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Classical Music DiscussionCurrent Listening Vol VIII A new thread for the same subject matter. The previous thread, Current Listening Vol VII, has become another huge file and slow to load. Since this particular thread is the most popular one on the site, we have created this new volume to continue posting. Links to...
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Classical Music DiscussionBack in 2016, we had a wonderful exchange of views on the nature of profundity in the arts. The whole objectivist/subjectivist thang was aired as part of the discussion, as was the linked Understanding versus Appreciating a work. These topics have a life of their own, but I enjoyed this thread...
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Classical Music DiscussionI'm looking for specific examples of recordings on major labels by world-class musicians (ie not the Yale Cellos or something) from about 1965 until now where a performer noticeably plays the wrong note or makes some other blatant mistake - the cellos come in a beat too late or something. Not...
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The Movie Corner: Music for Cinema and TV"Home Alone" is a classic among American comedies, but it had been a long time since I last saw it, so I didn't remember the details. I only knew that there was a beautiful blond child (Kevin) staying home alone and facing two stupid thieves. When, recently, I read that the film got an Oscar...
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Classical Music DiscussionSony to release the complete Dimitri Mitropoulos on CD! Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960) was a Greek conductor who came to America in the 1930s and made many recordings with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Like Wilhelm Furtwangler of Arturo Toscanini...
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