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Now enjoying CD 2 of this box set.

 

Ensemble Organum. Recorded 1991.
Listening to some monodies from the 12th century.
Discs like this are a form of time travel!

 

For Lance Reddick.

 

I am still slowly going through this box. 1952 recordings in mono. Great sounding CD.

 

Now enjoying this SHM SACD.

 

What a great disc. I don't have the SACD though.

 

I am listening to a major $.99 each find of NM London Bluebacks. Listening to Wagner/Das Rheingold & Die Walkure, excerpts. John Culshaw & The Decca Tree at it's best. An epiphany! The Knoxville honey hole amazed today. WOW!

 

Mozart’s four horn concertos are ear candy. He created so much music that plants itself in my brain.

Thank gawd for Mozart. His 27 pianos concertos.

If one gets bored with popular music, turn to Classical. Any of it. Long pieces of music. It will refresh you.

Lest I forget my favorite Mozart piece ever. The Clarinet Concerto, K622. Sabine is great but plays it a little too fast.

 

Just now finished the new “Turandot” with Kaufman, Radvanovsky, Speyres, Pappano in 96/24 via Qobuz. Jaw dropped, must compare to Mehta/Pavarotti/Sutherland and Leinsdorf on RCA.

 

You want to go all out? Beethoven Symphony #3. Buy a CD or LP if you need to. Really get into it.

 

Just discovered his 9th. I've heard many 9ths and this one stands out. Clear sound, apparently small orchestra, great separation among instruments, savage percussion, odd moments that feel almost structureless (and very modern), detail I've never heard before. I like it because it's different but it's really odd.

 

Casella - first and last major orchestral works on:

Alfredo Casella
Symphony No. 1
Concerto for Strings, Piano, Timpani and Percussion
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia
Naxos, 2010