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This afternoon, I received a package from Albany Music, which now provides shipping services for Berkshire Record Outlet. Its 5 CDs of music by Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915), which exactly doubles the size of my Taneyev collection. 1. A NAXOS CD featuring Ivan Peshkov, violin, and Olga Solovieva, piano...

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I've always found it interesting how often very important Soviet composers also wrote for film. Do you suppose they were expected to do this by the state for films which had propagandistic value? When composers were on the outs with the Stalinists, film work was often the only work they could get. ...

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Has this student been associated with anti-Semitism in the past? I have seen this quote before, posted by good, decent people as a warning of how evil forces take control of a country.

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On Sunday, 17 JUNE 2018, I listened to 4 CDs. 　 1) CD 24 of the 24 CD set entitled "Gary Graffman: The Complete RCA & Columbia Album Collection." It consists of 18 tracks of music from the Woody Allen film MANHATTAN, all by George Gershwin (1898-1937). The album notes credit Zubin Mehta as the con...

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I remember attending a memorable Chicago Symphony concert where Rozhdestvensky did an all-Prokofiev concert--Chout & Alexander Nevsky with, of course, the magnificent CSO Chorus. One thing unusual about him--he conducted without a podium because he didn't want to be standing over the other musicians...

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On Friday, 15 JUNE 2018, I listened to 2 CDs. 　 1) Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713): Sonate da Chiesa a tre, Op. 3, #s 1-9: |Tr. 1-4. 1 in F Major (6'49) |Tr. 5-8. 2 in D Major (7'58) |Tr. 9-12. 3 in B Flat Major (6'15) |Tr. 13-16. 4 in B Minor (7'43) |Tr. 17-20. 5 in D Minor (6'34) |Tr. 21-24. 6 in ...

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My favorite Bruckners are the Klemperer 4, 5, 6, 7, & 9, but the 8th is horrible. I have another favorite of the Fifth by Furtwangler and the Berlin Philharmonic--a live performance from Sunday, 25 OCT 1942, the date of my birth!

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I loved Bourdain's shows. My favorites were a couple he did in recent years about Colombia, in which he told us of how society and the food scene has changed there since the end of the drug war and the negotiated peace between the government and the cartels.

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About time! But I don't understand our tariff on Canadian dairy products. As far as I know, the only dairy product we get from Canada is Black Diamond Cheddar cheese. Also, put a tariff on Red Oval Farms sesame crackers. The quality of them has declined precipitously since Trudeau took over. They no...

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On Wednesday, 13 JUNE 2018, I listened to one CD. 　 CD 6 of 7 in an RCA set titled "Van Cliburn plays Great Piano Concertos." |Tr. 1-3. L.V. Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano Concerto 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (33'49)--Fritz Reiner, cond., Chicago Symphony Orch., rec. 1963. |Tr. 4-6. Franz Liszt (1811-86): ...

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On Sunday, 10 JUN 2018, I listened to 2 CDs. 1) Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-87): The Four Symphonies |CD 1, Tr. 1-2. Symphony 1 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 18 (1932) (19'30) |Tr. 3-5. Symphony 2 in C Minor, Op. 19 (1934) (25'37) |CD 2, Tr. 1-2. Symphony 3 in B Flat Minor, Op. 22 for orchestra and mixed chorus...

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My favorite Mozart Piano Concerto slow movement is the one from # 17, K. 453. Either Casadesus/Szell or P. Serkin/Schneider. I've never thought about eats to go with it, but now that you mention it, some creamy tomato soup with some milk in it, a few crackers with a sharp cheddar cheese spread, and ...

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On Friday, 8 JUN 2018, I listened to 2 CD. 　 1) Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915): Tr. 1-9. Cantata 2, Op. 36 "At the Reading of a Psalm" (69'01)--Mikhail Pletnev, cond., Russian National Orch., St Petersburg State Academic Capella Choir, Boys Choir of the Glinka Choral College. Lolita Semenina, soprano,...

