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

Last post by Linz - Today at 11:58:09 AM

Smetana Má vlast Karel Ancerl

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

Last post by Todd - Today at 11:41:32 AM

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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 11:37:29 AM

There is a spectrum though.  In high school, teachers usually expose students to short, easier reads like The Great Gatsby and not some gigantic Russian doorstop (at least in the US, it looks like the Ukraine is a different story).

It was in USSR. There are no Russian doorstops in school program in Ukraine anymore.

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

Last post by prémont - Today at 11:35:46 AM

Haha 
They've been converted into two-seater aircraft:

Hard to tell because you can't see the relief of the wings. It could be a variant of the so-called Defiant.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: On-line Stores & Sellers

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 11:08:48 AM

I can't imagine I will ever order from jpc again. They shipped fast to the U.S. by DHL, and the tracking number even told me when the commercial flight carrying my package landed in Los Angeles. But it is well into the third week sitting in U.S. Customs. Exasperating! I should have just ordered from amazon and paid double the price.

Sorry to hear that it's taking so long.  Were any of them gifts?  I've never had problems ordering from European companies before and it sounds like it's an issue with our customs.  It's been a while, but in the past, all have arrived and been delivered quite quickly.  Perhaps a case of not enough workers at the US Customs--at least in the LA area?  If not a gift or needed for research, composing, etc., why not just take a deep breath and listen to what you do have and/or streaming? 

PD

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The Jazz Lounge / Re: What Jazz are you listenin...

Last post by Henk - Today at 10:53:05 AM

Very soulful and full of swing.

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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by DavidW - Today at 10:52:50 AM

I am not against kids reading the classics (I myself read a lot of them as a kid, even if for many of them real understanding came only when re-reading them later in life), I am against kids being forced to read them in school and being graded for that.

There is a spectrum though.  In high school, teachers usually expose students to short, easier reads like The Great Gatsby and not some gigantic Russian doorstop (at least in the US, it looks like the Ukraine is a different story).

[Handel]

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

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

Handel Dixit Dominus Marc Minkowski. Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre

[Hans Werner HenzeSymphony No.2Marek Janowski & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin]

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

Last post by Lisztianwagner - Today at 10:35:37 AM

Continuing with Henze's symphonies, the 1st for chamber orchestra was really compelling:

Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No.2

Marek Janowski & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by T. D. - Today at 10:10:35 AM

Joseph Conrad was published in Romanian translation in the 1960s: Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, Nostromo. He's one of my favorite writers, a truly unique style and a sumptuous use of English, despite him being Polish.

Yes, Conrad wrote beautiful English prose. He and Vladimir Nabokov stand out in that regard for me, despite English not having been their first language.