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barney wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2024 8:05 am
As a matter of fact, I am spending 140 days on the wagon, from March 1 to my birthday in July as an exercise in self-discipline.

I had wondered why prices of Oz wines here had lowered a bit recently !

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Confucius say: " Pray for man who receives that for which he asks." Iowa Capital Dispatch today ( similar in NYT today ): " Bans or severe restrictions on abortion access enacted by Republican state lawmakers have led to a downturn in medical students seeking to practice in those states." Phony,dang...

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The videos were about 300 miles (450km) west of me earlier today , but around 7-8 pm CDT we had one pass about 45 miles (70km) west of me. No damage to us, other than I'll have a lot of smallish tree branches to clean up Wed.am, about 90 minutes of work. Thoughts and prayers for Greenfield. https://...

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barney wrote: ↑
Tue May 21, 2024 7:12 pm
I am pleased to boast that over my career I was given several awards that I did not seek.

Bravo for those awards !

Perhaps you could also take up wine reviewing as I understand wineries would send you their products free of charge !

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What do and don't you like about Agenda 47? I understand your concerns with overreactions by the Left and respect you've given thought to issues. At this point , my biggest overall problem is that Trump does not give a damn about any of his agenda ( if he ever did, many reports of him being complet...

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From AxiosAM today: 1. Values: Members of Gen Z are less than half as likely than Baby Boomers to say patriotism, belief in God or having children are "very important," according to a recent Public Opinion Strategies polling report, "Key Data by Generation." Another Zoomer casualty : Believing Ameri...

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If you missed it last year, 3 of Schubert's finest by one of the finest Schubert pianists in great form: https://auvio.rtbf.be/media/concert-concert-de-13h-3196414 Enregistré le 18 juin 2023 à la salle Angelika Kauffmann de Schwarzenberg Franz Schubert - Sonate No. 15 en Do Majeur, D. 840 ('Reliquie...

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Trump Posts Video Online With Newspaper Headline About ‘Unified Reich’ Former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on Monday afternoon that features images of hypothetical newspaper articles celebrating a 2024 victory for him and referring to “the creation of a unified Reich” under the headline...

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Thanks for this, a fav of mine ,too, although I enjoy even more the Suite No.1. Credit to the Jussens for bringing such enthusiasm to a work they've played MANY times, their usual virtuosity and transparency , avoiding over-pedaling and over-sentimentalism, with some interesting voicings throughout....

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Meanwhile in Virginia per WAPO today: "Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) nixed bills aimed at ensuring access to contraceptives and banning guns from psychiatric hospitals on Friday night, continuing a record-breaking veto run that solidifies his record as a hard-right Republican, The Post’s Laura Vo...

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I was not aware Richter played these works.He does mention a love for Szymanowski in “Notebooks”, a reference I missed, and bemoans not more musicians are advocating the composer even though he feels the general public is becoming more appreciative.In “Notebooks” he does not mention this 1982. I mus...

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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA (The Borowitz Report May 20) The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took “full responsibility” for the piles of men’s clothing that suddenly appeared on the couple’s front lawn Monday morning. Neighbors awoke to an unusual spectacle outside the Alito residence, where an ...

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One of the best disease controls is often bright sunlight. Some of our press will do its best to help keep the rest of the World safe, or at least know what is coming their way, too,despite having to compete against the Murdochs’ money. Have you read Trump's Agenda 47 ? His autocratic GOP cronies’ P...

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Balls and Strikes Newsletter today: Does Anyone Know For Sure Where Sam Alito Was On January 6, 2021? Who among us hasn’t responded to a petty neighborhood squabble by, uh, flying the preferred flag of violent insurrectionists? JAY WILLIS MAY 19 "Against all odds, a Supreme Court that is openly scor...

