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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Roasted Swan - Today at 11:19:33 PM
Quote from: steve ridgway on Today at 08:56:11 PMRachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances



These Litton/RPO/Rachmaninov are very fine indeed - and almost never considered/mentioned when discussing the various sets and cycles.  But the same is true about Litton's Tchaikovsky in Bournemouth as well -really very good indeed.  FYI - in Rach. Symphony 1 Litton is one of the very few conductors to use all the percussion that Rachmaninov wrote for - it certainly changes the character ofsome passages.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Que - Today at 10:58:38 PM


Starting with this set. Tomadin uses a string of Italian organ - historical and reconstructions. Which is no problem with early Southern German organ music, that is heavily influenced by the Italian style. Hassler studied in Venice together with Giovanni Gabrieli with the latter's uncle Andrea Gabrieli.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Que - Today at 10:52:16 PM
Quote from: DavidW on Today at 05:19:59 PMInspired to listen... this is such a great performance!



Oh yes!  :)  I might like it even better than the remake that was also issued on EMI. (Let's forget the Teldec/Warner.)

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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by Bachtoven - Today at 09:32:12 PM
This is a very disturbing novel. It's about a single mother who is a teacher and is also the narrator. Her son is grievously wounded during a shooting at the school where she teaches. (Numerous children were killed, but we don't know how many yet--I've read only about 40 pages). It seems as if it's going to be a revenge story. Rickstad's writing is absolutely visceral at times, which greatly intensifies the horror. Big fans of the 2nd Amendment should probably give this a hard pass.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by steve ridgway - Today at 09:29:50 PM
La Traquet Rieur

Bird songs by God, arranged by O. Messiaen ;) .

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by steve ridgway - Today at 08:56:11 PM
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

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The Diner / Re: Cato's Grammar Grumble
Last post by steve ridgway - Today at 08:49:41 PM
Quote from: Cato on Today at 12:45:41 PMOh my!  Imagines the great difference between  crudités and crudities  8)  !

I think in France they have those crudities in a whore's duvet ;) .

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 08:41:11 PM
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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 08:15:37 PM
Quote from: San Antone on Today at 05:39:37 AMNative Wisdom for White Minds: Daily Reflections Inspired by the Native Peoples of the World - Anne Wilson Schaef



You don't have to be white to have a white mind.

What is a white mind? As Anne Wilson Schaef learned during her travels throughout the world among Native Peoples, anyone raised in modern Western society or by Western culture can have a white mind. White minds are trapped in a closed system of thinking that sees life in black and white, either/or terms; they are hierarchical and mechanistic; they see nature as a force to be tamed and people as objects to be controlled with no regard for the future.

This worldview is not shared by most Native Peoples, and in this provocative book, Anne Wilson Schaef shares the richness poured out to her by Native Americans, Aborigines, Africans, Maoris, and others. In the words of Native Peoples themselves, we come to understand Native ideas about our earth, spirituality, family, work, loneliness, and change. For in every area of our lives we have the capacity to transcend our white minds--we simply need to listen with open hearts and open minds to other voices, other perceptions, other cultures.

Anne Wilson Schaef often heard Elders from a wide variety of Native Peoples say, "Our legends tell us that a time will come when our wisdom and way of living will be necessary to save the planet, and that time is now." Anyone ready to move from feeling separate to a profound sense of connectedness, from the personal to the global, will find the path in this mind-expanding, deeply spiritual book. (Goodreads)

In other words, to liberate the mind from the dogmas of Christianity, the belief in free will, the illusion of progress, etc.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 07:56:24 PM
Op. 106

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