Interesting repertoire Lance, thanks for the alert!
Can't wait to hear it.
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- Fri May 03, 2024 11:41 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Yuja Wang's new "The Vienna Recital" on DGG
- Replies: 3
- Views: 23
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: I am getting requests for new CMGers every day, but ...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 156
- Thu May 02, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Where do we draw the line?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 111
Re: Where do we draw the line?
For me, this partly comes down to the question of whether I am looking for new repertory or new performances of what I already have - it's a bit of a balance. I'm always forever for something new and I hope I always will be, let's hope my hearing lasts! Quite right, sir! I have a listening habit of...
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: I am getting requests for new CMGers every day, but ...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 156
Re: I am getting requests for new CMGers every day, but ...
Lance, I've noticed that we have 1014 "users," yet rarely do we have more than 20 posts per day. I'd say that most of our members have drifted away, and only return occasionally, if at all. Since CMG is such a welcoming, friendly crowd now, I have no explanation for this phenomenon. I have two frien...
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: The Wartime Music of Debussy and Komitas, Still Resonating Today
- Replies: 1
- Views: 65
Re: The Wartime Music of Debussy and Komitas, Still Resonating Today
Fascinating publicity, Len, thanks. I'm glad that Gerstein is getting the attention, and that Komitas is also receiving his due. I must also admit that I had never heard of that composer either.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Rachmaninov works for two pianos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 195
Re: Rachmaninov works for two pianos
Have to tell you, this new DGG "Rachmaninoff for Two" is overpowering. Had had a chance to audition both discs. These two pianists work together superbly, a perfect match for performers. For Rachmaninoffians, this must surely be a must-have release. Sure thing! My copy just arrived. Thanks for the ...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
- Replies: 4710
- Views: 2499152
Re: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71lVa-vLynL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg Haochin Zhang's 2022 youtube video (posted earlier) was obviously the inspiration behind this recording. Here we have Zhang's trademark virtuosity, yet he never sacrifices the poetic element in Liszt harmonic writing. This m...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Boris Berezovsky Plays Liszt Transcendental Etudes: VIDEO 2009
- Replies: 1
- Views: 78
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: In a Communist Stronghold, Capitalists Become an Economic Lifeline
- Replies: 0
- Views: 306
In a Communist Stronghold, Capitalists Become an Economic Lifeline
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/world/americas/cuba-economy-communism-capitalism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE0.3bgx.oNcBIkbfWiZ-&smid=url-share Could Cuba go the way of Vietnam? Free article above. Cuba’s Communist revolution took aim at private businesses, making them largely illegal. Today,...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Mahler Song Cycles: Kindertotenlieder
- Replies: 3
- Views: 109
Re: Mahler Song Cycles: Kindertotenlieder
Goodness, Lance, lots of wonderful material in that list. I've got some catching up to do!
My go to version of the Kindertotenlieder would be Christa Ludwig/HvK, with a very close second from Dame Janet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tBocjEYnc
My go to version of the Kindertotenlieder would be Christa Ludwig/HvK, with a very close second from Dame Janet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tBocjEYnc
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: The human voice: still the most "individual" instrument of all!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 120
Re: The human voice: still the most "individual" instrument of all!
Lance, the golden age of recognizing conductors by their style is long past, at least for me. Growing up, I was happy to follow Stokowski & Toscanini, for example, as they both had distinctive sounds when leading an orchestra. Ormandy and Solti also had a more subtle uniqueness to their concerts and...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:39 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Szell and Cleveland LIVE in 1966, Dvorak Symphony No.8
- Replies: 4
- Views: 149
Re: Szell and Cleveland LIVE in 1966, Dvorak Symphony No.8
Yes, I've just picked up a sampler called 'The Reiner Sound' simply because they're recordings I didn't have. It's all from the 1950s in remarkably good sound and, of course, marvellous performances. RCA really did get the jump on their competition by recording in stereo beginning in 1954. Some glo...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 85
Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction
Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington April 26, 2024 Updated 12:01 p.m. ET Before the Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday on fo...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What Is a ‘Decent Wage’? France’s Michelin Raises a Debate.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 329
What Is a ‘Decent Wage’? France’s Michelin Raises a Debate.
