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You can donate to a college library, especially music schools and you will feel good that young music students will be listening to classical music in the future.

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Mel

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Where is the music? :roll: Regards, Mel :shock: Don't know about the Turner prize, but the CD in your signature is a marvellous bit of music. I listened to it two nights ago. What a great piece the Ravel G major is, and widely played these days. barney, I totally agree, Ms. Wang is sensational in t...

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Where is the music?

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Mel

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Try the awesome Violin Concerto, far too neglected. it is one of the 20th centuries greatest Violin Concertos.

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Mel

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The New York Philharmonic has been playing all of Nielsen's six symphonies in the last few seasons with Alan Gilbert conducting. The audiences were large and enthusiastic. Maybe Nielsen's time has finally come. The greatest of his symphonies are #4 and 5, powerfully original dramatic works that I'm...

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Sir Karl Jenkins is his new title. The knighthood was conferred in June, 2015.

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Mel

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Chalkie, we miss you so much. Please come back here where you belong.

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Mel

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I cannot be the only member of the CMG to receive this box. Right?.....Huh.........

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Mel

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UPS just delivered the huge Handel Edition Box from Brilliant Classics for $19.99. So, I guess that means that Christmas will come early for those of you who have been waiting patiently for this bargain of the decade CD wise. Amazon always delivers!

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Mel

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Amazon just shipped my Handel Brilliant Box September 29th. So, many of you will probably be getting your box soon. Good luck.

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Mel

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The long wait is over. I have a pending bill from my bank for the $19.99 plus tax order from Amazon and the Handel is scheduled to be received by Amazon on Oct 5th or 6th and will be shipped then. :D :D :D :D Regards, Mel 8) P.S. I hope that all who ordered the Brilliant Box will receive this bargai...

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Postponed again, according to Amazon for up to a month and then, either we get it or we do not................. :cry: Regards, Mel 8) P.S. I will be positive, as I always am, and assume we will not be stiffed by Amazon. Brilliant classics will come through, hopefully, and deliver the Handel Boxes fo...

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Len, It is about time for the change. It should have happened a long time ago, my friend.

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Mel

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I have this set and find it to be a very good overall version of the Dvorak Symphonies. It is a convenient way to acquire this repertoire from performers who have it in their blood: juicily idiomatic wind playing, a string sound that sparkles like the Vltava itself. Highly recommended and you get th...

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From Haaretz:

Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim had his hopes dashed August 20th after Iran's Ministry of Culture said he will not be allowed to perform in Tehran, the Iranian news agency Fars reported.

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Mel

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Latest news. Item currently unavailable. I guess someone at Amazon actually looked at the price and realized they would be losing quite a good deal of money on the Handel. Let us hope that those of us who ordered this item will still get this amazing bargain price on the Handel.

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Mel

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The price just dropped to 19.99. Run, don't walk to Amazon, my fellow CMGers.

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Mel

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Congrats, Chalkie.

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Mel

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DG put out an 8-CD collection of Michelangeli in 2006, which claims to have an Emperor conducted by Giulini. The orchestra was the Vienna Symphony and the date given is 1979. Is this a misrepresentation? I would be cross about that. I have the same pianist with the NYPO and Steinberg from 1966; I p...

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John, nice to see LPs back, but the prices are ridiculous. I will stick to CDs.

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Mel

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That cannot be real ... can't be. I'll be that offer will be withdrawn ... someone at Amazon must have made a huge mistake. There's no way this set of 65 CDs could even be made for $21/USD. For the heck of it, I placed an order. Let's see what happens. Lance, Amazon will honor the price. They alway...

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Len, lucky you, my friend. Here is the Overture, for those not familiar with Dame Ethel's music.

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Mel

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Len, thank you my friend for the thumbs up. I have never seen a Cliburn competition program, but, now I will thanks to you, my friend.

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Mel

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March 1,1969-The Met-A day to remember. Check out this cast. Wow!.....and I was there! Wagner-Die Walkure Conductor Herbert von Karajan Brünnhilde Birgit Nilsson Sieglinde Régine Crespin Fricka Josephine Veasey Siegmund Jon Vickers Wotan Theo Adam Hunding Martti Talvela Regards, Mel 8)

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One of the greatest singers of the 20th century has passed. Tribute below. Sadness in my heart.........

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Mel

http://www.roh.org.uk/news/canadian-bor ... ckers-dies

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Len, great news. I love Tchaikovsky's late and underrated operatic gem. Thank you, my friend for the thumbs up.

