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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Box Blather

Last post by Brian - Today at 04:25:57 PM

They must have only printed 1-2000 copies or something similar. That's especially unfortunate because it had been out of print for 10+ years before the reissue came.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 03:50:36 PM

[Frederick Delius]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by VonStupp - Today at 03:25:50 PM

Frederick Delius
Summer Evening
Dance Rhapsody 2
On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
Summer Night On The River
A Song Before Sunrise
Fennimore And Gerda: Intermezzo
Irmelin: Prelude
Songs of Sunset

Maureen Forrester, contralto
John Cameron, baritone

Beecham Choral Society
Royal PO - Thomas Beecham

For tonight and tomorrow:
I've been very much looking forward to the 2nd part of Beecham's stereo Delius.

I have long cherished Janet Baker and John Shirley-Quirk in Songs of Sunset. I am interested to hear another.
VS

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by JBS - Today at 03:07:25 PM

The Warner Andsnes set landed today. Decided to start in media res with a CD I've never heard (Rachmaninov) and a CD I have heard (Schubert).

CDs 23 and 24 of

[Boulanger: Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme']

#5

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 02:42:06 PM

Boulanger: Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'

Extraordinary piece.

#6

The Diner / Re: The Cat Thread

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 02:39:13 PM

This story made me smile:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-new-declaration-in-mexico-gives-19-cats-roaming-the-presidential-palace-food-and-care-fur-ever/ar-BB1lciGY

#7

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Box Blather

Last post by Mapman - Today at 02:01:58 PM

The wonderful Festetics Haydn quartet box seems to already be unavailable. How did they let it go out of print so quickly? I'm really glad I bought it while it was still available.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Strings-Haydn-Festetics-Quartet/dp/B09WQBJK3T/

(Unavailable on Presto and JPC too)

[Bruckner]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Linz - Today at 01:33:56 PM

Bruckner Pange Lingua, Philipp von Steinaecker, Musica Saeculorum

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Todd - Today at 01:32:20 PM

#10

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases

Last post by Todd - Today at 01:31:34 PM

Not Hurwitz? He seems to get the characteristics of orchestrations fairly accurate.

He would count among the ten LvB fans.