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More from this wonderful set: Shostakovich: Cello Sonata / Harrell & Ashkenazy Me too!

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet / V. Ashkenazy & the Fitzwilliam SQ

Disc 8 - Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7

Romeo & Juliet (Complete Ballet), Op. 64 / Andre Previn, London SO (EMI Classics)

Chausson: Concert for piano, violin & string quartet; Ravel: Trio / Joshua Bell, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Takács Quartet, Stephen Isserlis (London)

Dvořák: Cello Concerto; Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Rostropovich, Giulini, London PO (Angel)

Now spinning on my turntable: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 / Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (Columbia)

Pure Pleasure reissue

Yes!!! A fantastic album!!! So glad it will finally be widely available again!

Just arrived in the mail today:

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Disc 6 Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1 (op. 8) and 2 (op. 87) with Henryk Szeryng and Pierre Fournier It seems like Brahms' chamber music is always orchestral music in miniature. Figuratively speaking, he was writing symphonies well before he wrote any symphonies.

More Elgar and more Barbirolli:

Oh man. That's a bummer, Pim! At a minimum, I hope you get your € € € back.

Now spinning on my turntable: Turning out to be a day filled with "Glorious John." Enjoying it so much that I've pulled more Barbirolli recordings from my shelf.

Next: Barbirolli's masterful Mahler 6 with the New Philharmonia:

Now listening to Barbirolli's famous recording of RVW's A London Symphony with The Hallé. Such luminous music, beautifully realized.

Superb.

The Cello Sonatas - with Gregor Piatigorsky

Some classical discs I've ordered lately: Hard to go wrong with Martinon in French repertoire. ... I know the "Organ" Symphony -- like everyone else. But none of the others. I already have (and like) Thomson's second volume of Bax Tone Poems. ... Always nice to fill a missing "Volume 1" gap when "Volume 2" is already on the shelf. Or am I the only person who thinks like that? I have a couple WTC recordings by pianists. None by harpsichordists. And Gilbert just passed recently ... More Sibelius from Vänskä.