The tire maker vowed to ensure that none of its workers would struggle to make ends meet. By Liz Alderman Liz Alderman, who writes about economic and inequality trends in Europe, reported from Paris. April 26, 2024 Updated 11:00 a.m. ET When the French tire maker Michelin closed its factories durin...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: More Cliburn winner Yunchan Lim
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1180
Re: More Cliburn winner Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim takes on the Beethoven PC # 4 Nov.15,2023 with Munich Phil.,Myung-Whun Chung conductor, Nov.15,2023 in Munich, and he handles the challenges quite well.I especially liked the first mov. cadenza and final mov., but a fine performance throughout belying his age. What message did Chung giv...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: He Paid $13 for $13,000 Cartier Earrings, and Then the Jeweler Noticed
- Replies: 0
- Views: 328
He Paid $13 for $13,000 Cartier Earrings, and Then the Jeweler Noticed
When Rogelio Villarreal bought rose-gold earrings for a price that the luxury retailer said was a mistake, he looked to a Mexican consumer protection law. By Emily Schmall April 26, 2024, 9:03 a.m. ET Rogelio Villarreal knew nothing about the French jeweler Cartier, he said, when an ad popped up on...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 266
Re: I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
Reminiscent of college campuses in the late sixties early seventies. The more disgraced war-monger old-farts like Greg Abbott and Mike Johnson try to quash student protests, the more there will be for them to deal with, like playing Whack-A-Mole. Yes, and imagine what the Dem convention in Chicago ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: A New Pacific Arsenal to Counter China
- Replies: 0
- Views: 323
A New Pacific Arsenal to Counter China
With missiles, submarines and alliances, the Biden administration has built a presence in the region to rein in Beijing’s expansionist goals. Extensive article here with graphics. Long but rewarding read: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/26/us/politics/us-china-military-bases-weapons.htm...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Szell and Cleveland LIVE in 1966, Dvorak Symphony No.8
- Replies: 4
- Views: 149
Szell and Cleveland LIVE in 1966, Dvorak Symphony No.8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlaAxF00a4k
George Szell was a master with Dvorak's late symphonies. Here he is live in 1966 with his Cleveland Orchestra in a performance that was recorded around the time of his well-known commercial recording released on Epic's yellow label.
Enjoy!
George Szell was a master with Dvorak's late symphonies. Here he is live in 1966 with his Cleveland Orchestra in a performance that was recorded around the time of his well-known commercial recording released on Epic's yellow label.
Enjoy!
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Brahms and Dvorak
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3330
Re: Brahms and Dvorak
Vaclav Neumann conducts Czech Philharmonic and Dvorak's Symphony 7. A wonderful work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkVFq1I7sik I grew up with George Szell's inspired readings of Dvorak's final three symphonies. Neumann actually recorded the cycle twice, first in analog stereo and then in digital...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:05 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Marjorie Taylor Greene — so Right she looks Left
- Replies: 4
- Views: 122
Re: Marjorie Taylor Greene — so Right she looks Left
jserraglio wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:06 amYes, but it’s not their spine they found, it’s their Johnson.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Marjorie Taylor Greene — so Right she looks Left
- Replies: 4
- Views: 122
Re: Marjorie Taylor Greene — so Right she looks Left
Can it be that the adults in the room have finally found a spine?
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
- Replies: 4710
- Views: 2499152
Re: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81kfQ83ylqL._SX425_.jpg Katharine Dain's new album has finally brought this great recitalist to my attention. She floats, she soars, in the longest lines possible, injecting her sensitive and profound style into early XXth century songs by Lili Boulanger, Bacewic...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 266
I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
April 23, 2024 By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were giving an in-class presentation on the composer John Cage. His most famous piece is “4'33",” which directs us to listen in silence to surrounding noise for e...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: ‘It Is Desolate’: China’s Glut of Unused Car Factories
- Replies: 0
- Views: 342
‘It Is Desolate’: China’s Glut of Unused Car Factories
Manufacturers like BYD, Tesla and Li Auto are cutting prices to move their electric cars. For gasoline-powered vehicles, the surplus of factories is even worse. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Chongqing, China April 23, 2024 On the outskirts of Chongqing, western China’s largest city, sits a huge ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Supreme Court Has Already Botched the Trump Immunity Case
- Replies: 0
- Views: 342
The Supreme Court Has Already Botched the Trump Immunity Case
April 24, 2024, 5:02 a.m. ET By Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann Ms. Murray and Mr. Weissmann are co-authors of “The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents With Commentary.” The Supreme Court’s decision to hear oral arguments in Donald Trump’s immunity-appeal case on Thursday may appe...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Costco's outdoor eating changes things, $1.50 deal
- Replies: 4
- Views: 226
Re: Costco's outdoor eating changes things, $1.50 deal
How do you police such a deal if it is made exclusive? I should think this would create enormous ill-will for Costco.
