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March 2, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET By John Vaillant Mr. Vaillant is the author, most recently, of “Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World.” On Thursday, as flames from the Smokehouse Creek Fire raced eastward across the Texas Panhandle for the fourth straight day at speeds faster than a person can ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI--WUwVfZw

Symphony No 1 in A flat Major op 55
by Edward Elgar
1. Andante nobilmente e semplice-Allegro
2. Allegro molto
3. Adagio
4. Lento-Allegro
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
IX.1976

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I'm late to this thread because it took me some time to narrow down the list of composers who never disappoint me. I came up with three: Beethoven Chopin Dvorak Obviously, this doesn't mean that I dislike all the other composers. Bach's Goldberg Variations is one of the greatest works ever written....

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Now that's what I call the way to present an opera. I know there are many critics of the Zeffirelli stagings, but I love them. Lush backgrounds, brilliant period costuming and armies of people treading the boards. Lavish, big-boned, true to the original conception and a pleasure to watch and hear. ...

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Thank you Belle and Ric for telling your stories here. When I had to give up conducting as a career, it nearly cost me my life because the symptoms of my sleep disorder were forcing me to collapse for 7-10 days after each program. The only music I could tolerate was J. S. Bach, Schubert and Mozart p...

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Excellent topic, thanks!

Brahms
Rachmaninoff
Prokofiev
Handel
J. S. Bach (of course!)
Tchaikovsky
Copland (except his experiments in serialism)

Just off the top of my head....

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The fourth Baron Rothschild, he left the family banking dynasty to start his own company, becoming a powerful financier, patron of the arts and philanthropist. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/27/multimedia/26Rothschild--01-cbhw-print2/26Rothschild--01-cbhw-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=web...

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Excellent news! Marian Anderson's day has finally arrived! Much better than naming a hall after a telephone company! Yikes, and for less than $15 million?! The renovated home of our own New York Philharmonic in Lincoln Center gave naming rights to David Geffen for a paltry $100 million by comparison.

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This magical video captures Fou Ts'ong at his best, but there are many other excellent titles on the page below:

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/v ... tion=click

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Feb. 27, 2024 By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist, reporting from Amman, Jordan I’ve spent the past few days traveling from New Delhi to Dubai and Amman, and I have an urgent message to deliver to President Biden and the Israeli people: I am seeing the increasingly rapid erosion of Israel’s stan...

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Ric, you brave soul! Sail on!

May you have a speedy recovery, with lots of listening to Horowitz, Gilels and Richter!

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This is an interesting transition. I will be most interested to see how it works out for Davidsen and hope it does work out. I was very much enamored with Birgit Nilsson in her non-Wagner roles. I'm not so sure this is for me. Contrary to your feelings, Lance, I was not enamored with Nilsson in her...

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Speaking of the latter, he wrote many string quartets and, to my embarrassment, these works I know nothing about. The DSCH string quartets are a tough nut for me, but I enjoy several. Fww,suggest you start with No.8. Second the motion. #8 was arranged for string orchestra by Rudolph Barshai, which ...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:27 pm
David Oistrakh - Bach · Brahms · Tchaikovsky - Violin Concertos · Beethoven - Violin Romances 2017 (DGG)

Magnificent recordings all!

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Excellent! Thank you. I've marveled at Khachaturian's ability in his ballets to go so effortlessly from martial-sounding, chest-thumping, blood-stirring movements into episodes of utter melting beauty. It happens in Gayaneh and, for me, most strikingly in Spartacus. The Adagio of Spartacus and Phry...

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Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and again, the contamination went unnoticed. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/21/multimedia/00FOODSAFETY-pzgj/00FOODSAFETY-pzgj-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp Read the full article here with no paywall: https:...

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Feb. 26, 2024 By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Will technological progress lead to mass unemployment? People have been asking that question for two centuries, and the actual answer has always ended up being no. Technology eliminates some jobs, but it has always generated enough new jobs to offset t...

