Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Elgarian]

I cannot say this until I check my stocking which shall be hung by the chimney with care . . . .

Will this be an aluminium stocking, the better to harmonise with the sound of any Hanover Band Beethoven symphonies that find their way into it?

[mc ukrneal]

aluminium

Probably my least liked work in the English language. It just sounds grating to my ears (probably because you will never hear it in the US). I prefer aluminum. Interestingly, it appears that its first use was indeed aluminum, but was changed (according to Wiki) because it did not sound classical enough! You can't make up stuff like this! 

[Karl Henning]

Probably my least liked work in the English language. It just sounds grating to my ears (probably because you will never hear it in the US). I prefer aluminum. Interestingly, it appears that its first use was indeed aluminum, but was changed (according to Wiki) because it did not sound classical enough! You can't make up stuff like this!

What a rare language is English! : )

[Elgarian]

Probably my least liked work in the English language. It just sounds grating to my ears (probably because you will never hear it in the US). I prefer aluminum. Interestingly, it appears that its first use was indeed aluminum, but was changed (according to Wiki) because it did not sound classical enough! You can't make up stuff like this!

But don't you find that in 'aluminum', the stresses are too plodding and heavy-handed?:
al-oo-min-um, as in: 'I dig the mud. Not at all like the metal, with is soft and light, but better suited for something dull and boring like lead.

Now, aluminium, by contrast, ripples itself into the air halfway through:
al-you-min-i-um. Which has a sort of quicksilverish character that suggests a bird flutteringly taking flight, or some such - much more like the metal itself.


I am not convinced, however, that it would be a good material for making stockings from. Neither would tin be adequate. I wonder whether the Hanover Band are aware of the stockingistical problems they're causing Karl, at this festive season.

[Sergeant Rock]

But don't you find that in 'aluminum', the stresses are too plodding and heavy-handed?:
al-oo-min-um

That's not how we colonials pronounce it. Rather it's  a loo muh num

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

That's not how we colonials pronounce it. Rather it's  a loo muh num

Sarge

As choir directors say in training their singers to accentuate the text Alleluia: Head for the loo.

[Geo Dude]

Landed today:

[asin]B004GV76PQ[/asin]
[asin]B000EBDCUA[/asin]

[Sergeant Rock]

As choir directors say in training their singers to accentuate the text Alleluia: Head for the loo.

Always good advice...in so many situations 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Landed today:[asin]B000EBDCUA[/asin]

Excellent. I'm collecting them one disc at a time, old school 

Sarge

[North Star]

Probably my least liked work in the English language. It just sounds grating to my ears (probably because you will never hear it in the US). I prefer aluminum. Interestingly, it appears that its first use was indeed aluminum, but was changed (according to Wiki) because it did not sound classical enough! You can't make up stuff like this!

IUPAC prefers the use of aluminium in its internal publications
'Nuff said!

[Mirror Image]

My parents gave me $250 for Christmas. Time to think about what to buy....

[Sergeant Rock]

My parents gave me $250 for Christmas. Time to think about what to buy....

This will be my last order of the year :

You know...just sayin' 

Sarge

[Antoine Marchand]

My parents gave me $250 for Christmas. Time to think about what to buy....

I see you have been a good kid this year, MI. 

[Geo Dude]

Excellent. I'm collecting them one disc at a time, old school 

Sarge

That's a great idea, Sarge.  However, I don't have any Haydn symphonies on hand (no sets I find listenable, at least!), so I wasn't patient enough for the 'wait a few months for a good deal on the MP' method.

[Mirror Image]

You know...just sayin' 

Sarge

[Mirror Image]

I see you have been a good kid this year, MI. 

Well I don't know about good, I told my parents not to get me anything, but they're just the best. Hard to believe another year has gone by and it seems like so quickly. I'll be 30 years old on March 10th. So yeah, I'm still just a baby.

[SonicMan46]

Landed today:

[asin]B004GV76PQ[/asin]
[asin]B000EBDCUA[/asin]

Own the Beethoven, and want the OTHER BAD!  But Harry has promised that the Haydn Londons w/ Kuijken will soon be re-released as a more budget package, so I'll wait a while -

[Lethevich]

Definitely try Riders to the Sea at some point - while it's not really the languid style you might expect from the composer, it's his most coherent opera.

[kishnevi]

Landed today from Presto

[Mirror Image]

Merry Christmas To Mirror Image