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[Madiel]

I wouldn't feel sad for them.  They get to stream whatever they want, whenever they want.  It beats having to save up for a tape and just hoping you like all of it!

Whatever the streaming service continues to supply, for as long as the service continues to supply it.

Noting that certain things get restricted to particular locations. Some of my disc purchases have been partly motivated by online services deciding for me that, because I'm in Australia, I couldn't possibly want to hear that particular thing.

[DavidW]

Whatever the streaming service continues to supply, for as long as the service continues to supply it.

Noting that certain things get restricted to particular locations. Some of my disc purchases have been partly motivated by online services deciding for me that, because I'm in Australia, I couldn't possibly want to hear that particular thing.

I hate geolocking!  I've had that happen on the Kindle multiple times.  It is so frustrating.

[Madiel]

I hate geolocking!

I'm surprised at how many forms it takes. Today I tried to set up an account for something for my upcoming trip to Spain and Portugal. It happily let me put in an Australian phone number (as in, Australia was in a list of options), but then the "verify your number" SMS didn't come through. It turns out this company's system won't send me the SMS because I'm in a location they don't operate: Australia!

It's unclear whether it will accept an Australian phone number once I'm on Spanish soil... at which point receiving an SMS will be more difficult than it is now.

[Peter Power Pop]

Orff: Carmina Burana (London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / André Previn)

Orff: Carmina Burana (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Marin Alsop)

[akebergv]

That is a wonderful box set, you should enjoy it!

I have now received the Real Chopin box, and after listening to its first two Cds I am not sorry for my purchase. The first disc is an outlier, a historical recording from 1948 with Raoul Koczalski playing on Chopin's own 1847 Pleyel, but it's not only the piano that's the connection back to Chopin: Koczalski's teacher was in turn Chopin's student. The booklet makes a strong case for this being an example of a style of playing now largely lost, if also heard in the Chopin recordings by Alfred Cortot. Each of the remaining recordings are modern, played by a different pianist on either a Pleyel or an Erard piano from the mid 19th Century. The one I just listened to was the Mazurkas played by the well-know Chopin pianist Fou Ts'ong on a 1849 Erard, and I really liked what I heard: rather wistful but not the least cranky.