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Mel

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I love this William Bolcom composition and have for a long time. It makes me so happy that someone loves this charmer, too.

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Mel

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Len, hopefully there will be no DVD/BluRay of the ROH production!

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Mel

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Lance, I saw Ogdon give a beautiful performance of the underrated Ireland Piano Concerto with Antal Dorati conducting the BBC Symphony in Carnegie Hall in the late 1960's. From that time onwards, I have collected a great many of his recordings. He could be great and he could be fallible, but, overal...

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Petrenko also conducted the Berlin Philharmonic once in 2006. He has recorded three CDs worth of Josef Suk for CPO(Asrael, Ripening & A Summer's Tale), so we probably can count on him to not stick to the 'basic works.' Kirill also conducted a much praised live performance of one of my favorite opera...

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Karl Jenkins...really? Not my cup of soup.

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Mel

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Vastly underrated maestro Conlon should have been made Music Director instead of Gilbert years ago. But he wasn't and now he is going far, far away. Sadly, he missed the gold NYP ring and has apparently ruled himself out this time...Italy's gain is America's loss.

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Mel

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The great Ernest Ansermet recorded Honegger's Le Roi David in 1957 and it is still available from Australian Eloquence in a stunning 3 CD set including the Honegger Symphonies #2,3,4 and more Honegger and Frank Martin's 'In Terra Pax'. A fabulous and authoritative trio of discs.

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Mel

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The Skrowaczewski Bruckner set is a super best buy. I have the older Arte Nova box and it is fabulous.

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Mel

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The Berliners will not vote again till next year. Can you believe that?

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Mel

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From the Slipped Disc: The Helsingin Sanomat has been worrying about turning into a one-symphonist state. According to assessments by Kalevi Aho, a living composer, Sibelius accounts for 40% of all Finnish classical music performed in concert halls, home and abroad. So, what else is there? The Sanom...

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Jansons dropped out of the running, so my guess is Thielemann.

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Mel

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I have collected all 28 editions of Gardiner's Bach Cantatas and it is a gem of an achievement. Highly recommended, especially since the big box is significantly cheaper. I have the super bargain box of Rilling, too. A spectacular buy, if you are watching your budget. I have seen the big box on sale...

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Len, thank you for the link. I enjoyed the website and wish I could be in NY to see some of those future productions and also meet with my fellow CMGers at the upcoming CMG meeting, but my bad health sadly will keep me away. Enjoy yourself next season, my friend and have a good time with the CMGers ...

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Do you know which composer this is? -mentally unstable when young, mentally ill, if not mad, as an adult; - predatory around little girls, with contemporary references to raping a number of them; - serial womanizer, also involved in crude homosexual acts; - involved in dangerous cults, he thought o...

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Len, I was wondering what singers you saw in this iconic double bill at the Met? Did those vocalists compensate for the unorthodox staging, my friend?

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Mel

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Holden Fourth wrote:
RebLem wrote:Dear DGG [Deutsche Grammophon]:

I just bought the 8 CD box of the complete Beethoven piano sonate performed by the recently deceased pianist Maurizio Pollini
Since when?

I second your question....!

He's alive....He's alive..... He's alive....

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Mel

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Len, The 'Liebestod' from Wagner's 'Tristan Und Isolde'. Mel you got it-great music coming your way as an award-not only was the Longwood Gardens Orchid Show superb from a plant point of view they play my kind of music! Regards, Len :D lio5cSwQ-R8 http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o7/lensue/IMG_38...

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Len, The 'Liebestod' from Wagner's 'Tristan Und Isolde'.

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Mel

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Len. Poppea would be my first choice. The final duet is one of the great moments in all opera. Go for it, my friend.

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Mel

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I have the 2007 edition and that will do quite nicely. I have read that the sound differences do not warrant tossing the 2007 for this latest ploy by Warners to cash in on the great Callas.

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Mel

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Gala opening night of Mariinsky II. The final scene from 'Iolanta'. If this scene doesn't get your heart racing, you probably hate Tchaikovsky. It has always been a favorite of mine. Please enjoy Gergiev, Netrebko and other great singers..

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Mel

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A wonderful composer. So sad. Listen to his one movement 7th Symphony conducted by Vasily Petrenko and enjoy, my fellow CMGers.

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Mel

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Len, Interesting article my friend. I remember getting free student tickets to the Met from the music department of my school. I had to sit miles away from the stage, but, at least I was at a lighted desk with the score in front of me. Those were the days. Being nice, paid off for me. I saw so many ...

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Here is the official trailer and it looks good:

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Mel

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