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The Diner / Re: Nihilist v Presup
Last post by Daverz - Today at 02:25:11 PM
I highly recommend Gutsick Gibbon:

https://www.youtube.com/@GutsickGibbon/videos

She really knows her homonid evolution, so there's some dense informational videos in addition to the debunks. 

Also, Paulogia, who is just very calm and thoughtful:

https://www.youtube.com/@Paulogia/videos
#12
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by brewski - Today at 02:15:24 PM
Quote from: Daverz on Today at 12:57:08 PMThe recent Collon recording on Ondine is fantastic.  Paavo Järvi with the Cincinatti Orchestra on Telarc is also great.

Thank you! Don't know either of these. And though I am aware of the Järvi, would be eager to hear it after finally hearing the orchestra live, last February. Collon is completely new to me.

-Bruce
#13
The Diner / Re: Nihilist v Presup
Last post by DavidW - Today at 02:04:07 PM
I don't know about those two youtubers but I do like the Genetically Modified Skeptic.  He has a calm manner and doesn't rely on straw manning or other debate tactics.

https://www.youtube.com/@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic

I think that a lot of these debaters are really just trying to score points with their own crowd instead of engage in intellectually honest and open conversations with empathy and an open mind.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Linz - Today at 01:53:13 PM
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" and The Water Goblin, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Dry Brett Kavanaugh - Today at 01:37:32 PM
20th-Century Greek Orchestral Music. Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Zoi Tsokanou.


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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Mapman - Today at 01:31:12 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on Today at 11:20:02 AMNP:

Sibelius
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 4
The Sibelius Academy Quartet

From this OOP set -



@Symphonic Addict mentioned this work in the Sibelius composer thread and it was high-time I revisited it. Lovely work.


I'll join the Sibelius Op. 4 party! It's my first listen to the work, and I like it. The character of the first movement reminds me a bit of Tchaikovsky's 1st symphony.

I have the recording in this later reissue (where Op. 56 was replaced by a later performance by another group):

#17
Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Bach Six Partitas
Last post by Mandryka - Today at 01:19:49 PM
Quote from: Atriod on Today at 12:33:59 PMShould I buy tickets to see Jeremy Denk play all six partitas? Has anyone heard him play them? For some reason I have it in my mind that he takes a sort of homogenous legato heavy take on Bach that could get dull with six partitas in a row.

It's a four hour round trip drive which is another sticking point.

You know he recorded some of them?  I haven't heard it.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Mirror Image - Today at 01:16:07 PM
Now playing Bruckner's 2nd with Hiroshi Wakasugi conducting the NHK SO --- from this set:

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Mirror Image - Today at 01:13:04 PM
Quote from: Linz on Today at 12:19:50 PMBruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Major, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak. New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Takashi Asahina

I recently acquired the Hiroshi Wakasugi set on the Altus label with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. It is excellent, but I'd like to get one of Asahina's sets. I believe he's done three Bruckner cycles in all. Do you know them all or one of them? If yes, which one would you recommend? I need more Bruckner recordings like a need a hole in my head, but he's an incredibly addicting composer for me.
#20
The Diner / Re: Nihilist v Presup
Last post by drogulus - Today at 01:11:04 PM
Quote from: Daverz on Today at 12:40:38 PMUgh, presups make me physically ill. 

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sye_Ten_Bruggencate

     Didn't Sye Ten get into some kind of trouble? I have a vague recollection to that effect.

     Some presups are quite personable, but the cult does seem to appeal to some pretty noxious individuals. It seems to be baked in in some manner.

     GG is a singular creature. She shouldn't exist but does. I'd like to talk to her some time but I'm a little scared of her.
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