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My favorite Mahler 9 is the 1938 Bruno Walter Wiener Phil recording. Another favorite is the Karel Ancerl Czech Phil. recording.

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On Wednesday, 6 JUN 2018, I listened to one CD. 　 1) Harold Schiffman (b. 1928): |Tr. 1-4. Symphony 2 "Music for Gyor" (2008) (21'17) |Tr. 5. Ninnerella Variata (Varied Lullaby) (1956) (7'30) |Tr. 6. Variations on "Branchwater" for guitar and orchestra (1987) (13'56) |Tr. 7-13. "Blood Mountain" Su...

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One CD arrived from Amazon today, Tuesday, 5 JUN 2018. An Eloquence CD of Monteux conducting the LSO in the Sibelius 2nd, and Lorin Maazel conduting Wiener Phil. in the Karelia Suite. The Monteux in its LP London Stereo Treasury incarnation was the first Sibelius 2 I ever bought. This is a sentiment...

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Yes. In fact, I just reported on a 10 CD package of GUILD records I just received today from Presto Classical in the UK. It includes a recording of a concert conducted by George Szell in Cologne. Yes, I have found yet another Szell CD not included in the big SONY box. It was recorded 1958. Go see.

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The following GUILD CDs arrived on my doorstep this afternoon, 4 JUN 2018 from Presto Classical in the UK. 　 1) George Szell conducts Cologne RSO in a radio broadcast recording from 1958: |Tr. 1. Boris Blacher (1903-75): Music for Cleveland, Op. 53 (8'43) |Tr. 2-4. W.A. Mozart (1756-91): Piano Con...

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On Sunday, 3 JUN 2018, I listened to 3 CDs. 　 1) Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713): CD 3 of a 10 CD Brilliant Classics set of the complete works. Sonate da Chiesa a tre, Op. 2 (1685) +, #s 9-12: |Tr. 1-3. #9 in F Sharp Minor (6'28) |Tr. 4-7. # 10 in E Major (5'45) |Tr. 8-10. # 11 in E Flat Major (3'27...

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I need to go get myself some more Wagner oper, er, beg your pardon, MUSIC DRAMAS. I got interested enough to take inventory, and found I don't have enough. I have the Kempe Lohengrin, the Furtwangler Tristan, two Tannhausers--Konwitschny (Dresden version), and Solti (Paris version). Also have the So...

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On Saturday, 2 JUNE 2018, I listened to 4 CDs. 　 1) Gordon Getty (b. 1933): Tr. 1-20. The Canterville Ghost, an opera in one act after Oscar Wilde (2015) (62'08)--Matthias Foremny, cond., Gewandhausorchester, Oper Leipzig, Alexandra Hutton, soprano, (Virginia), Jean Broekhuizen, mezzo-soprano (Mrs...

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Now, about half of Americans live alone or with pets only as companions. Instead of deciding that somehow this is wrong and they need to social engineer their audience so they will feel more comfortable, maybe they should accept us as we are and help us be more comfortable with our situation. They c...

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I'm nor sure what that has to do with Roseanne Barr's not being able to resist telling the world what she really thinks, which is plainly racist, has to do with Doay-Rheims, but it take two good old Catholic boys like us to even know about that translation. It is of course the Counter-Reformation a...

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On Wednesday, 30 MAY 2018, I listened to one CD. 　 CD 4 of the 4 CD Brilliant Classics set of orchestral works by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) with Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestre National de l'ORTF, licensed from EMI. |Tr. 1-3. Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre (23'53) |Tr. 4. La plus que le...

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I couldn't get this to play, but let me tell you of one of my favorite Strauss issues, a 2 CD Virgin Classics collection with the sonata. CD 1--9 songs with orchestra. (33'02) Gundula Janowitz, soprano, Richard Stamp, conductor, Academy of London. |Metamorphosen (25'47), same conductor & orchestra. ...

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I am not much of a Bible-quoter, but I think some things in it make such good, rational sense, it is worth quoting them. From my Douay-Rheims version, Matthew 7: 15-20: 15. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16. By their fruits ...

