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Jared wrote:^^ you have to hand it to Naxos Fergus, they really do know how to dig out some obscure repertoire!

nice juxtaposition between Early Music and Late Romanticism, today...

It sure is and you can't beat Mahler. ;) It's a pity that von Karajan didn't record the full symphonic cycle.

Seán wrote: It sure is and you can't beat Mahler. ;) It's a pity that von Karajan didn't record the full symphonic cycle.

It is, Sean...

anyway, I'm sure Fergus will be proud that I am squeezing some Bach Motets into this Sunday afternoon...

incidentally, I have now officially freed myself from the 'tyranny' of having a proscriptive, set listening schedule and have decided to simply enjoy my collection as the mood takes me.

Future purchases (which will only come as a consequence of judicial pruning) will be very selective in the future; I am in essence happy with what I own now, and the Amazon wish-list has been erased....

time for a bit of Classical Pot Pourri from Hummel and the London Mozart Players...

Seán wrote:

fergus wrote:I dug this one out from my archives and have just finished listening to....





....lovely music played on what is an unusual solo instrument for Classical music nowadays.

That's an entirely new one on me Fergus, I hadn't realised that there were recordings of trombone concerti available. That does interest me.

It is a very nice CD Seán which has some lovely and very accessible Baroque and Early Classical music on it.
Here is another one with the Trombone that I also have which is also somewhat different....

Jared wrote:.... I'm sure Fergus will be proud that I am squeezing some Bach Motets into this Sunday afternoon...

Indeed I am Jared and I had my own fix of JS Bach Cantatas earlier this morning.
BTW that is a very nice list of works that you have been listening to earlier!

I have obviously been delving into regions of my collection that I have not seen or heard for a long time, some of which were my earliest CD purchases including this lovely disc....

Jared wrote: Future purchases (which will only come as a consequence of judicial pruning) will be very selective in the future; I am in essence happy with what I own now, and the Amazon wish-list has been erased....

I was going to comment that I have heard the threat so often before (from myself included!) that....

Future purchases [] will be very selective in the future

....but you are actually the first one that I have ever heard of Jared that has deleted the Amazon Wish List! You must be very confident in your assertion lad LOL!!!

Jared wrote:.... I have now officially freed myself from the 'tyranny' of having a proscriptive, set listening schedule and have decided to simply enjoy my collection as the mood takes me.

That is an interesting one Jared. I have always operated on a combination of the two approaches which gives me a chance to get through my collection and also leaves room for "Mood Swings".

Jared wrote:

time for a bit of Classical Pot Pourri from Hummel and the London Mozart Players...

Coincidentally I actually have some Hummel on vinyl lined up soon for listening and am looking forward to it.

^^ you and Hummel will get on famously.. although I found his SQs a little dry, he nevertheless had a penchant for writing chamber music for unusual combinations of instruments, sometimes with delicious results...



do try this one for size, some time.