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Muniini K. Mulera

Muniini K. Mulera = First name is Muniini

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I have almost all of Reiner's RCA LPs. Love his work. However, not sure whether I will purchase the CD box. Time! But I will not resist the temptation too hard.

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Given that these were the 70s when Jazz was in purgatory, I am not very surprised that that genre was not represented. Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and Theloneous Monk should have been on there. No Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah? What will God up in the Heavens thisnk of us? :shock: Muniini

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Besides a very heavy work schedule, I have been deeply absorbed with listening [and re-listening at times] to JS Bach's cantatas in the hope that I might fulfil my ambition to listen to all 200 + of them. I had hoped to complete this late last year, but, alas! I fell behind my schedule. [Sidetracked...

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My old cd player is kaput. Please share any experince you've had with a single component that plays both cd & dvd. I've been viewing a denon product online for that. thanx dj Hi David: Next to music and photography, audio equipment is my third great hobby. The lesson I have learnt over the years is...

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In Jazz: Art Tatum [partially blind] George Shearing Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Rahsaan Roland Kirk was very unique, for he had the amazing ability to play several instruments simultaneously. He would play 3 saxophones together, playing complex chords and producing some of the finest music-making of his g...

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My collection of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem consists of [in chronological order:] 1. Klemperer/Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra - Recorded 1961 2. Gardiner /Orch Revolutionnaire et Romantique/Monteverdi Choir [Philips] - Recorded 1990 3. Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Gent/Orchestre des Champs-Elysee...

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500 years from now? Well I will let you know Lance, though I will probably be too busy to write. What with a sunny retirement on a crowded beach on Mars :)! Seriously though, my guess is that the great music will still be enjoyed by our descendants. After all we are enjoying music written more than ...

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G. F. Handel The People Shall Hear! Great Handel Choruses The Bach Choir with Carol Sampson and Robin Blaze/The English Concert/David Hill BIS 2009 SACD 1736 J.S. Bach Jesu, deine Passion Cantatas BWV 22, 23, 127 & 159 Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 2009 HMC 901998 J.S. Ba...

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Does this composer have any fans here? 8) Any particular work you like? Yes indeed! Vernon Handley turned me on to Bantock and I have since become quite a fan. I find in his music the evocation of the nature and beauty that I enjoyed during my stay in Ireland. When I listen to the Pagan Symphony, f...

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A bad live concert performance is no substitute for an excellent studio performance presented on a well-recorded LP or CD and played through an excellent sound reproduction system. A bad studio or concert recording [poor performance or bad sound] is no substitute for a good live performance in a con...

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Thank you all. My CD collection will grow and my bank account will shrink - thanks to your recommendations.

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I am a very happy dinosaur - still buying and listening to brand new high quality vinyl LPs whenever I can find them [and there are plenty of them.] I am collecting 45RPM re-issues of Blue Notes [jazz] that do justice to the work of the great jazz musicians of the late 1950s and early 60s. It took m...

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Haydn Piano Sonatas - Marc-Andre Hamelin on Hyperion CDA 67554
Outstanding! No 41 in B flat major is especially uplifting.

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Very good composition and lighting. They tell a story of folks having a good time. Thank you for sharing.

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Muniini, perhaps you will make the trek to New York with your wife and join us next year. Will you think about it? It would be grand to have you amongst us. [/quote] Would love to, Lance, and let us plan this. Any ideas re: dates for next year? We plan our on-call work schedule a good 6 months in a...

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Choral music is the dominant music in our house because that is what my wife loves most. And I share her passion for it. Mine is a love that is rooted in the church music of my childhood and youth. To this day, English Hymns enjoy a special place in my musical enjoyment. Then there are the choral wo...

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The music of Marin Marais [1656-1728] brings me a unique aural joy and beautiful emotions that I cannot describe with words. It was through his music that I discovered the Viole da Gamba, an instrument with which I have fallen in love the more I have listened to it under the terrific bow of Jodi Sav...