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Well I DO like the Elgar cello concerto, very much. I think people can be helped to like it, but I don't really see the point. So do I, for whatever that's worth. Also Elgar's symphonies and violin concerto. Sea Pictures is a masterpiece, as are the Enigma Variations, but Dream of Gerontius leaves ...

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Budapest had been the final obstacle to the Nordic country’s joining the alliance, which has been trying to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine. By Andrew Higgins Feb. 26, 2024, 11:03 a.m. ET Hungary’s Parliament voted on Monday to approve Sweden as a new member of NATO, allowing the Nordic coun...

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Twelve-tone and I just don't get along: Schoenberg, Webern, etc., with a few exceptions. Berg's Violin Concerto suits me fine, as does Schoenberg's Piano Concerto in the Ozawa/Peter Serkin recording, but by and large, I'll let history decide to do what it will with most music in what I call the "noi...

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Aram Kachaturian's great ballet Gayane is rarely heard outside of Russia, here in the debut recording of the 1957 version recorded in 1957. Fasten your seatbelts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JlGS1m1PL4 Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978) Gayaneh (1942, version 1957) Ballet in three acts with a prol...

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Feb. 25, 2024, 9:00 a.m. ET By David French Opinion Columnist If you’re alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism, the single worst thing you can do is define it too broadly. If you define it too broadly, then you’re telling millions of ordinary churchgoing citizens that the importation of their ...

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Thanks Steve!

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Sorry to say I've never heard of him! Thanks, Lance. I'll give him a try in coming days.

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Apr 30, 2022 #schubert #classicalmusic #piano
Piano sonata A major D 959 by Franz Schubert performed by Inon Barnatan
MUSIK MERAN
14.11.2021 - Kursaal Meran

00:00 Allegro
16:18 Andantino
24:28 Scherzo. Allegro vivace con Trio
29:18 Rondò. Allegretto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUF03a1VXM

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A pilot program in New York City to give migrant families debit cards to buy food became an easy target for right-wing critics. Here’s a quick explainer. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons Feb. 23, 2024 The idea seemed like a common-sense solution: With thousands of meals intended for migrants uneaten and wast...

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New revelations underscore the degree to which China has ignored, or evaded, U.S. efforts to curb its extensive computer infiltration efforts. By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger Julian E. Barnes reported from Washington and David E. Sanger from Berlin. Feb. 22, 2024 The Chinese hacking tools m...

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Lance wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:57 am
Love the London Mozart Players - have many recordings on Chandos, Hyperion, First Hand ... and love Imogen Cooper. Very interesting to see all the above! What a fabulous program to replicate. Wish I was there for that one.

Hear, hear!

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Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

String Quartet No.1, Op. 41/1
in A minor

I. Introduzione. Andante espressivo 𝅘𝅥𝅮=69 - Allegro 𝅘𝅥.=69 (00:00)
II. Scherzo. Presto - Intermezzo 𝅗𝅥=132 (9:16)
III. Adagio 𝅘𝅥=54 (12:53)
IV. Presto 𝅗𝅥=160 (20:11)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jldDh_3fV8w

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Brian, how would you describe Sabaneev's music or who might it be compared to in his own time frame? Leonid Sabaneev (1881-1968) composed these two Piano Trios just before and then after the Russian revolution and civil war. Agree, I have had this cd a couple years now.Wonderful music, at YT , too,...

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This concert video features my favorite Baroque star singer in repertoire that showcases her divine talent superbly. It is one of our most frequently played opera videos. What's not to love about stirring singing like this? Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxwyQZhBlZw Live recording from Theat...

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Ukraine needs the money. What is Biden waiting for? By The Editorial Board The White House is promising tough new sanctions on Russia after the murder of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but the test of seriousness will be whether President Biden is willing to seize Russia’s sovereign assets and t...

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How Alexander Smirnov managed to convince business partners, law enforcement agencies and politicians he had something of value to offer remains an enigma. By Glenn Thrush and Kenneth P. Vogel Reporting from Washington Feb. 21, 2024 . Alexander Smirnov was, in many ways, the archetype of an informa...