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Trump's address to the NRA May 18, live video,starts at about 3:26:00 in:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-addres ... 00317.html

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I'm curious about the Kevin Oldham concerto. In 1994, RCA Victor [61979, released, in their 'Catalyst" series] a CD called "Memento Bittersweet," of which there is the world premiere recording of Kevin Oldham's Piano Concerto , Op. 14 [25'38"[ with the Kansas City Symphony conducted by William McGl...

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H-Bomb Gaza says Sen.Lindsay Graham:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video ... to_do.html

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Agreed, great work, as with most all Poulenc, one of my fav composers.I have only one recording of the Cello Sonata, the Queyras/Tharaud you mention. Years ago I asked a knowledgeable French CM fan if the music of Faure best expressed the French " soul " ; he said no, Poulenc because Poulenc had a b...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Sat May 18, 2024 8:11 pm
Same here, but without the Penfold's Grange. (I'm not a drinker, actually.)

" A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her." W. C. Fields

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I cannot believe my first post above was made 15 years ago ! Where did that time go? Amazing that you were able to come back to this and contribute yet more. I still consider Ian Hobson a top-notch pianist though I don't see much coming from his Zephyr label these days. I have an early lp of Hobson...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Sat May 18, 2024 7:45 pm

Thanks to 'Rach3' for recommending this stunning recording, which I've just finished hearing.

Glad you enjoyed it. If I get just one composer on that desert island, it would probably be Brahms. ( And hopefully, also cases of Penfolds ! )

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Sat May 18, 2024 5:53 pm

Belle wrote: ↑
Sat May 18, 2024 4:12 pm

I'm still to find a benchmark recording of the Brahms #3.
Fww, might want to try William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony, mine a Command Classics 35mm lp.

Sorry, forgot the Steinberg link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKNjiSZQ-c4

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Belle wrote: ↑
Sat May 18, 2024 4:12 pm

I'm still to find a benchmark recording of the Brahms #3.

Fww, might want to try William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony, mine a Command Classics 35mm lp.

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For the record (pun intended! 😉 ), Horowitz returned to the Carnegie Hall stage on May 9, 1965. I remember clearly ordering the double LP set from Columbia House as a young teenager. I wore out my first copy, and had to replace it very quickly! I remember learning that Horowitz was a late-sleeper, ...

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Roberto Sierra has also written 17 very brief piano sonatas to date.His piano sonatas seem to be an homage to one of his mentors, Ligeti, although the sonatas not as interesting to me as Ligeti’s piano works. Only two Sierra piano sonatas I can recommend hearing :No.7 for the left hand alone is quit...

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Brahms actually wrote four Piano Trios, and these notes following provide the background. The first Trio is the most beloved and I am not really familiar myself with the much later ones that Brahms composed. Thanks for this.I have a recording by the Beaux Arts Trio of all Brahms' , Op.8 for me the ...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Thu May 16, 2024 7:30 pm
The Cult of the Child is complete.

In my experience, most little boys grow up to be older little boys; most little girls grow up to be women.

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Belle wrote: ↑
Fri May 17, 2024 4:57 pm
They couldn't care less about Trump or the USA in general.

I'm sorry to say, embarrassed to say , they should care.

Fww,I'm a retired lawyer after 43 years at the bar ( including at my local !) , but I'll defer further braggadocio.

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Thanks for this. I just heard so far only Cziffra's arrangement of No. 19 because Horowitz did his own arrangement of 19 on his Columbia lp issued I believe in 1963, his first recording since his " sabbatical", and I wanted to compare. Both pianistically and musically Cziffra plays Horowitz under th...

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A great live performance by a young trio I'd not heard of, Z.E.N. Trio, May 15,2024 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Brahms' Piano Trio No.1,Op.8, and Dvorak's Piano Trio No.3, Op.65, two masterpieces of the genre: https://www.npoklassiek.nl/concerten/ccb3a0ea-e01d-4f40-8197-d63b77ebf845/z-e-n-trio-...

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Justice Alito should resign.What little credibility he had is now gone.Trump plague has fatally infected SCOTUS and justice system in America:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-alit ... 10672.html

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Certainly fooled me, not only appearances but also sound.

