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Still on a French classical kick:

Dipping into this again today: Franck: Symphony in D minor - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" - Henriette Roget (org), Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

Prokofiev's 2nd and 8th Piano Sonatas as performed by Lazar Berman: Berman knows how to let loose the quicksilver, Lisztian qualities in this music. Fantastic!

Martial Solal - Live at the Village Vanguard: I Can't Give You Anything But Love (CamJazz)

Sphere - Pumpkin's Delight (Red)

Mozart: Symphonies No. 36, K.425 "Linz" and No. 38, K.504 "Prague" / Marriner, ASMF

Like felser, I'm a regular at philadelphiamusic. I've never been to their store; all of my purchases have been thru discogs. They have very low prices -- and they grade records very fairly / conservatively. (Their VG-graded LPs are actually in very good condition!) Stock-wise, it's a bit of a crap shoot, but that's part of the fun. If I ever make it to Philly, I'm going.

Yep!

Disc 1 - Janet Baker sings Ravel's Shéhérazade, Chausson's Poème de l'amour et de la mer, and chansons by Duparc

Now streaming Cluyten's first recording of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ from this set: For those keeping score at home, this features Hélène Bouvier (mezzo soprano), Jean Giraudeau (tenor), Michel Roux (baritone), Louis Noguera (bass), and Henri Medus (bass) as well as the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire and Raymond St. Paul Chorus.

Oh yes, great fun. I enjoy perusing those places. Goodwill. Salvation Army. Junk stores. All of them. Of course, on some level it doesn't make sense -- from either a time or money perspective. Nearly everything in those places is garbage. But there is an undeniable thrill when you stumble across a hidden gem. . . The same day I found Narciso Yepes, I also got the MJQ & Laurindo Almeida LP Collaboration, one of the few MJQ Atlantics that I didn't have. NM condition. $1. Those sorts of scores are what make it fun.

I didn't know that old episodes are on Netflix. Good idea to start your day off with them. Heaven knows you're right about the news. Nothing but depressing!

Now streaming: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Cluytens & the Philharmonia Orchestra I've been using Spotify to sample stuff from this set, and I'm liking it very much -- especially the French music (but not just the French music). So I'm thinking about plopping for the box. It's relatively inexpensive -- for a set with 65 (!) CDs. Anyone have it?

I'm nowhere near expert enough to call it definitive -- but I've enjoyed Zhukov recordings of Scriabin's music very much. I only have one other LP of Zhukov performing Scriabin (below), and I've been thinking about upgrading to Zhukov's complete set of Scriabin sonatas, which Melodiya has reissued on two CDs. . . . the complete set of sonatas on CD: FWIW, I also like Scriabin recordings by Sofronitzky, Horowitz, Melnikov, Ashkenazy, Berman . . . It would be difficult to pick just one interpreter.

Beethoven: Violin Concerto - with André Cluytens & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

César Franck: Quintette pour Piano et Cordes / Samson François et Le Quatuor Bernède (Pathé Marconi EMI) Powerful music & moving performance.

EDIT: Gramavision was a cool label, and with their roster of musicians, it's no surprise they put out interesting music. . . . Anthony Davis. James Newton. John Carter. Bob Moses. Billy Hart. Medeski, Martin & Wood. John Scofield. And plenty of others.

Salvador Bacarisse: Concertino en la menor para Guitarra y Orquesta Op. 72; Ernesto Halffter: Concierto Para Guitarra Y Orquesta / Narciso Yepes (guitar), Odón Alonso (conductor), Orquesta Sinfónica de la R.TV. Española [DG] I recently found this LP at a thrift shop, and I really dig it. Lovely music! . . . Unfortunately, the vinyl has seen better days. Even after cleaning it repeatedly with my record vac, there's a steady stream of crackles and pops. Oh well. At least it doesn't skip. . . . I guess I can't really complain about the LP condition when I paid a dollar for it.

Stan Getz for me too.

I've been listening to BRAHMS' chamber music for CLARINET from this set: More specifically, the Clarinet Trio, Op. 114 and Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120, Nos. 1 & 2 as performed by Karl Leister (cl), Ferenc Bognár (p), and Wolfgang Boettcher (vc)

I'm JEALOUS!