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On Tuesday, 29 MAY 2018, I listened to 3 CDs. 　 1) Arcangelo Corelli (1655-1715): Tr. 1-30. Sonate da Camera a tre, Op. 2, Nos. 1-8 (1685)--Remy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata, violins, Albert Bruggen, cello, Davin van Ooijen, archlute (H. Hasenfuss, 1988, after Sellas), Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord (C...

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On Memorial Day, 2018, I listened to 2 CDs. 　 1) Anton Arensky (1861-1906): |Tr. 1-5. Suite 2. Op. 23 "Silhouettes" (17'17) |Tr. 6-10. Suite 1 in D Minor, Op. 7 (28'58) |Tr. 11-20. Suite 3 "Theme and Variations in C Major," Op. 33 (30'08)--Dmitry Yablonsky, cond., Moscow Symphony Orch.--a NAXOS CD...

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I don't generally think much of Mehta, but his VPO Mahler 2 with Ileana Cotrubus & Christa Ludwig is very good. Not my favorite though. Several come before him in my estimation: 1) Segerstam, Danish NRSO & Choir with Tina Kiburg & Kirsten Dolberg (91'24) (1992) CHANDOS. 2) Kubelik, Bavarian RSO & Ch...

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I really enjoy your posts in this thread, RebLem. Hope you keep it up! I take it that Tahra doesn't name the conductors. As for Elly Ney, she made at least 12 LPs' worth of recordings for the Nürnberg-based label Colosseum in the 1960s; the label and the recordings still exist. Huh? Look at the beg...

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On Sunday, 27 MAY 2018, I listened to 2 CDs. 　 1) Franz Lachner (1803-90): Tr. 1-15. Konig Oedipus, Incidental Music for the Tragedy by Sophocles (1852) (79'23)--Jorg-Peter Weigle, cond., Munich RSO and Bavarian RSO Men's Choir.-- An Audite CD rec. in the Studios of the Bavarian RSO, Munich, 18-24...

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On Friday, 25 MAY 2018, I listened to 3 CDs. 　 1) Richard Strauss (1864-1949): |Tr. 1-6. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (46'51) |Tr. 7. Metamorphosen, An Etude for 23 solos strings (27'53)--Semyon Bychkov, cond., WDR Sinfonie-Orckester, Koln, Kyoko Shikata, violin (Op. 40)--An AVIE CD, rec. JAN 2001 Koln...

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On my doorstep today was a box from Amazon with two issues. 1) a 2 CD hanssler set of the Mozart Piano Concerti 20, 23, 24, & 25 by Ivan Moravec, piano, with Neville Marriner and the ASMF. 2) a 22 CD Warner Classics box of performances conductd by Joseph Keilberth titled "The Telefunken Recordings (...

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My favorite Mahler 10 is the one done by Leonard Slatkin with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra. He doesn't use the Cooke version; he uses a version prepared by Remo Mazzetti, Jr.

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On Thursday, 24 MAY 2018, I listened to 3 CDs. 　 1) P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-93): |Tr. 1-4. Symphony 6 in B MInor, Op. 74 "Pathetique" (43'25)--Willem Mengelberg, cond., Concertgebouw Orch., Amsterdam--a MEMORIES Reverence CD, CD 2 of a 2 CD set of the last two PIT symphonies. This rec. was studio r...

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I ordered 10 CDs myself--a Handel Messiah, a Fritz Busch Beethoven 9th, two CDs of chamber music by Donald Tovey, a Schumann disc of the Symphonies 3 & 4 and the Cello Concerto cond. by Andre Cluytens with Andre Navarra, a CD of chamber music by Schumann and someone called Filas, A CD of George Szel...

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I never thought of Klemperer as a talker - both his person and his performances seemed carved from granite. Permanently serious face. Per Wikipedia, "...after completing the 1939 Los Angeles Philharmonic summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, Klemperer was visiting Boston and was diagnosed with a br...

