Your 2013 Listening Pledge

jaybee
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Re: Your 2013 Listening Pledge

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Diapason wrote:Well, I have one John O'Conor Beethoven disc still in the wrapper that I bought during that summer, so after nearly 16 years it might be time to open it!
to bastardise that old nutjob Freud....

"A momentary pleasure, uncertain in its scope, is given up, but only in order to gain an assuredly greater pleasure later"

Methinks you have taken it to new lengths!
Brass Bands are all very well in their place -
outdoors and several miles away....
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Diapason
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My stomach is testament to my not being a 'pleasure delayer' under normal circumstances!
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Diapason wrote:My stomach is testament to my not being a 'pleasure delayer' under normal circumstances!
Very good.
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Re: Your 2013 Listening Pledge

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Jared's 2013 Pledge:

Orchestral:

Weber: Orchestral Works
Smetana: Orchestral Works (other than Ma Vlast!)
Hummel: Piano & other Concertos

Chamber:

Grieg: Complete Chamber Works
Dvorak: String Quartets
Beethoven: String Trios
, Octet, Wind Sextet & Oboe Quintet

Instrumental:

Britten: Cello Suites
Schubert: Piano Sonatas
Chopin: Etudes/ Mazurkas/ Polonaises


Choral:

Britten: War Requiem & other Choral works
Handel: a few more Oratorios
Rossini: Messe Solonnelle/ di Gloria

Vocal & Opera:

Schumann & Brahms: more Lieder explorations
R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier,Capriccio & Electra
Tallis Scholars: Continue to build my library with some of their performances by lesser known composers


OK, the ones in blue are areas with which I'm making headway... and it's still only April!
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My listening pledge updated... as you can see, I've been rather busy!
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Jared wrote:My listening pledge updated... as you can see, I've been rather busy!

Good for you!
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