What are you listening two?

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Seán wrote:
Recent conversation at home with my wonderful wife:
Seán: "Julie (my sister) was amazed to learn that I have more than two thousand CDs! I thought she knew that."

Wonderful Wife: "More than two thousand? How many have you got?"

Seán (the amadán didn't see it coming) "I have about 2,400."

Wonderful Wife: "You have two-thousand-four-hundred CDs, my God!"

Faeces!

Good job that you did not add in the vinyl count as then you really would be up to your elbows in the brown stuff!!!
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Britten: Cello Suites 1-3 / Mork....


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Music by contemporaries of Leonardo da Vinci. The music in the main is great and the performances on contemporary instruments are wonderful evoking an enthralling sonorous sound world.
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fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:
Recent conversation at home with my wonderful wife:
Seán: "Julie (my sister) was amazed to learn that I have more than two thousand CDs! I thought she knew that."

Wonderful Wife: "More than two thousand? How many have you got?"

Seán (the amadán didn't see it coming) "I have about 2,400."

Wonderful Wife: "You have two-thousand-four-hundred CDs, my God!"

Faeces!

Good job that you did not add in the vinyl count as then you really would be up to your elbows in the brown stuff!!!
If truth be told the vinyl is the elephant in the room, ha, ha!
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Music by contemporaries of Leonardo da Vinci. The music in the main is great and the performances on contemporary instruments are wonderful evoking an enthralling sonorous sound world.
That's another one in the basket.
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fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:I am following in the footsteps of my illustrious mentor, Mister Byrne:
I would not follow me Seán as I have no clew as to where I am going!!!
The blind leading the bewildered! LOL,
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I am bewildered as to why Zelenka's music is not well known. It is wonderful stuff!

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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D
Capriccio No. 2 in G
Capriccio No. 3 in F
Camerata Bern
Alexander van Wijnkoop conducting.

In a word, wonderful! A special mention for Barry Tuckwell's horn playing as it is sublime.
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I first heard the Gloria from Missa Dei Filli on Lyric about two or three years ago. On that occasion it was performed by the Frieburg Baroque Orchestra with Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Marcus Creed and it was exhilarating.

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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Missa Dei Filli
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Christoph Prégardien, Gordon Jones
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Frieder Bernius conducting.

This performance is really beautiful.
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Seán wrote: If truth be told the vinyl is the elephant in the room, ha, ha!
Yes, it is kind of hard to hide!!!
At least the CDs are smaller!!
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Seán wrote:I am bewildered as to why Zelenka's music is not well known. It is wonderful stuff!

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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D
Capriccio No. 2 in G
Capriccio No. 3 in F
Camerata Bern
Alexander van Wijnkoop conducting.

In a word, wonderful! A special mention for Barry Tuckwell's horn playing as it is sublime.
I am a fan of both Zelenka and Tuckwell so that CD has just been added to the List!
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