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CMG's PISTON brought this up in Sylph's RAVEL thread. Me? Not generally. It's just not my cup of tea. I have many recordings of his works by major conductors/performers, but am never "sent." I'm just being honest. He gets little hearing from me these days. Perhaps his time will come. Any specific w...

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No list is complete without including Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's amazing recording of the 4th Piano Concerto with Ettore Gracis/Philharmonia Orchestra on EMI. It's one of the great piano recordings of all time.

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There are excellent recordings on EMI of Rothenberger in Kalman's Gypsy Princess and Countess Mariza. I'm pretty sure both recordings are still in print.

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There's also a fine recording on Berlin Classics of the Linz version of the 1st by Otmar Suitner conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin, coupled with a great performance of the 8th with the same orchestra.

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Ralph wrote: Nannerl was unusual in that Leopold saw some profit in trotting her about as a kid but as soon as Mozart's talent emerged, she was, essentially, dropped.

Leopold lacked the instincts of a real impresario. Where were Phineas T. Barnum, Sergei Diaghilev and Sol Hurok when they were needed?

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I recently removed from the depths of obscurity my CD of Bernstein's Israel PO live performance in the Salle Pleyel , Paris, his second recording of the 9th from the late '80s, The English horn player in the IPO is a long-time friend of mine going back to HS music camp days. How does he sound on th...

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I recently removed from the depths of obscurity my CD of Bernstein's Israel PO live performance in the Salle Pleyel , Paris, his second recording of the 9th from the late '80s, and possibly the slowest on record. I hadn't heard it in years and wanted to give it another try. Although it has received ...

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Peter Gutmann's take on Dvorak 9 is an interesting read. I have the Kabasta recording he mentions at the end, and it's truly a show stopper. It's difficult to imagine how he must have felt when he performed it with the Munich PO in July, 1944 for a radio broadcast; that he was able to perform it at ...

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Ralph wrote: Are you suggesting that ANYONE tried in federal or state court isn't entitled to legal representation?

I don't think that one who waives his right to a lawyer and decides to proceed pro se is entitled to it.

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I think Kern's Showboat is the musical and dramatic equal of Porgy & Bess; but what difference does it make how any of these works are classified? Does anyone like them better or worse depending on what they're called?

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Odd that Schoenberg would have played tennis (he was Gershwin's regular partner during his Hollywood days in the '30s) if he had a bum ticker.

Then there was Jean-Baptiste Lully who stabbed himself in the foot while conducting and died after the wound became infected!

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I think Volodos and Pletnev have to be included in any list of important pianists today -- not that I always agree with Pletnev's approach, but even when he's out of the mainstream, he usually has something interesting and challenging to say that makes one rethink the music. It's a shame Radu Lupu i...

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Certainly one of the unanswerable questions if consensus is the objective; but I would go with Beethoven. He opened the door and pointed the way.

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From one kid to another,

wishing you a Very Happy Birthday, Agnes!!

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From The Times Literary Supplement March 25, 2009 The Janácek affair Was it the infatuations of a great Czech composer that inspired the sweetest of his music? Michael Downes With an instinct for dramatic timing worthy of his subject, John Tyrrell lifts the curtain on the second volume of his biogra...

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Did Lebrecht ghost write this article?

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Yet, it was the 8th that put Mahler on the British map because of Horenstein's legendary and truly monumental live performance in 1959. It was finally issued in a decent recording by BBC Legends a few years ago, and that was the catalyst that enabled me to understand and appreciate this superb work,...

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Leon Botstein and the JSO delivered an exciting Ma Vlast last evening at the Henry Crown Theater, Jerusalem to a packed house. It was a long time since I last heard it live, and I was greatly impressed by the skill of the orchestra in putting this difficult piece across with genuine feeling for the ...

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Here is Lebrecht's update on Decca: "The final reckoning The sackings have started at Decca. Out of 32 staff at the London headquarters, just six are being retained. That is one to manage the office, one to answer the phone and open the mail, two to look after the royalty accounts and two more to de...

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I have pretty much all of the RBO recordings and it isn't an easy piece to get to know. In my opinion, there are two great recorded performances, and oddly enough my first choice is Ingo Metzmacher/Bamberg SO on EMI. When I first heard it I was completely surprised by both the skill and obvious ease...

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I enjoy his Mahler 3, 7 and Klagende Lied . He also made excellent recordings of Zemlinsky"s Lyric Symphony and A Florentine Tragedy . I like his recordings of the fin de siecle composers - he seems to have an affinity for their styles. I also have his Varese so-called "complete works", which are be...

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Back in the days when I was in the service and stationed in the Cleveland area, I attended a few of Szell's concerts at Severance Hall, which included some of the finest Haydn I ever heard. The live acoustics of the venue never bothered me, although many of his recordings were quite dry. I suspect t...

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Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony should not be missed. I know of two excellent recordings, one with Gielen/SW German RSO on Arte Nova, and another by Chailly/Concertgebouw on Decca. There is also a superb recording of A Florentine Tragedy by Chailly/Concertgebouw on Decca. Both Gielen and Chailly have the...

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Striking players like Bonds and Alex Rodriguez from the record books and future Hall of Fame consideration would be a start. That assumes guys like that really care about such things. I don't think so. For them it's all about money, not the game. Then there are those who really should be in Coopers...

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Happy birthday, Werner, from one kid to another!

