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Today, 20:17

Brahmsianhorn replied to a thread Recordings of Beethoven 8 in Classical Music Discussion

I understand your general point, but I don't think it is an apt comparison. We have ears. We can hear recordings for ourselves. They aren't locked...

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Today, 20:12

calvinpv replied to a thread Your top 10 post-1920 composers in Classical Music Discussion

This is pretty much my list as well, with a few switch-outs. I'd include Scelsi, Radulescu, Varèse, Gorecki, Saariaho, Poppe, Manoury, Reich, van der...

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Today, 20:10

Joachim Raff replied to a thread Recordings of Beethoven 8 in Classical Music Discussion

When you have a protection racket called the BBC, the Great British public will believe anything. After all, BBC would never do anything wrong,...

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Today, 20:04

HenryPenfold replied to a thread The Non-Classical 'I'm Currently Listening To...' Topic in Non-Classical Music

Agree with all of that. Anecdotally speaking, 'Richard Hell & The Voidoids' was my favourite band name (for a while then it was something else).

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Today, 20:03

haziz replied to a thread Current Listening Vol VII in Classical Music Discussion

Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 LSO - Kertesz

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Today, 20:00

HenryPenfold replied to a thread Current Listening Vol VII in Classical Music Discussion

From me he does ....

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Today, 19:59

Merl replied to a thread Recordings of Beethoven 8 in Classical Music Discussion

There was once a consensus of opinion that a certain British TV and radio celebrity was a nice guy. A bit odd but a 'real personality'. He did lots...

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Today, 19:59

Malx replied to a thread Current Listening Vol VII in Classical Music Discussion

Arnold, Symphony No 6 - LSO, Richard Hickox. Does Malcolm Arnold get the credit he deserves as a Symphonist?

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Today, 19:56

SanAntone replied to a thread Current Listening Vol VII in Classical Music Discussion

Morton Feldman : Palais de Mari Ronnie Lynn Patterson Not among the better recordings of this work.

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Today, 19:55

Malx replied to a thread The Non-Classical 'I'm Currently Listening To...' Topic in Non-Classical Music

Television came out of New York at the time everything coming out of CBGB's was getting exposure, essentially a 'new wave' band they, for me at...

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Today, 19:47

Brahmsianhorn replied to a thread Recordings of Beethoven 8 in Classical Music Discussion

If a recording has stood the test of time, there is most often a reason. It is not a conspiracy. There is no such thing as a classical music cabal...

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Today, 19:44

HenryPenfold replied to a thread The Non-Classical 'I'm Currently Listening To...' Topic in Non-Classical Music

I wasn't a trendy pop listener either, but I still heard the album - so that can't be the reason. Must've been something else.

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Today, 19:41

allaroundmusicenthusiast replied to a thread Your top 10 post-1920 composers in Classical Music Discussion

Impossible to pick 10 and I'm sure the ranking order will be totally wrong but thinking fast: 1. Ligeti 2. Messiaen 3. Bartók 4. Webern 5....

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Today, 19:36

Bulldog replied to a thread A Game of Solo Keyboard Miniatures (Qualifying Round Seven of Ten) in Classical Music Discussion Polls

Brahms - Intermezzo in A major, op. 118 no. 2 - 45 Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte - 37 Bach - Fugue no. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849 (from...

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Today, 19:35

Gothos replied to a thread The Non-Classical 'I'm Currently Listening To...' Topic in Non-Classical Music

The Complete Miles Davis/John Coltrane Columbia recordings 1955-1961. Playing Disc 1.

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Today, 19:34

RockyIII replied to a thread Current Listening Vol VII in Classical Music Discussion

Igor Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Symphony of Psalms Symphony in C Rundfunkchor Berlin Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle

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Today, 19:33

ELbowe replied to a thread The Non-Classical 'I'm Currently Listening To...' Topic in Non-Classical Music

Fab old LP …with "Killer Joe"!!! Quincy Jones ‎– Walking In Space Bass – Ray Brown Flute – Hubert Laws Guitar – Eric Gale Piano – Bob James...

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Today, 19:30

HenryPenfold replied to a thread Your top 10 post-1920 composers in Classical Music Discussion

No takers for Penderecki?

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Today, 19:27

Merl replied to a thread Recordings of Beethoven 8 in Classical Music Discussion

Thanks for the kind words, Knorfster, but as you said only some people are better than this. There are plenty out there who won't challenge these...

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Today, 19:21

Azol replied to a poll SOPRANO TOURNAMENT: (Quarterfinal 2): Ponselle vs Boninsegna in Opera

I'd definitely prefer the middle ground somewhere between the two performances :) But I'm not too fond of the excessive chest voice using by...

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Today, 19:21

chu42 replied to a thread Your top 10 post-1920 composers in Classical Music Discussion

1. Ligeti 2. Bartok 3. Stravinsky 4. Ginastera 5. Sibelius 6. Lutoslawski 7. Messiaen 8. Shostakovich 9. Crumb 10. Ives

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Today, 19:18

Aries replied to a thread Your top 10 post-1920 composers in Classical Music Discussion

But what has WWII, Holocaust and Hiroshima to do with music? Only WWII affected most people, but wars happened before. Romanticism arised after the...

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Today, 19:14

TwoFlutesOneTrumpet replied to a thread Your unpopular opinion in Classical Music Discussion

I don't appreciate opera is the more accurate statement. I think it distracts from the pure abstract nature of music when used in opera setting to...

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Today, 19:12

Knorf replied to a thread Recordings of Beethoven 8 in Classical Music Discussion

Emperor's New Clothes? In terms of recordings themselves? I must disagree. The overwhelming majority of recordings old and new but especially...

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Today, 19:11

Helgi replied to a thread Weekly quartet. Just a music lover perspective. in Solo & Chamber Music

I have, and I agree that it's very good. I've had that Soviet Experience collection on various wish lists for months and months, think it's time to...

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Today, 19:08

Merl replied to a thread Weekly quartet. Just a music lover perspective. in Solo & Chamber Music

Yes, and it's miles better than the Danel recording. The Danel cycle is good but I wish the Pacificas had recorded the set. They're so much better in...

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Today, 19:07

MusicSybarite replied to a thread Your top 10 post-1920 composers in Classical Music Discussion

Shostakovich Vaughan Williams Arnold Schnittke Prokofiev Villa-Lobos Martinu Hindemith Strauss Sibelius

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Today, 19:05

hammeredklavier replied to a thread Your unpopular opinion in Classical Music Discussion

Robert Levin Mozart Lecture Part 1: The Slow Movements and The Human Formula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWKbOGMqDVw&t=4m50s "I think what one...

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