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Those LvB sonatas by Francescatti & Casadesus are outstanding. I have that exact LP too!

Yeah. That.

R.V.W.: A Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams by Ursula Vaughn Williams

Delightfully French-y and effervescent.

Excellent. Great album! Great band!

I like that one too. IIRC, this was originally planned to be a Joe Henderson-led date -- but some contractual issues resulted in McCoy being named the leader.

Édouard Lalo: - Symphonie Espagnole / Pierre Amoyal (vn), Paul Paray, Orchestre National de L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo - Concerto pour Violoncelle / Frédéric Lodéon (vc), Charles Dutoit, Philharmonia Orchestra

First spin of a new-to-me LP:

Damn, this sounds so good.

One might not normally associate the word "beautiful" with Schoenberg's music, but I think his Op.16 is beautiful. I've been grooving to Radu Lupu's Schubert lately -- but Pollini's is superb as well.

Best wishes to Pharoah for a smooth & speedy recovery.

I love this record, keep coming back to it. Excellent!

Magnifique! Somptueux!

Arnold Bax: Cello Concerto [with Raphael Wallfisch] and other orchestral works / Bryden Thomson, London PO (Chandos)

A very personal reading of Brahms' Third. Lenny seems to caress and linger over every phrase. I suppose you could say that in doing so Bernstein loses the forest for all the trees -- but I love it. It's old-school -- like Lenny's saying, "I know this isn't 'by the book,' but I've earned the right to offer up this music my way."

I dig Rick Margitza. ... He hasn't made a record as a leader (or co-leader) for more than a decade. I wonder why.

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Flos campi; Oboe Concerto / Handley, RLPO (Classics for Pleasure)

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 4, 5 & 6 by Barbirolli & the Hallé O: and Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique by Bernstein & the NYPO:

Now listening to Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony from Rozhdestvensky's cycle:

This again: