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I have the Grumiaux/Haskil - it's a great recording of the LvB VS and is on one of the USBs that I play in my car. I haven't been aware of the supposedly recessed piano so I might go back and listen to see if it's really an issue. One other set recommended to me which I've never heard is Francescatt...

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I like the Richter/Wislocki recording of the Rach #1 but never listen to the Tchaik #1 on the same CD. That honour goes to the Gilels/Reiner. Reiner, at least, knew how to be an accompanist as opposed to HvK who always wanted everything his own way. The HvK recording of the LvB Triple concerto with ...

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I have both, being fortunate enough to own the 142CD box. Of the two I'd go for the 1946 version though both are similar. The '46 is faster in the first movement and the '76 has a feeling of happy introspection about it. Of the two I prefer the '46. Rubinstein and Richter both managed to get a rhyth...

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Belle, I agree about the border closures. We have to proactively learn to live with Covid19 as opposed to being continually reactive. The media in this sense is a disgrace (sorry Barney). Rising infection cases make much better news than (apart from Vic) mortality rates because the latter is ludicro...

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The Electoral College idea has always seemed bizarre to me and the previous election showed this to be a fact. Here in Australia we are overgoverned with four separate levels for a mere 25 million people. The current bickering among the States over Covid19 borders is just one example. Our Premier he...

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I've always had the idea of rating the top performances I own of all 32 of the PS that I own. As well as about 10 full sets, I also have many stand alone recordings. To do this I would have to go back and listen to them all again. There are a number of them that I would probably dismiss after a few ...

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I have finally ripped all the CDs (apart from the dodgy ones) in the 'composers' section of my CD collection. Now I move on to pianists/violinists/conductors/chamber ensembles/etc. I reckon I've already ripped about 40% or maybe more of my collection so I am well ahead of the play. Using FLAC Level ...

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I love his Beethoven-Liszt Symphonies.

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My introduction to Bruckner was a fortunate one - the Bruno Walter recording of the 9th. It was the Scherzo that initially grabbed me and I worked outwards from there. I also have an excellent Giulini recording. Next was the 4th and again I lucked in. Eugen Jochum's recording made it very easy liste...

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Another 20 discs and I'll have completed the 'K's. I agree about the 'S's with all the Schubert and Schumann I own. When I come to instrumentalists the 'Richter' section alone will be a mammoth task. I also own almost all of what Fiorentino recorded. I'll finish up with the smaller box sets, mostly ...

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mikealdren wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:35 pm
Yes it was a lot of work but I started quite a few years ago when I had fewer disks!

Another benefit is that I rediscovered many disks I had forgotten.

Something I'm discovering now.

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Based on your description I've now gotr a clear idea of what you've got and how it connects I go back to work tomorrow so my digital transfers will slow down. One plus is that I've just finished the 'B's. Now while that might not sound like much progress when I consider how much Bach and Beethoven I...

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So how is life in lock down? If this is the 'second wave' we now know how to prevent it. We've gone hardass here in QLD and locked out everybody apart from those who live in the border 'bubble'. If you're from NSW or VIC you aren't getting in! If you're a returning QLDer the only way you're coming i...

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Thank you for asking. The surgery went very well and the healing process has been quite remarkable. I go back to work on Monday with some restrictions for a month that won't really affect my job. I just have to think abut what I am doing with my right hand. I have a set of exercise to try and restor...

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The issue for me Barney is overgovernance and all the issues that go with it. We are unique in Australia in having four levels of governance - Local, State, Federal and the Upper House (Senate). The UK almost three times our population and doesn't have anything that equates to our state govts. It wo...

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Describing the Vic Premier's blunder as spectacular doesn't go far enough - I would say criminal! Vic is a highly unionised state compared to the rest of the country. Combine that with a Labor government that relies heavily on the unions to get elected and the capacity for corruption and coercion is...

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OK, I've struck a problem. When I first plugged in my LaCie HDD it gave me a choice of all Windows, All Mac or a combination. Without really thinking it through I chose all Mac. Now I want to put the AR collection onto an NTFS formatted USB by simpling copying across using a 3.1 USB. FAT32 will only...

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Richter ruined every other pianists interpretations of the Preludes and Etudes for me - even Moisewitsch. I also find it hard to go past his PC #2.

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Brian, the AR box was a must have when it came out as I've always enjoyed Rubinstein's music making. On top of that it cost me less than $AUS140 making it the absolute bargain of all time. Now you've got the Richter Black Box which I would dearly love to have but it was out of my price range. Even n...

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I have approximately 1700 - 1900 CDs sitting on my shelves. A few years ago I decided to rip them to a 1Tb HDD but unfortunately chose the wrong media. As a result my CDs are all encoded in MP3 ranging from 128kbps to 356kbps. It's a mess! The program I used, Audiograbber, wasn't all that great. I c...

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I was involved in coaching gymnastics in my 20s and saw many things that made me eventually decide to walk away from this sport. One of the reasons was what I call the "Toughen up Princess" approach to any gymnast who said that they were hurting or injured. The end result was usually a long term inj...

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I'm a pianist (or at least I was thanks to cubital tunnel syndrome - I have surgery on Wednesday). I am also a Beethoven fanatic. I've played most of the sonatas (probably poorly) but loved trying to perform them. My first exposure to them was a Kempff mono LP of 8/14/23. It inspired me to learn Op ...