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Thanks, great ! No doubt whose is whose.

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And the West Bank remains an issue.NYT today: Last October, an Israeli settler in the West Bank set a Palestinian home on fire. In January, a mob of settlers chased a truck driver and two of his workers, sending all three to the hospital. And last fall, a settler shot a Palestinian in the stomach in...

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The Dictator's official "platform" , for now

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47?u ... stream=top

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If you can’t beat ‘em, deny ‘em:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics ... index.html

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By November, won’t matter to many starving children:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-do ... 53446.html

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My first hearing of the brief “Suite” , and in my experience a very rare live performance of the Symphony No.2 ( along with Nos.5 and 7 my fav of the composer’s, but No.2 not for the faint of heart ! ). Melnikov’s Concerto here is absolutely amazing : revelatory, inspired,sui generis first mov. cade...

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11- year old Mozart's Piano Concerto No.2,K.39, slow movement (!!), Perahia,English Chamber Orchestra,studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgvjzBcu5JU (15 minutes) The original composer of the 2nd movement was another gentleman , but young Mozart greatly improves, especially considering for large...

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Another non sequitur response.

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AxiosAm today: "Racial segregation in U.S. schools has increased dramatically over the last three decades, Axios' Russell Contreras writes from two new reports and federal data. Why it matters: As the U.S. marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling on Friday, Ameri...

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AxiosAm today: Trump leads in five of six swing states in Times/Siena polls out this morning. nic voters," writes Nate Cohn, The Times' chief political analyst. AxiosAm today: Some prominent Democrats think Biden insiders are in denial, and sleepwalking into defeat. Biden's team is convinced Americ...

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I heard him play the Elgar concerto last night, magnificent playing and a fine interpretation. Definitely a player to follow. Indeed, he is about the only violinist who can hold my interest through the Elgar Concerto. Here he is in late March,2024 in Holland live playing the Elgar VC: https://www.n...

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Jan-Peter de Graaff (1992 - ),Concert nr.7, voor luthéal en orkest (World premiere) Hannes Minnaar (piano/luthéal), Karina Canellakis (Dirigent), Radio Filharmonisch Orkest May 11,2024,Concertgebouw,Amsterdam. Interesting, but a one-hear for me. From Radio4 per Google Translate: The Dutch composer w...

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Going against the trends elsewhere :

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ca ... t-2722726/

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Faure,Piano Quintet No.1,Op.89,my first hearing, exquisite, perhaps the finest of his chamber works.Will look for the recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfpvJn0-fX4 Piano: Germaine Thyssens-Valentin Le Quatuor de l'ORTF: Violin I: Jacques Dumont Violin II: Louis Perlemuter Viola: Marc Carles...

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AxiosAm today: Trump leads in five of six swing states in Times/Siena polls out this morning. In a head-to-head race with Trump, Biden squeaks out a lead among likely voters in Michigan. Among registered voters (a looser screen), Biden leads in Wisconsin. Trump leads among likely voters in Wisconsin...

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NYT today: Israel has not offered a plan to govern Gaza after the war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned yesterday that without such a plan, it’s likely Hamas would eventually regain power. U.S. officials said that Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas leader, was not hiding in Rafah, in southern Gaza....

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And a fine cello concerto, too. Indeed. Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7It9-9ji1-k&list=PLH7uKkZ274vVe1ZiYLZLDWqBrs_21X-rN&index=32 As well above is an intense,worth hearing Violin Concerto No.1. Taktakishvili's Symphonies 1 and are big,sweeping,Romantic works, dark-hued at times, colorful a...

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Do not have a favorite, but the single Decca cd Andras Schiff did several years ago I enjoy greatly,about 15 sonatas if I recall,although some complain his playing on the cd is too “romantic.”

Fww, young Frenchman Lucas Debargue has recorded recently several for SONY.Have not heard yet.

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