Keep things as they are.
Keep things as they are.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The US still the indispensable power
- Replies: 5
- Views: 203
Re: The US still the indispensable power
Excellent analysis, Barney. Thanks for posting. Joe Biden has made an enormous contribution to maintaining the world order, in spite of opposition from Republicans here. The facts speak for themselves. As for paying for it all, well, $100 billion compared to an economy of $26 trillion is surely a sm...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: January 24, 2025
- Replies: 3
- Views: 242
Re: January 24, 2025
Congratulations, Mark! I'm marking our calendar now. Barring foul weather, we'll be there.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor. Cristina Ortiz, Piano.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 107
Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor. Cristina Ortiz, Piano.
Cristina Ortiz (1950 - ) is featured in this piece, part of a 2 record set of the complete works of Mendelssohn for piano and orchestra. As in her previous appearances on this channel, she plays beautifully. The Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart under Moshe Atzmon also provides an excellent performa...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Mendelssohn's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 132
Re: Mendelssohn's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Goodness, Lance, when DO you find the time to listen to all those? :wink: I also love Mendelssohn's piano music, especially his concertos, but have only two recordings, Perahia & Cristina Ortiz. Believe it or not, I love the sparkly in Ortiz's playing: she seems to have downloaded Mendelssohn's spir...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Toscanini live in London,1952
- Replies: 2
- Views: 139
Re: Toscanini live in London,1952
These are indeed old favorites. Toscanini did perform a Brahms cycle with the Philharmonia Orchestra in the summer of 1952. For some strange reason they were marketed for decades on pirate labels and eagerly sought after by yours truly. I picked up a set of CDs in the early 1990s, and have loved the...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Andrew Davis RIP
- Replies: 11
- Views: 269
Re: Andrew Davis RIP
Don't 'tremble'; enjoy every single minute, especially with music. It's our motto for every single day and and it works a treat. New intellectual pursuits, music and great films and lots of fabulous books. The occasional trip thrown in for good measure and after that a few decent friends who are st...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Live: Mravinsky Conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 With the Leningrad Philharmonic 1960 (BBC)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 178
Re: Live: Mravinsky Conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 With the Leningrad Philharmonic 1960 (BBC)
Yes,I grew up with that one on blue label Melodiya LPS. Now I have it as part of his complete cycle issued on cds briefly about 15 years ago.Rach3 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:19 pmKondrashin’s 1961 recording with Moscow Phil. fine,too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FYItK8JS4Q
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:38 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Pianist Severin von Eckardstein's new cd
- Replies: 15
- Views: 933
Re: Pianist Severin von Eckardstein's new cd
An interesting new find with pianist Severin von Eckardstein . His extraordinary realization of the epic Sonata " Ballada" , Op.27 by Nikolai Medtner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Df-0z0EtHA&list=PL_qnZP9dy-CY5MV2TCwRRBkhIyfweU6uu&index=29 (Mov.1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI5fArOtV34 (Mo...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: After Months of Cocaine Washing Ashore, Australian Police Make an Arrest
- Replies: 1
- Views: 114
After Months of Cocaine Washing Ashore, Australian Police Make an Arrest
Drug parcels kept showing up on beaches along Australia’s shoreline. Now, the police say they found the man behind the botched shipment. By Yan Zhuang April 18, 2024 It started with one package, plastic-wrapped and barnacle-encrusted, discovered on a secluded beach in New South Wales, Australia, on...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Andrew Davis RIP
- Replies: 11
- Views: 269
Re: Andrew Davis RIP
I have many of his recordings. Very fine. R. I. P.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Live: Mravinsky Conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 With the Leningrad Philharmonic 1960 (BBC)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 178
Live: Mravinsky Conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 With the Leningrad Philharmonic 1960 (BBC)
A searing performance recorded by the BBC live in concert in London in 1960. Excellent stereo sound. Not to be missed. Mravinsky's best recorded performance by far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GK2NPgHzK0 "Symphony No 8" op.65 by Dmitri Shostakovich I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Adagio II. Al...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: It Introduced Ozempic to the World. Now It Must Remake Itself.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 170
It Introduced Ozempic to the World. Now It Must Remake Itself.