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That is very sad news. Though one cannot know how you feel, one can imagine the pain and loss of such a friend. The work you are doing is the kind that we never read about in the newspapers and magazines, yet that, in my humble opinion, is what ought to be on the news networks, on Larry King etc. It...

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What a great post, Lance! I love moments like you all seem to have had... nice folks.....shared interest..... having a good time. I wish I had been there. Thank you!

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There was a performance of the Messiah at Westminster Abbey today [Tuesday April 14, 2009] to commemorate Handel's death 250 years ago. I listened to it live on BBC Radio 3 via the Internet. Besides the beauty of what I heard, I coudn't but marvel at the great technological advances that humanity ha...

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I have not been impressed by Lang Lang. BUT, he might help rescue classical music from its perilous slide. If his celebrity can bring the young folks to the concert halls, perhaps...just perhaps he will deserve the accolades. As for me, I have taken a pass on his 2 appearances in Toronto, and I do n...

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Thank you Agnes! That was a very enjoyable and informative essay. Now, how do I get hold of your book? Please send me a PM with instructions.

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Yesterday, Sunday April 12, I listened to Messiah - Suzuki and the BCJ on BIS CD-891/92. An outstanding performance. Monday April 13: Judas Maccabaeus - Sir Charles MacKerras/ECO/Wansworth School Choir on Archiv. Glorious music! Tomorrow, April 14: I plan to listen to SAUL - Rene Jacobs/Concerto Ko...

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barney wrote: No doubt these violinists are amply represented in your collection, but Szerying and Grumiaux dominate the new ultra-budget 35CD Violin Masterworks. (price, 3 full-cost CDs).

Hi Barney:

I have not made the acquaintance of the new Box. Which label has issued it?

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Heifetz, Szeryng, Oistrach, Milstein and Kogan are in town at the same time. They are all playing tonight, at the same time, at different venues. The tickets cost about the same. And Lance wants me to choose which one I am going to see and listen to? What cruel punishment this is! :) I may simply ha...

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It is an honour for one to be part of this very friendly group of people who share one's passion for great music. And a lot of the credit goes to you, Lance, and Corlyss for maintaining the high standards of this great forum.

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Hello Chalkie:

I just returned from a weekend in Montreal a few hours ago, and logged on to CMG onl to find the news of your wife's illness. My thoughts are with you and your wife, and we are praying for her.

Best wishes.

Muniini

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Excellent violinist. And watching the DVD of her do the Mendelssohn and the chamber work with Previn & Harrell has consolidated my admiration of her musicianship. Now is she my # 1 violinist? No. Heifetz, Kogan, Oistrakh, Szeryng ............ that generation, still unsurpassed to my ears. Muniini

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Indeed it would appear to be true that conductors are a long-living breed. The physical exercising; the music itself; the social-economic status; access to very good health care - these are all factors that conspire to keep them alive longer than their peers. I am not cetain of this but I suspect th...

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I think it was from you, Lance, that I learnt of Ward's death 2 years after the fact. I was stunned. I was numbed, not only by the news of his death, but by the emptiness that seemed to engulf me, moments after I had discovered [from you] that the old MSN Classical Group had been resurrected as the ...

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Monteux is one of those conductors whose works on RCA Living Stereo & Victrola LPs I collect as a matter of course. Interestingly, I don't think I have any of his CD reissues. His version of Beethoven's Overture to Egmont is both beautiful and truthful to the tragic play by the same name. That Monte...

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Tell me, Muniini, do you have or listen to recordings by Glenn Gould, our favourite Canadian pianist? You will find lots of extraneous noises by that master, including bobbling hammers on his piano, a noise chair, not to mention his constant humming! Still, I'll listen to Gould any old day. He's te...

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I quite enjoy listening to the Warsaw Concerto, especially when I am in the mood for a pleasurable piece that does not tax my concentration. I also play it for friends whom I am secretly hoping to attract towards classical music. I have the Jean-Yves Thibaudet/BBC Symphony/Wolff version on DECCA 460...

