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Classical music on CD, vinyl, cassette, etc.
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Trivia: Verese's Ameriques & Arcana
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OK, I've been just looking at the Ask the Expert or something like that section of CSO's site and one of the questions is: how many percussionists does Ameriques require (same for Arcana)? And while you're at it, if you find a really, really detailed instrumentation list for both (5455/8542 etc. does nothing for me),... more »
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OT Who is the Wiser Man
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Doing then thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity Albert Einstein I promise the same economic policies as Bush but I am the candidate of change John McCain Abbedd
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OT Great Quote
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Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilates a governor. Abbedd
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Gerhard Hüsch - Dichterliebe
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New Ambient Stereo FLAC release today: SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe Pristine Audio PACO 025 Gerhard Hüsch with Hanns Udo Müller, piano Recorded 29th and 30th January, 1936, Abbey Road Studios, London Issued as HMV DB. 2940-2942, Matrix Nos. 2EA 3064 - 3069 All first takes except side 1, take 2 Australian HMV pressings from the collection of Mark Obert-Thorn... more »
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Controlling your music
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While the current instance is political, this is actually on topic. The following is from news release about the McCain/Palin campaign using the song "Barracuda" at the Republican convention: Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist notice to the McCain-Palin campaign, according to CNN.... more »
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Bratislava VENI Ensemble
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I've always thought Christian Wolff's music interesting and that of late he's been rather sidelined. A new CD from Slovakian label Hevhetia features his Bratislava, so called as he enjoyed working with the VENI Ensemble so much he named it after their city. For anyone with an ear to cutting edge contemporary this is a great disc, with pieces from the... more »
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Gilels on Naxos Historical
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Some of these items have only appeard on Melodiya LP, and not CD. GILELS, EMIL Early Recordings Vol. 1 1935-1951 works by Rameau, Godowsky, Mozart, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Smetana, Debussy, Ravel. Naxos Historical predicted release date: 29/09/08 EMIL GILELS (1916-1985) Early Recordings Vol. 1 1935-1951... more »
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I don't know what to listen to...
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For the past few weeks, I haven't been able to find much music to listen to. I've reached a point of saturation. That happens from time to time; I take some time off, then come back and re-listen to a lot of the copious music collection I have. But I was thinking about this yesterday, trying to find something "new"... more »
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