Novo Nordisk’s factories work nonstop turning out Ozempic and Wegovy, its blockbuster weight-loss drugs, but the Danish company has far bigger ambitions. Read full article here with no paywall: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/business/ozempic-novo-nordisk-wegovy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l00....
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: York Bowen Viola Sonatas: (Timothy Ridout & Kevonna Shuford)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 225
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What I listened to today
- Replies: 3164
- Views: 2086084
Re: What I listened to today
Bernard Hermann's "The Planets" I do not own. How does his compare with so many others? Ones I have including Karajan [2] (I thought excellent), Bernstein, Stokowski, various ones with Boult, one conducted by Holst, Levine, Mehta, C. Davis, Steinberg, Sargent, Maazel, Ormandy, Barbirolli (live exce...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Courage to Follow the Evidence on Transgender Care
- Replies: 5
- Views: 267
The Courage to Follow the Evidence on Transgender Care
April 18, 2024 By David Brooks Opinion Columnist Hilary Cass is the kind of hero the world needs today. She has entered one of the most toxic debates in our culture: how the medical community should respond to the growing numbers of young people who seek gender transition through medical treatments,...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My midday late breakfast today at IHOP: a story
- Replies: 6
- Views: 212
Re: My midday late breakfast today at IHOP: a story
Restaurants here in the Big Apple have indeed slowed down considerably due to huge price increases since the pandemic. We used to go out to dinner at a favorite neighborhood haunt for about $110 or a bit more in 2020 several times a month. While that place closed down and never reopened when the pan...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:29 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: NICHOLAS KRISTOF: What Happened to the Joe Biden I Knew?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 152
NICHOLAS KRISTOF: What Happened to the Joe Biden I Knew?
A long read, but well worth the effort. Kristof makes a compelling argument for his POV. FREE at the link below.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/opin ... =url-share
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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: York Bowen Viola Sonatas: (Timothy Ridout & Kevonna Shuford)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 225
York Bowen Viola Sonatas: (Timothy Ridout & Kevonna Shuford)
Sonata No. 1, Op. 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuIgByoZSI York Bowen (1884-1961) contributed several works for Viola, notably 2 sonatas and a Concerto, all dedicated to english violist Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) known as “father of the viola” and revolutionized viola playing as we know it toda...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Véronique Gens: The complete "Chants d'Auvergne: 1st series" (Canteloube)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 241
Re: Véronique Gens: The complete "Chants d'Auvergne: 1st series" (Canteloube)
Indeed, these are wonderful songs - and fortunately there are quite a good number of recordings out. I favor those with Kiri Te Kanawa (Decca), Victoria de los Angeles (EMI/Warner), Veronique Gens (Naxos), Arlene Auger (Virgin), Kate Royal (EMI), Jill Gomez (EMI), Frederica von Stade (Sony or Orfeo...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
- Replies: 4710
- Views: 2499152
Re: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51XaLXLuSpL._SX425_.jpg This rarity by Claudio Abbado and the Boston Symphony Orchestra was recorded by DGG in 1974. I say rarity because it is now only available as a used CD on Amazon, even though it is deservedly graced with a perfect 5-star rating there, and ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Véronique Gens: The complete "Chants d'Auvergne: 1st series" (Canteloube)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 241
Véronique Gens: The complete "Chants d'Auvergne: 1st series" (Canteloube)
97,217 views Apr 3, 2014 Chants d'Auvergne: 1st series (1923-30): I. La pastoura als camps 00:00 II. Baïlèro 02:48 III. L'aio de rotso 08:02 IV. Ound'onoren gorda? 11:07 V. Obal, din lou limouzi 13:41 Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957) -composer Véronique Gens -soprano Jean-Claude Casadesus -conductor L...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Dvořák: Biblical Songs (10), Op. 99
- Replies: 6
- Views: 273
Re: Dvořák: Biblical Songs (10), Op. 99
May I recommend this recital CD that includes the Biblical Songs by the great Czech soprano Gabriela Benackova? Rudolf Firkusny is the pianist, so who could ask for a more authentic team of great artists?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Orchestre Lamoureux
- Replies: 4
- Views: 278
Re: Orchestre Lamoureux
Hi, David.
It should be noted also that Markevitch recorded an outstanding Beethoven cycle in the mid-1950s with the Lamoruex orchestra, almost complete (minus the Fourth).