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They certainly are, Muniini. I don't know what the date is of the recording, or when it was made. But you could have heard the rumblings of moving earth! I don't have the recording you refer to, but I have heard train/subway noise in recordings made in London and New York. If it's a live recording,...

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I have only heard him singing Bach and I loved his voice and diction. Fortunately, that was before I learnt about his physical disability, meaning that my attraction was subconsciously driven by this. I will need to listen to more of his singing before I can form a firm opinion. But I consider his B...

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That is very interesting, John. As I was thinking about the rumble in the Japnese recording, I wondered whether the mike may have picked up an earthquake. Isn't Japan earthquake prone?

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If you have Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantata series [BIS -SACD-1501], please listen to cut # 4 [So geh ich mit beherzten Schritten.. of BWV 111]. There is a rumbling noise at 4'17" - 4'20" that sounds like a train. I am sure it is an artefact of some kind. It reminds of the London Transport tube t...

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For me, the joy of terrestrial music store shopping is almost gone. Why? There are very few that remain, and those that do are way more expensive than the cyber-stores that are a mouse click away. It is not unusual to find as much as a $10 difference between the price of a CD in a Toronto store and ...

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What a beautiful thread, Lance! You have just relieved me of my guilt. :) Until now I thought I had too many complete sets of the LvB pno concertos. I have only 3 complete sets, and several recordings of each of the single concertos [on LP and CD] by different pianists/orch. The complete sets I have...

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I have been wondering which single disc would be the best to represent this category in my collection. Hm? That's a tough one. Dozens, nay, hundreds of possibilities. I find each one of Bach's cantatas to be uniquely beautiful. If you do not have any of them, you can literally close your eyes and p...

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Corlyss_D wrote:To the extent I listen to Bach cantatas at all, any with Paul Esswood or Ernst Haefliger or Helmut Krebs.

Hi Corlyss,

With whom have they sung? It would help me to find the CDs faster.

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If you have the opportunity and its is available, I implore you to purchase the Harnoncourt/VCM recording of this work. It is one of the very best of his entire Bach cantata project. I don't think there could be a better illustration of the difference between the Harnoncourt set and the Gardiner se...

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Hello to you all, I thank you for your great responses and contributions to my knowledge of Bach cantata recordings that are out there. Given rather ambitious goal to actively and critically listen to ALL of the cantatas [209 are known to exist], the only way I will get them all will be to acquire d...

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Hi Guys...............regarding Bach's Cantata's, what particular pieces would you recommend to somebody approaching them for the first time? Hi Dave: I would start with Cantata BWV 147, then follow it with BWV 20, then BWV 39 .... and you are off to Leipzig, circa 1723! :D A good performance and r...

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Of late I have been revisiting Johann Sebastian Bach's Church Cantatas which, to my ears and heart, constitute the Everest of His great contribution to humanity. I have set myself the joyful "task" of actively listening to all of his ~200 cantatas [that are known to exist] over the next 12 months or...

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Marin Marais [1656-1728]: La Reveuse, & autres pieces de viole Sophie Watillon [basse de viole] & company Alpha 036 Bach: Sonates BWV 1027-1029, Chorals & Trios Bruno Cocset & Company [strings, organ, hapsichord] Alpha 139 Both of these are gems for a Baroque lover. Splendid. And the sound is very ...

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Bach: Cantata BWV 147 [Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben] Masaaki Suzuki/BCJ Bach Cantata Series Vol. 12 BIS 1031 This is the cantata that has the famous chorus "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", a very lovely one, of course. But for me the opening Chorus [First Movement/title chorus] is the highlight of ...

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Listening to the Paul Tortelier tribute right now. Excellent selections. Does your FM signal reach Toronto? If so, on what frequency #? Would love to get hear this via my tuner.

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My personal top choice is La Fille Mal Gardee by Ferdinand Herold , a masterpiece of non-stop memorable melodies. The recording I recommend is: John Lanchbery/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Decca (2 CDs 430 849-2) = full-length ballet or John Lanchbery/ Orchestra of the Royal Oper...

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