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I need a distraction from my wall to wall Mozart and this is just a great way to do it, what a lovely set! http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NkKKHfabL._SY355_.jpg Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich - Cello Gennady Rozhdestven...

http://media.mdt.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/8/8/888751207028.jpg Arrived today from MDT. Not available in US until late February, according to Amazon. Gould, teamed with Jean Martinon, was involved with Chicago for only 4 years until Martinon was igno...

http://media.mdt.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/8/8/888751207028.jpg This arrived from MDT in the UK today as I noted in the New Purchases section One of the best discs in the set is the Gould "Spirituals for Orchestra" and the "Copland Dan...

I would not say his Mahler is my choice, but was fascinating to hear him do it. One to avoid... the horrid Handel Water Music Royal Fireworks Music he did in New York. dull dull dull.... did I say dull? Perverse too.

His Cleveland "Le Sacre" is superb.

So glad I got to hear him conduct the Mahler 8th in New York with the Berlin Staatskapelle a few years ago. As much as I love modern music, his mostly left me cold, but some like "…explosante-fixe…" were fascinating. His Mahler was controversial, somewhat analytical and a bit cold, but int...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/932/MI0003932802.jpg?partner=allrovi.com Not just a new recording of Messiah, but a very special one. Superbly conducted by Dutch maestro Peter Dijkstra, this is a Messiah as thrilling, awe inspiring, and beautiful as any you have heard. The amazing B...

Kurt Masur who had been ill for some time died at 88

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....The events of 1916 had a profound impact on the Irish side of my family (Cloney) resulting in many of them coming here to join some cousins and such already in the US. Thus I have always had a fascination with the history and prominent figures of Irish independence... A very fine name indeed. I...

RIP Robert Craft (1923-11/10/15) Stravinsky's assistant and practically adopted son. His role in Stravinsky's life is ever controversial, but he made valuable first stereo recordings of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Varese, Webern and music of the Renaissance such as Gesualdo and Monteverdi. He recorded m...

John Kinsella Symphony # 3 and # 4 O Duinn National SO of Ireland Marco Polo I enjoy these two wonderful, almost Sibelian works. http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/223766.gif If you enjoy that CD Don I can certainly recommend the following for you.... http://ecx.images-amazon.c...