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The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched
Last post by Karl Henning - Today at 03:50:58 PM
Quote from: Karl Henning on April 27, 2024, 08:26:12 AMAll the members of the Fellowship do have motivation.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Purchases Today
Last post by Todd - Today at 03:37:34 PM




A couple freebies from abruckner.com. 

The Toscanini 7th is "completed" by splicing in the missing 27 bars with a 1954 performance from Bruno Walter.

The Karajan is potentially an aircheck from Tokyo in 1973.
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Nyman's minimalism is rather special to me. These three quartets are like a bath of endorphins, and they sound tricky to play.

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A few cuts.
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Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Martin Sieghart, Bruckner Orchester Linz
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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by vers la flamme - Today at 02:37:30 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on Today at 10:52:44 AMThat's a rather bad spoiler! The Moonstone should still be quite entertaining because of the way it is told and the characters. "The Woman in White" might be even better if you like that kind of stuff.

I think the oddest "spoiler" I ever encountered happened to me by reading Fforde's "The Eyre Affair" before ever having read Jane Eyre (I think I had seen a movie but long before, and I am not even sure of that). Not to spoil anyone for either book, I'll say no more (only that the second book of Fforde's series was already so mediocre that I never bothered with any of the others but the Eyre Affair is pretty good, but probably better if one has read Jane Eyre...

Can't wait to read The Woman in White, as well... I'll make sure to read neither introduction, nor back of book, nor anything else before reading the book proper.

One thing I will say about Wilkie Collins, is that his use of multiple narrators is very effective, and seems quite modern. The narrator of the second part is very annoying; I'm almost reminded of the kind of characters that Nabokov has narrate his books  ;D
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The Jazz Lounge / Re: What Jazz are you listenin...
Last post by brewski - Today at 02:34:53 PM
To mark International Jazz Day, watching the All-Star Global Concert live from Tangier. Some of the artists below:

"Led by iconic pianist Herbie Hancock and Musical Director John Beasley (USA), the All-Star Global Concert will feature performances by an international roster of artists from all corners of the globe, including master Gnawa musician Abdellah El Gourd (Morocco). Other confirmed artists include: Claudia Acuña (Chile), Ambrose Akinmusire (USA), Lakecia Benjamin (USA), Richard Bona (Cameroon), Dee Dee Bridgewater (USA), Moreira Chonguiça (Mozambique), Shemekia Copeland (USA), Kurt Elling (USA), Antonio Faraò (Italy), Melody Gardot (USA), Jazzmeia Horn (USA), JK Kim (Republic of Korea), Magnus Lindgren (Sweden), Romero Lubambo (Brazil), Marcus Miller (USA), Yasushi Nakamura (Japan), Tarek Yamani (Lebanon), and many more to be announced."

-Bruce
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Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage, Première année, Suisse

Pianist: Francesco Piemontesi


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The Jazz Lounge / Re: What Jazz are you listenin...
Last post by Karl Henning - Today at 02:22:33 PM
Happy birthday, Duke!

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Dohnányi: Symphony No. 2 in E major

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