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#31

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 12:15:12 PM

Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Carl Schuricht, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

#32

The Diner / Re: What game are you playing?

Last post by DavidW - Today at 11:44:38 AM

So I finished Mirage. There was a good plot twist at the end and a decent game. I bought it on Black Friday. It was worth it at a deep discount.

I started Hellblade 2, but I've had so many crashes. It is a known issue on their FAQ with the proposal to disable overclocking in the bios... but I don't overclock anything. Whatever, the game is photorealistic, but lacking in gameplay with a much weaker story than the first one and just doesn't have the charm of the first one.

So now I am playing Silent Hill 2 Remake. It is SO GOOD. It is faithful to the original. I'm loving it so far.

#33

The Diner / Re: Non-Classical Music Listen...

Last post by hopefullytrusting - Today at 11:28:07 AM

Discog is so addicting: Aktivist's Aktiviste (French activist rap with Cypress Hill-like flow and scratch)

[Lenny]

#34

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Karl Henning - Today at 11:15:57 AM

Lenny and the Shostakovich Opus 70:

#35

The Diner / Re: Non-Classical Music Listen...

Last post by hopefullytrusting - Today at 11:15:09 AM

Man, the creative arts are crazy: Felix Landau's Days of Pearly Spencer - sounds like Kermit the Frog doing an early 1980s club hit. Lol.

#36

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Purchases Today

Last post by Kalevala - Today at 11:08:45 AM

Big Orfeo sale at JPC, part 2:







I have zero need for any of these performances, but at less than 9€ for 9 discs I couldn't say no.🤪

Somebody went to town! 

K

[Arnold SchönbergMoses und AronHans Rosbaud & NDR Sinfonieorchester und Chor]

#37

Opera and Vocal / Re: What Opera Are You Listeni...

Last post by Lisztianwagner - Today at 11:03:09 AM

Arnold Schönberg
Moses und Aron

Hans Rosbaud & NDR Sinfonieorchester und Chor

#38

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases

Last post by Brian - Today at 10:43:10 AM

There is a new Martha Argerich EMI/Warner "complete" box coming but it is just a repackaging of the two previous Argerich EMI/Warner boxes with the studio recordings and the Lugano recordings.

[Grieg - Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.13]

#39

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Brian - Today at 10:41:27 AM

Grieg - Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.13
Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Levin

I first met this enlivening piece many years ago when playing a so-so but atmospheric computer game, Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring. The soundtrack had original music therein but also incorporated some movements from Grieg, Schumann, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky chamber pieces. Scouring beautifully detailed Victorian rooms (sometimes allegro animato as in the sonata's finale) in the company of such composers engendered said salon atmosphere.

I first encountered a lot of classical music through computer games as diverse as Europa Universalis and RollerCoaster Tycoon.

#40

The Diner / Re: Lesser cuts

Last post by Brian - Today at 10:26:12 AM

The obvious Beatles answer to me is "Run for Your Life."