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I like quite a lot of what I've heard of Levit's playing of the LvB sonatas but like all sets, there are areas where what he tries doesn't work. The first movement speed in the Waldstein tends to get away from him being one example. I've decided to take the article's author at his word and am sampli...

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Thanks for your concern, Len. Yes, here it is nearly 9am, and I have walked the dogs and had my first coffee, and am now back in the house where I will be staying. It is day one of a six-week lockdown, which is going to be tough on everyone. There's no doubt, as Holden Fourth pointed out, that our ...

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How does Amazon Prime compare with Spotify?

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130,000 deaths vs a population of 337,000,000? That's .04 of a percent which makes Trump's statement accurate regarding mortality rate. Totally harmless is not the best phrase but he's got a point. As a comparison (because I don't know) I wonder what the traffic fatality rate is over the same period...

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I'll be rhetorical here. I asked the question and will also answer it. The initial world response to Covid19 was to run away from it by locking everything down based on quite spurious evidence at the time. I'm sure that this will be borne out in hindsight. The problem is that we can't continue to do...

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... best wishes to all our US CMGers. Thanks.Take care yourself as well, as the virus seems again a problem in Australia, at least Melbourne ? Yes, it is flaring up again. Still only 20 dead in a state of six million and only a few dozen in hospital, and less than 10 in intensive care, so I don't w...

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Great article, thanks for posting Len. I am going to get the Levit cycle. I want the Lewis too, but can't really justify both, and Lewis belongs more to the traditional approach. He has been to Australia many times, and I have a lot of Beethoven (and Schubert)from him, always glorious. Because, as ...

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An important question that hasn't been addressed - mortality rate by demographic with age and comorbidity as a factor. From my perspective, if you were going to totally unlock all the retirement communities then mortality would most probably be a factor. Using my go to data guide - worldometer which...

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I've never heard this piece so here goes.

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I haven't got any modern recordings of the LvB PCs being very happy with the Perahia/Haitink set and individual performances by R Serkin, Gilels, Brendel et al.

I remember Jayson Gillham from his performances in the Chopin competition including a stunning set of Etudes.

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My perspective as an Australian is not to have a cold war with China because that would be pointless. What we need to do is see that we've put nearly all our eggs in one basket and urgently seek new baskets to slowly remove the grip that China has on our economy. It will take time but it is doable w...

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Many happy returns Lance. I hope your birthday celebrations are great and that you have many more of them.

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It's the missing 31%, who the pollsters weren't interested in polling, that caught the Democrats with their pants down. Take these polls with a grain of salt.

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It’s already on Spotify

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One of the most beautiful and moving duets I've ever heard was Elias and Pryce singing the Recordare from Fritz Reiner's very accomplished Verdi Requiem. I'm just about to look it up now on my external HD.

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What we want is China to come clean about their reluctance to share their Covid19 problems with the rest of the world. I heard today that they are going to start the process through the WHO. Given that organisation's current track record we should keep pushing by ourselves. Dodgy conspiracy theories...

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"Two epidemiologists estimated that 90% of U.S. deaths in the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic might have been prevented if social distancing policies had gone into effect March 2, instead of March 16. Estimated??? - pure speculation and probably BS. Have they published peer reviewed facts and f...

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You're missing the point. It's not about Biden for the Right. It's about the media. Media bias and its impact on the political process and perceptions of millions of Americans is up there with the most important issues for us (and again, I suspect it would be for the Left if the media situation wer...

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China is currently a four letter word in Australia. One thing we have been reminded of by this pandemic is the origin of our annual flu season.

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Here in Queensland, we've never really been housebound, only getting as far as what seems to be called level 3 restrictions. Schools are partially open and for those that stay at home we use our learning management system to deliver the curriculum. I've been able to hit balls at the driving range an...

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One set that I dithered about and eventually didn’t get was the Horowitz Carnegie Hall Recitals box. I regret it now.

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The 40-CD set of Cziffra I got in 2008 from Amazon/France for $86/USD, which included postage charges. I have not located that set anywhere else. The 40-CD set of Cortot is around as is the Ciccolini set (the latter still very reasonably priced). I see the second Rubinstein collection is still avai...

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I have that second complete Rubinstein set, in red trimmed with white. I paid $A140 (these days only $US84) to get it from Amazon Germany, from memory. A wise investment, apparently in every way. :D I paid the same price Barney and am very glad to have the set. I think it worked out to less than $1...

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I hadn’t heard of him either which makes three of us so where does the legendary status comefrom?

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Thank you. What a beautiful tone he produces.

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My favourite Hummel recording is by Wynton Marsalis. That said, I would like to hear Tarr's take on it but can't seem to find it online.

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I'm not hibernating and that's not by choice. While Australia has gone into what they call stage 4 lock down, schools remain open and that's not a bad thing when you think about it. A school like ours is a controlled environment. The children have access to all sorts of hygiene regimes (sanitiser, t...

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I'm not hibernating and that's not by choice. While Australia has gone into what they call stage 4 lock down, schools remain open and that's not a bad thing when you think about it. A school like ours is a controlled environment. The children have access to all sorts of hygiene regimes (sanitiser, t...

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