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06-11-2011, 01:22 PM
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Anne Galowich with Jos Van Immerseel and Anima Eterna play
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Hugo Distler Johann Sebastian Bach For lovers of the harpsichord! Brilliant performance, excellent sonics. I have seen this orchestra a couple of times. Always good. 
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06-11-2011, 11:27 PM
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All of the Turtle records I've heard are really special! 
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06-11-2011, 11:42 PM
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Listening to . . . Mozart Symphonies 29, 31 (Paris), 32, 35 (Haffner) & 36 (Linz)
A Linn SACD Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor 
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06-12-2011, 12:47 AM
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Ahhh...I've got that Linn SACD as well Julian: superb.
Handel's Alessandro for me today - as a special treat I have time for all the 3 CD's. Long weekend in Australia this weekend: Queens Birthday. We celebrate our colonial past by having a day off in honour of Her Majesty the Queen's birthday. Of course her birthday is April 21, but for historical reasons we celebrate it on the second Monday in June. It has been celebrated since 1788 here. The recording I am listening to is this one:   Kuijken & Petite Bande. Marvelous recording. How I like my Handel. Sophie Boulin is wonderful - actually they all are. Recommended.
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Best Wishes, Andy Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Berthold Auerbach Last edited by AndyPandy; 06-12-2011 at 12:51 AM.
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06-12-2011, 06:57 AM
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Andy - thanks for the recommendation and Happy Birthday to the Queen - even two months late.
I'm not familiar with Alessndro, or many other Handel operas either, although Handel is one of my favorite composers, and sad to say, I think I've only listened to Serce and Giulio Cesare. He wrote a lot of operas - What else wonderful have I missed? List of operas by Handel Acis and Galatea (Handel) Admeto Agrippina (opera) Alceste (Handel) Alcina Alessandro (opera) Alessandro Severo Almira Amadigi di Gaula Arianna in Creta Ariodante Arminio Atalanta (opera) Berenice (opera) Deidamia (opera) Ezio (opera) Faramondo Flavio Floridante Florindo Giove in Argo Giulio Cesare Giustino Hercules (Handel) Imeneo Lotario Muzio Scevola Oreste Orlando (opera) Ottone Partenope Il pastor fido (Handel) Poro (opera) Radamisto (Handel) Riccardo Primo Rinaldo (opera) Rodelinda (opera) Rodrigo (opera) Scipione Semele (Handel) Serse Silla (opera) Siroe Sosarme Tamerlano Teseo Theodora (Handel) Tolomeo
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06-12-2011, 06:50 PM
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Gosh - that is ALOT of opera's. I knew he has prodigious output but nothing like that. I be sure to delve a little deeper. Many thanks Julian.
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06-12-2011, 10:25 PM
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This sure as heck isn't classical, It isn't jazz, It isn't pop, but it is THE record that introduced many people of my generation to the tunes we later learned were classical mainstays. Recorded in 1958, it sold many millions of copies of the LP and now the CD (Which is available from Amazon, as are used copies of the LP.)
I really think it was this record that gave me a reason to like classical music. I guess I bought the LP in about 1960, I've been playing it off and on for over 50 years, and still think it is wonderful. Starting with the Favorite Theme from Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. . . I'm Listening To. . . .The Original LP of - Ray Conniff, his Orchestra and Chorus Concert in Rythm 
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06-12-2011, 11:12 PM
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Random Classics: Andre Kostelanetz conducts Opera without Words
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06-13-2011, 12:58 AM
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 Just popping in CD2. Lovely through my 2905's. For fun hooked up my 2A3 SET. Surprisingly good. Well for 2.5 wpc. Ha ha - all good fun. Dynamics aren't there but oh what wonderful tone: probably manage @80db. Well, with a tail wind. More like 70- 75...ha ha. Is the Athalia on the list Julian: couldn't see it. Mind you strictly it is an oratorio. Hunt yourself down a copy of the Alessandro - its a cracker: the one I posted is superb. So is this 2010 Athalia. Paul Goodwin does a fabulous job. The cast is: Athalia - Geraldine McGreevy Josabeth – Nuria Rial Joad – Lawrence Zazzo Joas – Aaron Machler Mathan – Charles Daniels Abner – David Wilson-Johnson Joad 2 – Clemens Heidrich Daniel Moult – orgel Vocalconsort Berlin Kammerorchester Basel Leiter - Paul Goodwin And for sure everyone would have heard these tracks: 28. 1735/VI. Orgelkonzert: I. Allegro 29. II. Andante 30. III. Adagio 31. IV. Allegro
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