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The Diner / Re: Reaction Videos
Last post by Karl Henning - Today at 02:05:33 PM"That's worse than having a dog!"
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Composer Discussion / Re: Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Cast...
Last post by calyptorhynchus - Today at 01:57:19 PMQuote from: Symphonic Addict on April 17, 2024, 04:20:00 PMThis is the sort of releases I'm waiting for (to be released on June 14th):
It's been a long time since Naxos released anything interesting.
I remember about 10 years ago they suddenly hiked the price of downloads from $6 (Australian) to $12, saying they were providing 'better customer experience'. I wrote and asked them exactly how doubling their prices was providing a better customer experience, but they didn't reply.
Funnily enough though since that time they have barely issued anything I want to try anyway.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 01:51:20 PMQuote from: vandermolen on Today at 01:14:13 AMI really like that CD Cesar - especially the moving Bach quotation.
Indeed, a great symphony that should be better known. The final movement is a theme and variations (with fugue and coda) on that Bach quotation, that comes being the chorale 'Komm, süsser Tod, Komm, sel'ge Ruh!'. Dohnányi did something similar with the structure of the last movement of his 1st Symphony, which is another terrific work.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Purchases Today
Last post by ritter - Today at 01:12:34 PMThe result of the inevitable visit to Academy Rrcirds in the Flatiron District of Manhattan...
Neither of these two Verdi operas are among my favourites, but I want to continue exploring Toscanini's operatic legacy (I expect to read the revised Harvey Sachs biography of the conductor soon) and these sets were being offered at a very attractive price and in excellent condition. Plus, they were recorded less than 2 miles uptown from where I bought them...
And some American music:
Pioneering (but not first ever) recordings of Elliott Carter's first two quartets.
I've known Virgil Thomson's and Gertrude Stein's earlier collaboration, Four Saints in Three Acts, for years, and must admit I find it more a curiosity than anything else (as if the ground it broke has since become unfruitful). But this second collaboration has always had me intrigued, so let's see...
Neither of these two Verdi operas are among my favourites, but I want to continue exploring Toscanini's operatic legacy (I expect to read the revised Harvey Sachs biography of the conductor soon) and these sets were being offered at a very attractive price and in excellent condition. Plus, they were recorded less than 2 miles uptown from where I bought them...
And some American music:
Pioneering (but not first ever) recordings of Elliott Carter's first two quartets.
I've known Virgil Thomson's and Gertrude Stein's earlier collaboration, Four Saints in Three Acts, for years, and must admit I find it more a curiosity than anything else (as if the ground it broke has since become unfruitful). But this second collaboration has always had me intrigued, so let's see...
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Linz - Today at 01:02:29 PMBruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Lisztianwagner - Today at 12:53:27 PMWilliam Walton
Symphony No.2
Vladimir Ashkenazy & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No.2
Vladimir Ashkenazy & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Brian - Today at 12:18:34 PMOne of my new coworkers said she is a viola player so it made me think of listening to this great album.
Quote from: Linz on Today at 10:27:48 AMMalcolm Arnold Commonwealth Christmas Overture, Op. 64, Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op. 20, Divertimento No. 2, Op. 24 / Op. 75, Larch Trees, Op. 3, Larch Trees, Op. 3 and The Padstow Lifeboat, Op. 94a (arr. Philip Lane) Michael Collins clarinet Rumon Gamba, BBC PhilharmonicI listened to this yesterday! It is an interesting combination of Arnold's somewhat lighter music (like the Philharmonic Concerto and Clarinet Concerto) and his waaaay lighter music (like the Christmas overture).
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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by DaveF - Today at 12:18:20 PMQuote from: Florestan on Today at 09:00:45 AMThank you very much, sir! Will report back, if and when.My pleasure - so I hope it's "when". Given my Warwickshire origins (many decades ago) I like to think that we have produced the greatest playwright (obviously), the greatest novelist (Eliot) and... well, composers are slightly more of a problem - William Croft, Robert Simpson, Robin Holloway - worthy figures all...
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by SonicMan46 - Today at 12:08:07 PMMozart, WA - Complete String Quartets w/ the Amida Quartett - decided to replace my old Quartetto Italiano set with these much more recent recordings (2014-2021) - reviews have been superb (attached for those interested). Dave 
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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by Florestan - Today at 11:50:47 AMQuote from: vers la flamme on Today at 11:41:24 AMWhat did Barth have to say about Mozart?
Well, God, angels, Bach ——- it's all a few posts above, really.