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Idylle: Andante • 9:11 Scherzo: Prestissimo - Trio (listesso Tempo) • 13:04 Intermezzo: In sanfter Bewegung • 20:44 Tanz: Allegro vivace (etwas derb)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Dis5P7lf4

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Good morning Len & Sue! Well, that was an interesting read but I have one major disagreement with the author. All that nonsense about the abdomen. The voice happens in the throat, first, last and always. I can safely say this after nearly 10 years of vocal studies, including several years of studyin...

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Bedřich Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor 'From My Life', JB 1:105 (1876) Performed by the Stamitz Quartet: with Score Movement One: Allegro vivo appassionato - 0:00 Movement Two: Allegro moderato a la Polka - 8:12 Movement Three: Largo sostenuto - 14:13 Movement Four: Vivace - 23:40 https:/...

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March 8, 2024, 5:02 a.m. ET By Laura Prugh Dr. Prugh is a wildlife biologist at the University of Washington. An hour of the day will be unceremoniously snatched away on Sunday as we “spring forward” to daylight saving time. Polling shows that more than half of Americans want to “ditch the switch” a...

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Thanks! Looks fascinating!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrdGqs2I8o

Franz Welser-Most has made quite a name for himself as a Brucknerian. In this video he conducts Bruckner's most accessible symphony, live in the magnificent Stiftsbasilika in Austria.

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Thanks for those, Steve! We just heard Welser-Most at Carnegie Hall lead Bruckner IX in a magnificent performance, and I'm looking forward to hearing his Mahler as well here. The finale of the first movement was quite emotional for me in the Bruckner. What a fine orchestra!

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Lance, I've been pondering getting this box as well. Of course I've got many of her operas already, and the Songs of the Auvergne, but where to put it on my already groaning shelves? As a collector, I want it for sure and may yet spring for it, yet I must also reserve space for the Ormandy Stereo Le...

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Thank you Lance. What a kind thought!

Grateful to have you here as always. Thanks for all you do to keep us together.

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1mjI1PnkgL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg Francois-Xavier Roth's latest double CD, in spite of glowing reviews elsewhere, is a mixed bag for yours truly. The first disc contains rarely heard orchestral pieces ( La Jeunesse de Hercule, Le Rouet d'omphale) flanked by ...

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March 4, 2024 By David French Opinion Columnist As of Monday, March 4, 2024, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is essentially a dead letter, at least as it applies to candidates for federal office. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that reversed the Colorado Supreme Court’s dec...

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New criteria could lead to a dementia diagnosis on the basis of a simple blood test, even in the absence of obvious symptoms. By Paula Span March 4, 2024 Determining whether someone has Alzheimer’s disease usually requires an extended diagnostic process. A doctor takes a patient’s medical history, ...

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Jorge Bolet was, IMHO, the finest Liszt pianist of his generation. His live performances outshone his studio recordings, and this is but one fine example. This page shows Bolet at his best, with many live performances available. https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=Bolet+Liszt+you...

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/816IiHAlyWL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg Michael Spyres has done it again! What a busy man he is, with new albums popping up with such frequency in between appearances at New York's Metropolitan Opera and other major houses around the world. Here we have obscure ar...

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Agree with you on both counts!

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Lance, I have sung most of what's on your top list in Carnegie Hall and loved every work. The Schubert Mass No. 6 in E flat stays with me as a masterpiece, especially the vocal solos, but the highlight of my younger years as a musician remains the Bach B Minor Mass. Not to mention the Verdi Requiem,...

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I'm listening now on Spotify, and this is a definite buy for me. You will not be disappointed, Lance!

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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:

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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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