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Pianist Steven Osborne, on trying to put together a chamber recital containing both Beethoven and Ravel on the programme, said he tried and thinks perhaps there is a way he could not find, but for him Beethoven and Ravel together would have been "horrible " , like " putting chocolate on your steak....

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Patients With Long Covid Face Lingering Worrisome Health Risks, Study Finds Patients who were not sick enough to be hospitalized still had a significantly greater risk of dying within six months than people who were not infected. By Pam Belluck April 22, 2021 Updated 11:58 a.m. ET The health effect...

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As here : https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/media/new-york-post-vaccine-cover/index.html Good grief! Talk about burning the candle at both ends! :mrgreen: Rupert Murdoch has been such a malign influence in the world. I can't wait until the day he draws his last breath. The lesson learned from his pois...

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Thanks, Rach3! Very good Barber, and a fine Brahms Sonata I. Mine the premiere recording of the Barber w/Isaac Stern/Bernstein, also with Joshua Bell in an electrifying live performance here in NY and Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg & Maxim Shostakovich, now sadly deleted. The Brahms Sonatas I recommend ar...

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Poor nations would be particularly hard hit, but few would escape, Swiss Re said. The findings could influence how the industry prices insurance and invests its mammoth portfolios. By Christopher Flavelle April 22, 2021 Updated 10:10 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — Rising temperatures are likely to reduce glo...

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Speaking of thugs: The trial of Brendan Hunt, an avid Trump backer and New York City resident, will be one of the justice system’s first attempts to grapple with the events of Jan. 6. By Nicole Hong April 21, 2021 Two days after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a 37-year-old man living in New York C...

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Heidi Slyker, a Boston area musician, said the disappearance had consequences beyond the mere loss of property. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/04/21/multimedia/21xp-flute/merlin_186737979_b0dc67da-c3e7-4de4-afcb-42e0fd96e0bc-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp Heidi Slyker with the flute that...

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An ethics committee report said that State Representative Rick Roeber physically and sexually abused his children and once drowned puppies in a pond. By Jesus Jiménez April 21, 2021 A Missouri legislator was expelled by the state’s House of Representatives on Wednesday after an investigation by fel...

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The designation for the World War I-era killings would further fray U.S. relations with Turkey, but it is a risk the president appears willing to take to further human rights, officials said. By Lara Jakes April 21, 2021 WASHINGTON — More than a century after the Ottoman Empire’s killing of an esti...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:14 am
For the record, the Quill & Spike Gaslighting Medal is awarded annually for the most hyperlinks to the Rupert Prize winning eponymous zines Quillette and Spiked.

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Tucker Carlson: Derek Chauvin verdict seals devil's bargain between America and BLM They worked to change the outcome of Derek Chauvin’s trial. That’s the one thing we can never allow, no matter how we feel about a specific case. Civilized countries have impartial justice systems. That’s their hall...

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I really don't think she'll get elected by campaigning this way. Just a hunch. Republicans have chosen the absolutely wrong strategy in their failure to recognize how America is moving forward into the future. By embracing the tactics of fear and division, they will ultimately fail and disintegrate ...

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Oh, Belle, really!

What utter rot!

I have no further comment. Not worth my time.

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What a stupid woman. Playing to the crowd, of course. She'd be far more at home among the violent thugs of the Republican Party. And then there's Al Sharpton..... I agree Maxine Waters should have been more judicious in her public statements, gentlemen. However, measure that against 1000 Black & ot...

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Faure's Requiem (Leibowitz) Grieg's Piano Sonata & book one of the Lyric Pieces (Mourao) Entremont's early Epic disc of Chopin, mid-50sRavel's Miroirs (Abbey Simon) Beethoven's Triple Concerto (Stern/Rose/Istomin/Ormandy) Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty excerpts (Howard Mitchell/NSO of DC) Boccherini's...

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Well, it's about time, isn't it?

I'll be checking some of those out very soon.

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On another note, you mentioned Berman's recording of Schubert's B-flat Major, Op. Posth. Sonata -- EMI/Angel issued an LP [S-37495] with Berman years ago. I have yet to see that studio recording come forth in a CD edition. My excellent LP copy, unfortunately, had some groove distortion on side 2. I...