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If a new Volodos disc pops up, or one by Marc-André Hamelin, Martha Argerich, or some rare Koussevitzky or Furtwängler comes along, I will probably acquire those discs. No more integral sets of Beethoven's 9, Brahms's 4, Schumann's 4, etc. I wonder how many collectors feel as I do. I'm pretty much ...

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So far I haven't heard anyone speak for the children from both sides who are paying the price of this horrible confflict. You don't have to take one side or the other to see the suffering they endure while their parents fight. I wish there was a way to bring them all, Palestine and Israeli children...

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Richard.. Of couse you are right, which makes the situation in Palestine so tragic. Belle... You are wasting your energy trying to reason with a religious zealot. Corlyss.. Very admirable of you to protect poor, innocent Saul, who conducts his daily diatribe at anyone who dares to question Israel's...

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Richard.. Of couse you are right, which makes the situation in Palestine so tragic. Belle... You are wasting your energy trying to reason with a religious zealot. Corlyss.. Very admirable of you to protect poor, innocent Saul, who conducts his daily diatribe at anyone who dares to question Israel's...

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When Barenboim performed Wagner's music in Israel, he announced his intention in advance to the audience and allowed time for a substantial number to leave the concert hall. Many Israelis, I am sure, strongly disagreed with what Barenboim did, but there was no official punishment, and Barenboim has...

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Attacking Saul because he supports Israel's position on how it handled the Gaza war is nonsense. He is on solid ground, both factually and on well-established principles of international law. There are lawyers who do know what they're talking about, and who have taken the time and trouble to inform...

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Saul, your argument seems to be that people who have been oppressed and dispossessed and killed and driven out of their homes have the right to oppress, dispossess, kill, and drive others out of their homes with impunity. Does that really make sense to you? Your comparison is idiotic. If you can't ...

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I'm not much of a Boulez/Varese fan. I think he's generally too conservative in his approach to the music, as compared for example with Chailly and Nagano, both of whom are also not the last word, but whose so-called "complete" cycles are better recorded and more exciting. The clarity of sound reall...

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FOXNews.com Al Qaeda Chief Was Released by U.S. From Gitmo Friday , January 23, 2009 CAIRO, Egypt — An Internet posting purportedly by Al Qaeda in Yemen says the group's second in command is a Saudi national released from Guantanamo in 2008. The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvem...

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There is no requirement whatsoever in Halacha, or Jewish Law, that an observant man must wear a beard. How typical of the ACLU to slip the court a mickey!

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the eradication of Israel was not part of Hamas's election campaign ... Look, your hostility towards Israel is palpable. But, as bad as it is to reserve your righteous anger for the only liberal democratic state in the Mid-East, what on earth could possibly move you to defend Hamas? You are complet...

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The shelling wasn't a mistake. It was in response to Hamas' firing of heavy weapons from it. Hamas also fired from UN vehicles with UN markings, ambulances with Red Crescent markings, and from hospitals. And the UN and their lackeys have the unmitigated gall to complain that by returning fire, Israe...

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Lucky for the pilot it wasn't a bald eagle, or he would require a presidential pardon.

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Chanan: Don't you realize by now that there are people who support every movement in the world that attacks Jews? There's no logic to it, and there's no point in trying to argue rationally with them. Hamas didn't invent anti-Semitism.

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IMO, the fact that the person pardoned made a huge donation to the person granting the pardon renders the merits of the pardon almost moot. To the contrary, if the pardon was well justified on the merits, then the donation is moot. What "merits"? The case never went to trial. If the case had been t...

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Ralph wrote:What relationship is there between the Clinton pardons and the true obscenity of waterboarding as an official act?

The obvious relationship is that they both fit neatly into the category of obscenities.

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Here is a link to an excellent article on Russian Orientalism as advanced by the Ballet Russe.

http://www.laurelvictoriagray.com/russ_orientalism.htm

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Cliftwood wrote:Pizza..

We see the world through different lenses.

Have a good day.

I think we see the the world through the same lens. We differ on how to survive in it.

Thanks, and a good day to you.

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Right back at your question, Pizza.. If you believe that all negotiable possibilties are totally exhausted, it follows that you would proceed with an all-out war against the forces who want Israel destroyed. I'd be most interested in how that tactic would proceed? Should it start with the annihilat...

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Still waiting for Harris to answer Werner's question, and mine as well.

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Not only a creep but a phony as well, hiding behind a fake language deficiency.

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FOXNews.com U.N. Agency That Runs School Hit in Gaza Employed Hamas and Islamic Jihad Members Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By Joel Mowbray The United Nations agency that administers a school in Gaza where dozens of civilians were killed by Israeli mortar fire last week has admitted to employing terro...

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Until I see evidence that every possible solution to the crisis in the middle east, including Israel/Palestine, ......., is exhausted, I will adamantly object to condoning any more killing than is absolutely necessary. Why don't you answer the question that you've been ducking throughout this discu...

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You wanna be a live coward or a dead hero. Life is short, art is long. We have been down this road with Flagstad, von Karajan and a host of others. I maintain you don't know what you would do unless you have lived in the other guy's shoes in the same situation. . There were quite a number of Europe...

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Here's a commentary written by Akiva Elder in Tel Aviv's Ha'aretz. "So why don't our leaders level with us about the true aim of this incursion into Gaza? Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he was forced to send toops into Gaza this week because all other efforts to halt the rain of rockets into Isra...

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