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Feb. 22, 2024 By Rajan Menon Mr. Menon is the director of the grand strategy program at Defense Priorities, an American foreign policy think tank. As the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, it has become a commonplace that time favors President Vladimir Putin. With Ukraine...

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/716j1+yr+HL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg While Catalan maestro Jordi Savall's Beethoven symphony cycle made a very positive impression on these ears, with its crisp and energetic view of these great works, this recording of the great Missa Solemnis seems a rather m...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:46 pm

Febnyc wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:49 pm

Leonid Sabaneev (1881-1968) composed these two Piano Trios just before and then after the Russian revolution and civil war.

Agree, I have had this cd a couple years now.Wonderful music, at YT , too, I believe.

Also on Spotify. Thanks for the suggestion, gentlemen. Rare and wonderful music.

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Die Frau, Fidelio and Moby Dick are good for us right off the bat, probably with a Trovatore and a couple of others.

O my suffering credit card!

$40 million withdrawals from the endowment fund are not chump change, however.

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Shostakovich’s Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, which has never been played by the Philharmonic. How is that possible? Yes, I caught that one also. Utter nonsense, of course. Previn played the first concerto while Bernstein conducted, and Bernstein both played and conducted the s...

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barney wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:38 pm
Brilliant post, thanks Steve. What a resource! I know very few indeed, but will change that over time.

Agreed. Many thanks

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Opinions on my EMI cd of Schwarzkopf with George Szell / Berlin Radio Orchestra? Has the 4 Last and 12 Orchestralieder. By the time ES recorded that disc w/Szell, she could not sing them in public, as has been proven by a live concert from a year or two earlier that was released just recently. The ...

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This is my fave Vier Letzte Lieder. Janowitz. You can hear the richness of Strauss's orchestral texture. Karajan gets the balance just right. These songs are really an extension of his operatic repertoire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bj6VPAHzqI I have Popp in Vier Letzte Lieder but her voice i...

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:17 pm
Magaholics are way ahead of the game. They drink only white wine. Wines of colour, they claim, are made from genetically modified grapes and thus have substandard ABV scores as compared to pure whites.

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This website is chock-full of great performances by Jessye Norman, including Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs. Enjoy! A beautiful interpretation of Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss. American soprano Jessye Norman and Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. The songs ...

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For a glorious decade or two, the drink was lauded as good for the heart. What happened? By Alice Callahan Feb. 17, 2024 In a 1991 segment of “60 Minutes,” the CBS correspondent Morley Safer asked how it could be that the French enjoyed high-fat foods like pâté, butter and triple crème Brie, yet ha...

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Good morning, Len & Sue!

We will be there both for Igor Levit and van Zweden's Mahler "Ressurrection." Believe it or not, this will be my first live hearing of the Mahler. I just hope he does not disappoint!

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In convincing me to outlay many thousands on a hi-fi system back in 2016 (I didn't need much convincing) my dealer told me that sound is 'compressed' on streaming services. However, at my stage in life with hearing loss, this has gradually become less important. Good equipment will consign all qual...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:05 am
Horowitz, 1951 Carnegie recital:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PhD3l8 ... rt_radio=1

Brilliant! Thanks! The Prokofiev and Chopin were particularly outstanding.

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Belle brought up the interesting sub-topic of upgrading our hardware so we can listen to streaming services through our hi-fi systems, making those ephemeral sound waves competitive (almost) with the sound on CDs. I did this two years ago, buying a new computer and Sony receiver with Bluetooth (easy...

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I've heard the "Four Last Songs" and "Twelve Orchestralieder" of Richard Strauss, but today I think my first hearing of the "Six Orchestralieder" . Gorgeous: “ Zes orkestliederen” Richard Strauss Chen Reiss (sopraan), Lahav Shani (Dirigent), Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest,Feb.17,2024,Concertgebou...

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