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In one of the most staggering Hong Kong phone cons in recent memory, a 90-year-old woman was swindled over five months. By Tiffany May April 21, 2021 Updated 4:48 a.m. ET HONG KONG — The ominous phone calls began last summer. The callers said they were investigators from mainland China. The wealthy...

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What an unholy mess.

I had no idea that we had troops in Syria, but I'm not surprised that we do. I guess we have forces scattered throughout the region now. That's something I support as utterly necessary.

You learn something new every day.

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As the nation reacts to the guilty verdict a jury handed to Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Republican-led states are introducing punitive new measures governing protests. By Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei April 21, 2021 Updated 1:25 p.m. ET Republican legislators in Oklahoma and...

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This bill, headed to the governor's desk for signing, legally sanctions murder by motorist. Can such a law be legal, or even constitutional? How can America let this happen? The bill would make it misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine for anyone who blocks the use of a pub...

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I had no idea. Such a production should have been canceled, IMHO. In the middle of a pandemic? Yikes! I'm really surprised that they actually attempted this. The opera house said it had spent about €240,000 — nearly $290,000 — on regularly testing employees and guest workers and that around 20 had t...

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I've heard about this, but your posting is the first time I've actually read it. Are we turning into a police state? How many Republican-controlled states are going to follow Oklahoma's example by passing legislation that would make recording police actions on cellphones, or even taking a picture, i...

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Burned out and flush with savings, some workers are quitting stable jobs in search of postpandemic adventure. By Kevin Roose April 21, 2021 Updated 9:24 a.m. ET Something strange is happening to the exhausted, type-A millennial workers of America. After a year spent hunched over their MacBooks, end...

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What happened? I tried the link to the Beethoven, but it didn't work, and there's no link for the Barber.

A senior moment?

Would love to hear these, as the Heifetz/Munch is a benchmark for me in the Beethoven.

Thanks!

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The former president also assailed the Trump-era Republican Party as “isolationist, protectionist,” and expressed concern about the fate of girls in Afghanistan if the Taliban take over. By Glenn Thrush April 20, 2021 Former President George W. Bush stepped back into the political fray on Tuesday w...

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And thanks to SCOTUS , well-funded. From NYT today: " A dozen megadonors and their spouses accounted for about one out of every 13 dollars in federal political donations since 2009 — an effect of the Supreme Court’s loosening of restrictions." Like you, I am not surprised. :mrgreen: America has evo...

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The police in Ohio, who released body camera footage, said the girl had threatened two other girls with a knife before an officer opened fire. By Neil Vigdor and Bryan Pietsch Published April 20, 2021 Updated April 21, 2021, 7:53 a.m. ET A teenage girl who the police say threatened two girls with a...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:43 am

david johnson wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:29 am
I thought Dawkins had already passed away.
Richards has, indeed Richards never was, but Richard is still with us.

Good catch, Joe!

Are repeated typos that get names wrong (remember "Barnaby?") indicators of a possible character flaw?

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:06 pm
The GOP controlled Oklahoma legislature will probably soon pass a bill which effectively prohibits taking videos or photos of police.

America.2021.

OMG.

What can anyone say to that.

Thank you beyond words for posting that article, Rach3.

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Journalism always provides laughs because of the outsize characters. I remember 40 years ago a senior journalist came back from a long liquid lunch at which he had reflected in depth on injustices to himself. He sat down at the typewriter (yes, typewriter), clattered for a moment and rushed into th...

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Two decades back, when I was an assistant in classical at the Bellevue, WA Tower store, I had my share of frustrating dealings for which I got the short end. A youth was sent to me with a complaint about a volume in the Cortot's Great Pianists of the Century on Philips. He had a permanent frown and...

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The attack on our democracy must be investigated to prevent history from repeating itself. By Jesse Wegman Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board. April 20, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Barely 100 days have passed since American democracy came under direct attack on Jan. 6 — a date that should live in...

