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

Last post by vandermolen - Today at 11:45:30 PM

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (1920 Version for piano duet)
I own a number of piano transcriptions of orchestral works but this is easily my favourite.

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

Last post by vandermolen - Today at 11:37:23 PM

I merrily downloaded The Snow Maiden and then discovered I already had the CD. Grrr.

Ah well.

I recently ordered a second hand copy of 'The Miklos Rozsa Collection' on Koch and then, almost immediately, found a copy of the CD in my collection! Oh dear. Another one for the charity shop.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Schubert Piano Recordings

Last post by Jo498 - Today at 10:53:32 PM

I didn't know it was even close to complete! I have 1 or 2 Teldec discs with Leonskaja (w/ D 959, I think), the were highly regarded and are very good but I am not sure if it will add that much to what you have. Maybe in the earlier pieces. Leonskaja seems about in the middle of Richter and Lupu, not as extreme as Richter but slowish, grand scale and "Russian" and not quite as lyrical als Lupu. Whatever I mean with that.
I am not such a nut about these sonatas but the discs I heard didn't make me rush to get the rest although they are very good.

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Composer Discussion / Re: Jewish Composers

Last post by Scion7 - Today at 10:10:50 PM

Dutch composer Henriette Bosmans' (1895-1952) mother was a Jew, and due to that her music was banned from performance or broadcasting; during the Nazi occupation she lived off food from friends and was almost arrested at a clandestine performance.  Her mother was not yet shipped off to a camp when the war ended, and both were suffering from malnutrition and extreme exhaustion. She resumed composing in 1948.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Purchases Today

Last post by classicalgeek - Today at 09:40:32 PM

Ordered from Amazon Spain for an absolute steal:

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Purchases Today

Last post by JBS - Today at 07:53:35 PM

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Composer Discussion / Re: Jewish Composers

Last post by Roy Bland - Today at 07:35:40 PM

Yosla Rosemblatt

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Schubert Piano Recordings

Last post by George - Today at 07:23:28 PM

What do folks think of this set?

I already have Schnabel, Kempff, Brendel, Barenboim, Richter, Lupu and Arrau in the sonatas.

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The Diner / Re: What TV series are you cur...

Last post by George - Today at 07:03:36 PM

I have missed this show. Just started watching it again tonight, this time with my girlfriend, who is watchign for the first time. 

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The Diner / Re: What TV series are you cur...

Last post by Karl Henning - Today at 06:44:17 PM

Boris Karloff both hosts and plays in "The Premature Burial" on Thriller. Douglas Heyes, a veteran of the Twilight Zone, adapted Poe's story and directed.