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Yes, it's a solid LP. I'm jealous that you got to see Joe Newman perform live. He's one of my all-time favorite trumpeters -- and I never had that opportunity.

Lionel Hampton & His Giants - Live in Emmen/Holland (Timeless Muse, 1979)

Much better. Thanks.

Now listening to a new-to-me CD that arrived a few days ago, BERLIOZ's Requiem as performed by Leonard Bernstein, Stuart Burrows (tenor), Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeurs de Radio France & the Orchestre National de France: Bernstein's interpretation of this music has the overwhelming force of a tidal wave sweeping away all before it. It's SCARY. And I mean that in the best possible sense. Turn it up to ELEVEN and be transported!!!

Brad, I would respectfully ask that you don't do that. Keep sharing your thoughts and ideas on this board. Re: giving to the Jazz Video Guy: If people want to give, they'll give. If they don't, they won't. Don't take anything personally beyond that.

Sir Roland Hanna. Oh yes.

Martinon's Debussy goes to my desert island. Discs 1 & 2 Ashkenazy sometimes gets criticized for bland, right-down-the-middle interpretations -- and not just with Rach. Sometimes I can hear that, sometimes not at all! . . . I happen to love Ashkenazy's recordings of Rach's Preludes, Op. 23 and Op. 32. But I've not heard much else of his Rach solo-piano recs. I have Ashkenazy's Rach PCs with Previn & the LSO -- I think they're OK, but not among my favorites. (I've never heard the Ashkenazy's PCs with Haitink & the RCOA that are in the this set.) Actually, my favorite Ashkenazy Rachmaninov PC recording is the 3rd with Ormandy, originally released on RCA in the mid-70s:

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