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Climate change may also explain the apparent paradox behind some of the other places on Earth that haven’t warmed much. For instance, a splotch of water in the North Atlantic has cooled in recent years, and scientists say they suspect that may be because ocean circulation is slowing as a result of ...

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Bret Stephens makes a few very telling points, among them this one: The theory of deterrence relies not just on the balance of forces but also on reserves of credibility. Leaving Afghanistan now does next to nothing to change the former while seriously depleting the latter. We are extending our 50-y...

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:lol: about that cartoon, Joe, thanks! Reading here is always an education for me. Barney, I'm certainly no expert on Australian politics or media, so I'm grateful for your analysis, which immediately lends itself to credibility, unlike Belle's unreferenced and undocumented rant. One thing I try to ...

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I am also among the group who have fear of Covid despite having received the vaccine. I have been fully protected by the Moderna vaccine since early March but have not dropped my guard, due to the spread of variants in Ohio by a group of cretinous Maganderthals who mistake irresponsibility for free...

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What a stupid woman. Playing to the crowd, of course. She'd be far more at home among the violent thugs of the Republican Party. And then there's Al Sharpton..... I agree Maxine Waters should have been more judicious in her public statements, gentlemen. However, measure that against 1000 Black & ot...

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I am at high risk, my immune system pretty much shot. Yet I feel safe at my school due to the rational precautions it has taken. I am also among the group who have fear of Covid despite having received the vaccine. I have been fully protected by the Moderna vaccine since early March but have not dr...

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barney wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:55 am
Well if that anecdote is any guide, the book would indeed be delightful. Sit down in front of that keyboard and get to work.

Second the motion, Belle!

Might be a welcome distraction from all the high blood pressure inducing political confrontations here!

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You both make an interesting point about how young people gravitate toward modern recordings. When I was first discovering classical music (back before the Civil War!), I was seduced by stereo technology and thus, as it was first developing in those years, I kept buying new records in order to satis...

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Good morning, Lance. I, too, revere Schnabel's Schubert. No question. Frankly, I've heard so many performances of Beethoven's Op. 111 (my favorite Beethoven Sonata) that most of them really blur together in my mind. Two that stand out for me at the moment would be live performances by Richter from M...

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lennygoran wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:16 am

maestrob wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:03 am
Sure. That's what I do.
Brian so if you get to see the opera I'd love to get your opinion on the production. Regards, Len

Will do!

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The country is increasingly split into camps that don’t just disagree on policy and politics — they see the other as alien, immoral, a threat. Such political sectarianism is now on the march. By Nate Cohn April 19, 2021 Updated 10:10 a.m. ET American democracy faces many challenges: New limits on v...

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Franz-Schmidt-Villa_FoNo5.jpg/440px-Franz-Schmidt-Villa_FoNo5.jpg Franz Schmidt From the CD set pictured above in my previous review, I opened Franz Schmidt's Second Symphony for a first hearing this morning. Composed 17 years after the Firs...

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I have heard none of these. https://www.wqxr.org/story/latestgreatest-best-albums-march/ The "Clair-Obscure" album is one that I recommend highly. I've been listening to it for about a month now. Thanks for posting that list. I'll be checking them out in the coming days, at least the ones I can hea...

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The sound quality is variable, but never less than OK . and in some cases excellent . You don't have to subscribe to youtube to see any of these . Well, that's great. thanks for that. The "problem" with this site is that my lists become unimaginably large. :D As does my shopping cart on amazon & Pr...

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“No one was driving the vehicle” when the car crashed and burst into flames, killing two men, a constable said. By Bryan Pietsch April 18, 2021 Two men were killed in Texas after a Tesla they were in crashed on Saturday and caught fire with neither of the men behind the wheel, the authorities said....

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Outstanding! I guess you didn't realize that I just posted this in its own thread!

No harm done.

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living in a crowded Manhattan building, I am loathe to compromise my security by installing wi-fi for anything. Brian understand-yes our roku works via wifi. Could you connect a DVD player to the TV and then buy that opera? Regards, Len Sure. That's what I do. :) Our sound system is really good, wi...

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