What are you listening to now?

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Sure hope he pays me a visit this year.  Santa, not Fry (1813-1864) though he'd be welcome too.

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[mc ukrneal]

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AT the same time?!?!?!   

[Harry]

Some glorious music, one of the best composers in my book.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/12/arnell-richard-symphony-no-2-and-piano.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Yes. 90 CDs - a lot of them quite unusual. Some of film music, some of them with non-classical performers. James Taylor (one of my favorites) participates on 2 of the CDs.

♫ Yo Yo's seen fire, and Yo Yo's seen rain . . . .

[Karl Henning]

I can sympathize with Paderewski's dictum: "the greatest work of genius ever achieved by any artist in any field of human endeavour" 

Just one thing . . .



What does the phrase in any field of human endeavour add to that statement, I wonder?

[otare]

Claude Bolling's Suite for cello and jazz trio, and 2 cello sonatas by Beethoven since last message. Now: Schubert's String quintet. In my Yo-Yo Ma journey.

[Bogey]

I try and stay away from such sets ... not sure about their origins and sonic quality.

Good advice.  Until a label that focuses on or dabbles in historical recordings shows their "direction" for how they remaster the prime source, then I feel it is better to wait.  Pearl, Naxos, M&A are three I enjoy because I know what to expect and I prefer their sound.  There are others as well.  However, with unknown labels, unless they are extremely cheap, I stay clear of.

[Wanderer]

AT the same time?!?!?!   

That would've been Stockhausen. 

[Karl Henning]

Over the next few mornings:

Cheers, Bill!

[Wakefield]

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After having explored this year five or six disks of Janáček's piano music, this is probably my favorite. 

[ritter]

Just one thing . . .



What does the phrase in any field of human endeavour add to that statement, I wonder?

Excatly that: in - any - field - of - human - endeavour ... not one for understatement, good old Ignaz Jan

[North Star]

Just one thing . . .

What does the phrase in any field of human endeavour add to that statement, I wonder?

That it might not exceed e.g. the pyramids or those weird shapes in corn fields?  0:)

[Karl Henning]

Is that your last and final answer? 

[North Star]

Is that your last and final answer? 

Well, it was not my statement. 

Thread duty

Sibelius
Symphony No. 4
BBC SO
Storgårds

earlier:

John Luther Adams
Become Ocean
Seattle Symphony
Morlot

[Harry]

The Rodrigo edition, with some of the works performed by the composer himself....

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/12/rodrigo-joaquin-rodrigo-collection-cd.html?spref=tw

[Mirror Image]

Is this question still valid now that Mr. Hyde has returned?

Absolutely. Just because Messiaen isn't a favorite of mine, doesn't necessarily mean I don't want to know more about his music and get opinions of it.

I'm happy about your one-night-stand with Messiaen's music. Otherwise, I wouldn't know about the $80 box set. Might add to my Christmas list.

You make it sound so sleazy.

[North Star]

Sibelius
Symphonies nos. 5 & 6
BBC SO
Storgårds

[Sadko]

Just one thing . . .



What does the phrase in any field of human endeavour add to that statement, I wonder?

emphasis & guirlands :-)

[listener]

KANCHELI:  Symphonies 1 & 2
Tbilsi Symphony Orch.   Jansug Kakhidze, cond.
DONIZETTI: Francesca da Foix
Annick Massis, Pietro Spagnoli, Jennifer Larmore..
London Phiharmonic Orch.   Antonello Allemandi
nice Opera Rara package that I got for $10 (re-cycled, pre-owned, used but looks like it was never heard)

[Harry]

CD 12 of the Rodrigo Edition.
Anyone on GMG has this box too?

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/12/rodrigo-joaquin-rodrigo-collection-cd_3.html?spref=tw