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I thought Immortal Beloved was quite good. The score sounds fantastic on a nice home theatre system. Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a good little film. I was the music director at Tulane's summer camp and I showed all the kiddies Beethoven Lives Upstairs (I don't think Immortal Beloved would have been ...

If you want emotion, try some Rachmaninoff. I'm particularly fond of his second and third piano concertos. Also his second symphony is excellent. You can find suggestions about performers of the concertos on another thread that I remember being started on here recently. For the second symphony, Andr...

Study Concludes Beethoven Died From Lead Poisoning By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 6, 2005; Page A08 By focusing the most powerful X-ray beam in the Western Hemisphere on six of Ludwig van Beethoven's hairs and a few pieces of his skull, scientists have gathered what the...

Yep, I have seen neither of the instances Jeremy mentioned and I still knew it was "O Fortuna". It is always a safe bet, haha.

My top 10 favorite symphonies (in no particular order, because I'm bad at putting things in order like that): Beethoven's Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Symphonies Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony Mendelssohn's Fourth "Italian" Symphony Mozart's Symphony No. 25 Dvorak's Ninth Symphony Prokofiev's First "Class...

Wow!!! Why have I never heard of her before?!

Is she really an opera singer? If so, disregard my post on fat opera singers.

I'm pretty sure that it was Stravinsky who said it. You know what I have to say about that? I'd listen to Vivaldi over Stravinsky any day of the week. Of every composer I can think of, I'd say that, in my opinion, Stravinsky is the most overrated. Don't get me wrong, I do like some of his music, but...

Wilhelm Kempff's is a must listen.

I'd also like to get the Arrau set eventually.

"It isn't over until the fat lady sings."

If opera singers aren't fat anymore than how can this expression still be so popular?!

I agree that it is a stereotype. I just thought that article was pretty interesting. Did you mean that Caruso was ectomorphic? Ectomorphs are generally slim. Endomorphs generally become obese. Mesomorphs become very muscular like I am, j/k. It is very hard to venture away from the somatotype that yo...

From the Los Angeles Times By Diane Haithman IT'S not often that a cliché spawns a professional medical hypothesis — but such is the case with the oft-quoted, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings." In recent weeks, the name of Peter Osin, a consultant at London's Royal Marsden Hospital, has been p...

You're right about the Lord of the Rings soundtracks. They are really good and I think they had a big part to play in the movies' success. You'd probably love Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 K.467. I'm sure you'd like all of the music on "The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World.. Ever" After a...

It is probably "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana" by Orff. That seems to be in everything.

Give the clip a listen on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/wm ... 86-8046431

Dover does NOT stay open on the music rack and you end up slapping the music around and chasing it across the floor. Tiresome - especially when you play fast. Haha!!! I have one volume of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas by Dover and I simply can't use it because it won't stay open on the piano. It is unu...

He was probably just observing their technique!!! You know good technique is very important for a budding pianist.

Oh, I'm horrible...

Bgpinball, I'm trying to find that on their site but I can't find it anywhere. I always have hated the layout of their website! If you can find it again, can you give me an exact link. I'm wondering if they are rereleasing the old set or the newer one which I just bought. You're right, though, about...

Two recordings of Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto that I enjoy although they seem to receive far less attention than those mentioned already are: Santiago Rodriguez/Lake Forest Symphony/Paul Anthony McGrane on Elan Records and Vladimir Feltsman/Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta on Sony. Of...

Try going to www.musipedia.org and enter your tune by using the virtual keyboard. It works fantastic if you can input a sizeable chunk of the melody.

I just ordered "The Compleat Mozart" off of Amazon. Seems like it will be pretty good. I just realized that the liner notes in my new complete set are so skimpy that they don't even include the libretti for the operas. I wonder if any books would contain all of them? I've begun to list my volumes on...

Well, I have been thinking about my situation for a while now. I was thinking that maybe I would keep the complete set with the less detailed liner notes and maybe get a book or two that would contain all of the info in the liner notes. Does anyone know of a book or two that would contain such a wea...

Who do you think chose to play such an American composer heavy program? Was it Simone or the VPO?

Does anyone know how Bernstein's Overture to Candide and Copland's Clarinet Concerto are received in Vienna. Will they help or hinder her in a succesful first woman conductor showing?

Unofortunately Dixon Hall did take some damage as most buildings on our campus flooded. I don't know how the Steinways fared though since they are higher up on the stage. Hopefully Dixon Hall didn't take too much damage though as it is one of my favorite buildings on campus. I have seen so many grea...

Lance, I would never say that Mozart's music is worthless!!! I meant worthless in the monetary sense. Thanks for the advice Corlyss. I don't think I'd try to get a refund from the seller, because there really wasn't any problem with the set as it was advertised or anything. Just the skimpy liner not...

Lance, Your post was MOST helpful and reassuring. It is a sticky situation I have gotten myself into here to be sure. I will take your advice I think and keep both sets for the time being while being on the lookout for my missing volumes. Hopefully I will eventually be able to get back what I paid f...

Ok, so over the past couple years or so, I have been in the proccess of collecting the 45 volumes of the Complete Mozart Edition released by Philips around 1991-1992. To this point, I've got 38 out of 45. The problem I ran into is that some the last 6 were so rare, that I couldn't get them for any l...

Has anyone been able to find a deal like that on the US Amazon store? I looked but couldn't find it.

While we're on the subject, where does everyone look for cheap quality classical CDs.

I have found some great deals on www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com

Graeme,

I believe the tune you are thinking of is from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet. It is the "Monatgues and Capulets" theme. Actually, I'm almost certain of it. Great music!

Next, I'll compare it to his 1987 go around with the Goldberg Variations. Well, a fourth Glenn Gould Goldberg variations recording. But as he died 1982, he surely recorded it either "in absentia" or in anticipation of a grant. You're right premont, I suppose I meant to type 1981. Gould was pretty t...

To Gary, Corlyss and Ralph:

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I can see I'm gonna like it here.

Gary, the campus was beautiful. A lot of those stately oaks were badly damaged. Hopefully they will bring back the campus somehow to its former glory.

Hey, Gary. The real situation is that New Orleans is quite a mess. Many areas are completely wiped out and I don't know when they will ever make a comeback. A lot of entire neighborhoods will probably have to be bulldozed completely. The politicians are all at odds with each other and more and more ...

I have posted an essay I wrote for an English class about the life of Salieri on my blog. I think the readers of this thread may find it intersting.

http://classyclassical.blogspot.com/200 ... ction.html

I'm listening to the 1955 Glenn Gould Goldberg Variations. I've heard sooo much about how legendary the recording is, I figured I better give it a listen.

Sounds pretty good so far. Next, I'll compare it to his 1987 go around with the Goldberg Variations.