I do have the Natalie Dessay - the opera singer (includes lots of DVDs) box. I got it a few months ago but it is still not opened ...
CD from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra box. Vivaldi: Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In A Minor RV 418 Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In A Minor RV 401 Excerpt from Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In A Minor RV 422: 2. Largo Boccherini: String Quintet In E Major G 275: 3. Menuetto. Con Un Poco Di Moto – Trio Concerto For Cello And Orchestra No. 6 In D Major G 479 Concerto For Cello And Orchestra No. 7 In G Major G 480 Mischa Maisky, Cello
Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Cello Vol. 1 (2022. Alpha) Bruno Cocset, cello Maude Gratton, fp AppleMusic Edition Must have played that last movement from No. 1 (above) 5 or 6 times. Hypnotic.
Now playing CD1 - Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3 from the following box for a first listen ... I also have the following much older box by Buchbinder
Apologies if recently discussed, but wondering if anyone might have recommendation for Beethoven’s “Septet in E Flat Major”?
Spinning in the CD player: Khachaturian / Prokofiev / Glazunov – Julia Fischer (4), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg – Russian Violin Concertos PentaTone classics – PTC 5186 059
Yes, but @J.A.W. remark about why there is a 17 century Dutch vessel pictured on the Barriere CD reminded me of the fact that the Dutch had a monopoly on trade with Japan for two centuries from the mid-17th to the mid-19th century. Hence my joke that the vessel may indicate that free shipping is available from Japan for this CD too...
For a period instrument performance, Hausmusik on EMI Reflexe (later reissued on Virgin) is well worth a listen.
Not to mention the Dutch ruled Formosa (present-day Taiwan) for a while and also ruled present-day Indonesia for over a century ...
...and founded New York in the 17th Century and named it New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam - Wikipedia By the way, the Dutch ruled much of what is now Indonesia from the early 17th Century until the mid-20th Century, more than 300 years. As with all colonial rule it isn't looked upon very positively these days, but that does not belong here.
The Dutch history in America is quite well known while its history in Asia is not familiar to many even my late friend who escaped the Nazi occupied Netherlands on the last ship out of the country and eventually settled in the US and even served in the US army did not know about the Formosa history ...
Worcester is one of the closer places to me that has a rich art music scene. Last concert I saw in Worcester was Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Gautier Capuçon
Excellent recording that was great for a second listen ... I almost played the following twofer, which I have listened to only once in spite of it being in my collection for almost two decades. But 2 CD's is a bit long for the mood but @Wugged would have loved this twofer as a huge fan of Lorraine Hunt ...
Now playing: Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 2 - Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini - recorded 1974
Speaking of amazing pianists, I just bought tickets to Daniil Trifonov's recital in San Francisco on November 13th. His program: Children’s Album Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Fantasie in C major Robert Schumann Intermission Fantasia in C minor, K.475 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gaspard de la nuit Maurice Ravel Piano Sonata No.5 Alexander Scriabin
Now playing: Sebastian Fagerlund - Clarinet Concerto; Partita; Isola - Christoffer Sundqvist, Gothenburg SO, Dima Slobodemiouk - recorded 2008