Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by bluemooze, Feb 22, 2017.

  1. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    The tale of the low countries!
     
  2. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    @J.A.W. You are brutally honest, unlike most Americans who think too highly of the US national team, which can barely beat Mexico consistently ... :hide:
     
  3. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    Hm, yes, the Dutch/Belgian relationship in football has never been very good, but I don't think it's fair to talk about all the times the Belgian team didn't qualify for any tournament ;)
     
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  4. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    I'm just a realist :)
     
  5. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    We may speak the same language (though not in Southern Belgium, which is francophone), but we've been separate entities for most of the time since medieval times and even more so since 1581, and both cultures are quite different.
     
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  6. Wugged

    Wugged Forum Resident

    Location:
    Warsaw, Poland
    Touche and riposte !
     
  7. Thomas R

    Thomas R Forum Resident

    Location:
    Sweden
    The third symphony is one of great masterpieces of the last century.
     
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  8. Thomas R

    Thomas R Forum Resident

    Location:
    Sweden
    A desert island disc for me.
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  9. ubertrout

    ubertrout Forum Resident

    Location:
    Washington, DC
    Yup, it's on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Tower. The food is fine - I went in with low expectations and they were modestly surpassed. The brunch buffet is expensive but popular, and it gets busy. The draw is the views though - on a clear day you can see about 80 miles in each direction - on really clear days you can even see the other end of Lake Michigan. It's pretty great at night too, with all the lights of city and suburbs receding seemingly endlessly.

    There's also a bar one floor above for overpriced drinks and similar views.
     
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  10. Wugged

    Wugged Forum Resident

    Location:
    Warsaw, Poland
    My wife is a good Polish girl - careful with money………… unlike us carefree Brits who waste money. So the words 'expensive' and 'overpriced' means a no-no for the Family Wugged. Even if the view is over the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon……. :D
     
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  11. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    First listen to new arrival, "John Dowland - I Saw My Lady Weep" performed by Studio Der Fruhen Musik led by Thomas E. Binkley on Archiv Blue.

    Songs & Lachrimae

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  12. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    :righton:
     
  13. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Was Emma the weeping lady? :)
     
  14. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    These guys were early music pioneers and I think this album predates the Consort Of Musicke. :)
     
  15. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Speaking of being spendthrift, few people are worse than average Americans though I am proud of being very different ...
     
  16. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Weren't Emma, Anthony Rooley and Christopher Hogwood all members of the Consort Of Musicke?
     
  17. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    Yes they were. :)
     
  18. ibanez_ax

    ibanez_ax Forum Resident

    CD 5. Elgar: Symphony #1 and Sea Pictures.
    Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
    Daniel Barenboim/LPO

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  19. ubertrout

    ubertrout Forum Resident

    Location:
    Washington, DC
    I have plenty of bargain/cheap recommendations for Chicago as well. In particular the deep-dish pizza places are a meal for 4-6 people for under $30 total (I like Geno's East, Giordano's, and Lou Malanati's). I'm also a fan of Joy Yee Noodles, which is a madcap pan-asian place where the dishes are unlike anywhere else. And of course Italian beef and hot dogs at Portillo's. Hot Doug's used to be my favorite but is closed because the owner got a bit bored, but some of the line workers opened their own place with the owner's blessing which I'm hoping to try when I'm next in town.

    Fun fact - at one point Chicago had more Poles in it than any city except Warsaw.
     
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  20. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    Now listening to "Beethoven Piano Sonatas" performed by John O'Conor on Telarc.

    Sonatas 5, 6, 7 & 12

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  21. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    Now listening to "Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte / Miroirs/ Gaspard de la Nuit" performed by Anna Vinnitskaya on Naive.

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  22. bigstar87

    bigstar87 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Milwaukee
    From the Rufolf Serkin Complete Columbia Album Collection:
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    Very good remastering job for a 70 year old recording! Excellent performance too
     
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  23. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    How about the RCA Dynagroove?

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  24. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    Now listening to "Chopin / Schumann - Etudes" performed by Valentina Lisitsa on Decca.

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  25. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

    Location:
    Nashville,TN
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    Issued 1974. I assume this is a reissue of a recording on some European label, but no credit is given. Scheurich plays a modern Neupert instrument built in 1964 & I really like its sound. Rich, with more variety of tones than I am used to. Probably not HP, but well-recorded.
     
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