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springrite

#3480
November 21, 2013, 05:41:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 21, 2013, 05:39:44 AM
I'm smelling the roses today; how about you? :)

tea...
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Karl Henning

#3481
November 21, 2013, 05:44:59 AM
Quote from: springrite on November 21, 2013, 05:41:24 AM
tea...

Mmm.

And here: roses set to dry, and rainbow chard kept fresh:

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

springrite

#3482
November 21, 2013, 05:50:05 AM

Prokofiev PC 1, 3, 4 (Toradze, Gergiev)

Exciting stuff. Will listen to the other two tomorrow. Especially looking forward to #2.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Florestan

#3483
November 21, 2013, 08:12:46 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 21, 2013, 05:39:44 AM
I'm smelling the roses today; how about you? :)

Right now, a glass of wine from my own grape.  :D
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Karl Henning

#3484
November 21, 2013, 09:15:06 AM
Grapes :) (I am guessing that in Romanian, as in Russian, grape is a mass noun?)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Florestan

#3485
November 21, 2013, 09:27:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 21, 2013, 09:15:06 AM
Grapes :) (I am guessing that in Romanian, as in Russian, grape is a mass noun?)

Grapes are the fruits; in Romanian the noun can have both the plural form, struguri (as in The wine is made from struguri) or the singular, strugure (as in I ate a strugure, although in this case the idea is mostly about one cluster, not one single grape) --- but what I really meant to write was actually grape-vine.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Karl Henning

#3486
November 21, 2013, 10:39:02 AM
Ho capito, and thank you! Also, good for you, making your own wine.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Florestan

#3487
November 21, 2013, 10:49:16 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 21, 2013, 10:39:02 AM
Ho capito, and thank you!

Always my pleasure, Karl!

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Also, good for you, making your own wine.

Two types: white, which I've been testing this evening, and red, which I'll be drinking next week, for the feast of St. Andrew (November 30).  :D
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

North Star

#3488
November 21, 2013, 11:48:37 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 21, 2013, 05:39:44 AM
I'm smelling the roses today; how about you? :)
I smelt sulphuric acid and nitric acid. Not too many old ladies in the concert though, so it could have been worse.  :)
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

The new erato

#3489
November 21, 2013, 11:54:54 AM
Back to business! Ordered these from presto:

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[asin]B000000AT2[/asin]

TheGSMoeller

#3490
November 21, 2013, 05:12:01 PM

stingo

#3491
November 21, 2013, 06:06:06 PM
Took further advantage of the 10% off sale at importcds...

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[asin]B00B7364H2[/asin]

kishnevi

#3492
November 21, 2013, 06:21:00 PM
Quote from: jut1972 on November 20, 2013, 08:55:48 AM
Time to catch up on some recent arrivals... 
These two from import CDs
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[asin]B005G0ETV0[/asin]


UPS tracking tells me those two will show up at my door tomorrow afternoon.  Fortunately I will probably be home and therefore it won't get soaked on my doorstep like the package from Prestoclassical that got dropped off today by the regular mail.

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 06, 2013, 06:18:20 AM










Question about the picture on the Brian recording:  what's that in his vest pocket?  Pacemaker, hearing aid, or something else? I assume it's not a really early version of the IPod.

Comment about the Vegh Beethoven for those considering it:  Naive has descended to using a large  foldout cardboard box, but refuses to give in to the fad of cardboard sleeves.  Inside the box are two jewel cases of 4 CDs each.  Liner notes are in English, French and German; but the track listings (which are given without CD numbers, and only in French) and the photo credits (which mention non-existent cover photos) apparently derive from an earlier release of this set, since the track listings give the quartets in numerical order but Quartets 11-15 are not quite in order;  the Grosse Fuge is inserted as a sixth movement in a seven movement Op. 130, and Op. 131 is a single 40 minute track.

The final installment of the Pacifica Quartet's DSCH cycle, which I ordered with these, apparently won't be sent until the first week of December.

Quote from: stingo on November 21, 2013, 06:06:06 PM

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I think that one could be a very viable contender for best all around Mahler cycle:  no single performance is the mythical "BEST", but the overall quality is very high.

stingo

#3493
November 21, 2013, 06:53:03 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 21, 2013, 06:21:00 PMI think that one could be a very viable contender for best all around Mahler cycle:  no single performance is the mythical "BEST", but the overall quality is very high.

My brother collected the entire Denon set, so I wanted to hear what got him to do so.

Que

#3494
November 21, 2013, 10:34:23 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 21, 2013, 06:21:00 PM
Comment about the Vegh Beethoven for those considering it:  Naive has descended to using a large  foldout cardboard box, but refuses to give in to the fad of cardboard sleeves.  Inside the box are two jewel cases of 4 CDs each.  Liner notes are in English, French and German; but the track listings (which are given without CD numbers, and only in French) and the photo credits (which mention non-existent cover photos) apparently derive from an earlier release of this set, since the track listings give the quartets in numerical order but Quartets 11-15 are not quite in order;  the Grosse Fuge is inserted as a sixth movement in a seven movement Op. 130, and Op. 131 is a single 40 minute track.

This means it is exactly the same as the previous edition: a fat baby with minor flaws in presentation. - I was wondering about that! :)

Purchased yesterday:

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listener

#3495
November 21, 2013, 11:52:59 PM
at Sikora's this afternoon, some pre-owned MIASKOVSKY - Svetlanov series, at an affordable price
Symphonies 4, 9, 11, 15, 20, 23, 24, 27
and Links, Slav Rhapsody, Serenade op.32/1 and Sinfonietta op.10
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Sergeant Rock

#3496
November 22, 2013, 02:53:00 AM
Arrived this morning: Mutter's Dvorak




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#3497
November 22, 2013, 03:01:02 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 21, 2013, 06:21:00 PM
Question about the picture on the Brian recording:  what's that in his vest pocket?  Pacemaker, hearing aid, or something else? I assume it's not a really early version of the IPod.

I don't know. The photo was taken, I think, during an interview. A recording device, microphone? If it's a hearing aid, it's in his other ear, out of sight.



Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Wakefield

#3498
November 22, 2013, 03:20:22 AM
Quote from: Que on November 21, 2013, 10:34:23 PM
This means it is exactly the same as the previous edition: a fat baby with minor flaws in presentation. - I was wondering about that! :)

Purchased yesterday:

[asin]B0000CDDFR[/asin][asin]B008L62Y4K[/asin]

Q

Congratulations the Oistrakh Trio was never something less than excellent. I'm the proud owner of this baby:

[asin]B002JH8ISI[/asin]

I don't have the Haugsand disc, but I'm sure it's excellent, too.  :)
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)
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