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I just clicked on Presto Classical on my favorites list, and found out that, among other things,they are having a clearance sale on GUILD records, offering up to 70% off list on some issues. I thought you'd like to know.

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On Tuesday, 22 MAY 2018, I listened to 5 CDs. 　 1) J. Brahms (1833-97): Tr. 1-21. Hungarian Dances (51'47)--Kurt Masur, cond., Gewandhausorchester, Leipzig. Rec. Paul Gerhardt Kirche, Leipzig, SEP 1981. Issued by Australian Eloquence. 　 This release has minimal notes--a list of the dances and the ...

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Just arrived in the mail today, Monday, 21 MAY 2018. A 2 CD set, The Chicago Principal in which first chair CSO soloists play concerti. First off, it has four classical concerti, all conducted by Claudio Abbado--the Haydn Trumpet Concerto with Adolph Herseth, and three Mozart concerti--the oboe conc...

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On Sunday, 20 MAY 2018, I listened to 4 CDs. 1) CD 9 of 10 in a set titled "Carl Schuricht: The Complete DECCA Recordings." P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-93): |Tr. 1. Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (15'09) |Tr. 2. Orchestral Suite 3 in G Major, Op. 55: Tema con variazioni (19'26)--Paris Conservatoire Orchestra,...

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Holden Fourth wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:37 am
One of the most amazing recording Szell ever made is of the Tchaikovsky 4th with the LSO. As it's a Decca recording it's not in the box.

Another is his Dvorak Cello Concerto with Pierre Fournier and the Berlin Phil.

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On Saturday, 19 MAY 2018, I listened to 4 CDs. 　 1) Joachim Raff (1822-82): |Tr. 1-4. Symphony 4 in G Minor, Op. 167 (1871) (33'59) |Tr. 5-8. Symphony 3 in F Major, Op. 153 "Im Walde [In the Forest]" (1869) (45'12)--Hilary Davan Wetton, cond., The Milton Keynes City Orchestra--A helios (an hyperio...

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On Friday, 18 MAY 2018, I listened to 1 CD. 　 1) F. Mendelssohn (1809-47): Tr. 1-4. String Octet [Double String Quartet] in E Flat Major, Op. 20 (1825) (21'45) |Tr. 5. Variations concertantes for cello & piano in D Major, Op. 17 (1829) (9'25) |Tr. 6. Romance sans paroles [Song without words] for c...

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40% of the world's fresh water lies in the Great Lakes. But, in my view, we made a big mistake when we built the St Lawrence Seaway, which has allowed non-native salt water species to invade the Great Lakes and destroy most of the native stocks of fresh water fish. Its a shame.

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Thought you might be interested in the schedule for the 2018 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
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When I first began getting records of my own, the top choices for the Beethoven violin concerto (and later the Brahms) were Grumiaux with van Beinum and Milstein with Steinberg. Since I'd seen van Beinum and the Concertgebouw Orchestra in concert, that's the one I chose for both concertos, and I'm ...

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Balakirev reworked the orchestral part of Chopin's Concerto No. 1, and this was recorded in the 1950s by Friedrich Gulda and Adrian Boult on Decca/London. Haven't heard it, just mentioning it. Thanks for the tip. I have found it on Amazon and put it on my Wants List. One correction: its on DGG, not...

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On Wednesday, 16 MAY 2018, I listened to 1 CD. 　 CD 1 of a 7 CD RCA set titled "Van Cliburn plays Great Piano Concertos." |Tr. 1-3. P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-93): Piano Concerto 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23 (34'36)--Kyrill Kondrashin, cond., RCA Symphony Orch. |Tr. 4-6. F. Chopin (1810-49): Piano Conert...

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Just arrived in the mail yesterday, Tuesday, 15 MAY 2018: The 14 CD DECCA collection of Arthur Grumiaux's Mono recordings. The Grumiaux/Galleira recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto has been my favorite recording of that work from the first time I heard it. But I remember someone in one of the...

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