wish only that Mr. Abbado had wanted more.

By then a listener vainly wished for the obvious encore, a reprise with Chinese players taking the solos.

Yet a listener wished Mr. Gaisford had sought greater variety in his programming.