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[Florestan]

Is Kruidvat still alive?

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Is Kruidvat still alive?

Alive and kicking Andrei, this shop will not go under!

[Que]

Sorry for the belated answer.

The man.

The music.

Hope it helps.

Oh, gosh.... Another Baroque find!  You know well that I cannot resist this kind of thing...

Sounds wonderful - the violin pieces you linked sound very much in the Italian caprices tradition indeed.

I wil be forward to explore more. Many thanks for helping to further my CDCDCD.

Q

[Florestan]

Joyous and glorious!

[Florestan]

Alive and kicking Andrei, this shop will not go under!

I'm glad to hear that, that's the place where I bought many wonderful Brilliant Classics.

[Florestan]

Oh, gosh.... Another Baroque find!  You know well that I cannot resist this kind of thing...

You cannot and you would not... 

Sounds wonderful - the violin pieces you linked sound very much in the Italian caprices tradition indeed.

Aren't they just superb? 

I wil be forward to explore more. Many thanks for helping to further my CDCDCD.

Anytime, Que, anytime...   

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Christmas fever raging

Vom Himmel hoch, Choral Cantata over Luther's Weinachtslied, by Mendelssohn.

Its nice enough, but it does not impress me very much. But then vocal music from this period is a difficult task for me to listen to. Very few pass my muster. The same forces as Saint Saens, and me having the same problems with it.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this Christmas box (4 CD'S) CD 4.

The Carol Album II, Seven Centuries of Christmas Music.

[Florestan]

Christmas fever raging

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Nice, I am happy you keep playing the music too Andrei. I still have 16 CD'S to go.

[Florestan]

Nice, I am happy you keep playing the music too Andrei. I still have 16 CD'S to go.

May I suggest that next Christmas you listen to them in exact reverse order? 

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

May I suggest that next Christmas you listen to them in exact reverse order? 

Will do!

[Florestan]

This music brought tears in my eyes. So simple, so delicate, so pure yet so powerful. Its spirit is ages and worlds apart from what today passes as "Christmas"...

[Karl Henning]

Reply to the Aimard record:

Last year I saw Aimard play in Eindhoven, Holland
and he played this:

Liszt - La lugubre gondola
Wagner - Album Sonate
Liszt - Nuages gris
Berg - Sonate
Liszt - Unstern! Sinistre, disastro
Skrjabin - Sonate nr 9
Liszt - Sonate in b

Absolutely beautiful, he played very decisive and virtuoso, but sensitive as well, I was amazed to hear him play that well!

What a cool program!

[Karl Henning]

First-Listen Fridays!

Schnittke
Peer Gynt
Prologue; Acts I & II

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[Karl Henning]

First listen to these performances: Shostakovich String Quartets 1, 2 and 3 played by the Emerson Quartet

What do you think, Sarge?

[Sergeant Rock]

What do you think, Sarge?

The extraordinary delicacy of the Emerson's playing in the first two movements of the First was surprising, and surprisingly effective. Loved it. So far I'm quite taken by the performances. I think I'll do one disc per day until the end of the month.

Sarge

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

How lovely to extent Christmas a little longer.

Christmas Carols from Wells & Salisbury.

The Choir of Wells Cathedral, anthony Crossland.
The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral, Richard Seal.

[The new erato]

What a cool program!

My reaction exactly, I was going to post that this was one of the most interesting and intelligently programmed recital programs I've ever seen.

[Karl Henning]

The extraordinary delicacy of the Emerson's playing in the first two movements of the First was surprising, and surprisingly effective. Loved it. So far I'm quite taken by the performances.

Splendid!

I think I'll do one disc per day until the end of the month.

I'll do somewhat the same with the Manderlings, to end the Gala with a flourish.