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Scriabin: Piano Sonatas / Ashkenazy (Decca) Disc 2 - Sonatas Nos. 6 - 10

Arrived in the mail this evening: My old, yellowing edition of The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs awards this CD with a "rosette." In this case, I agree with their judgment. It's one of the finest RVW recordings I've heard.

Still bouncing back-and-forth between RVW and Bax. Arnold Bax: The Symphonies / Vernon Handley, BBC Philharmonic (Chandos) Disc 3 - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 It's interesting to compare Handley's approach to Bax with Bryden Thomson's earlier cycle. They are very different.

Andrés Segovia - A Centenary Celebration (MCA) Disc 2 - compositions by Albéniz, Tárrega, Granados, Moreno Torroba, Esplá, Ponce, Lauro and Pedrell Incredible.

Hard for me to pick a single favorite. I have noticed that I'm drawn to Byrd's records with Duke Pearson: Fuego, Byrd in Flight, At the Half Note, The Cat Walk, and Electric Byrd. Not that some of the others without Pearson aren't great too.

Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (Reprise)

More Berlioz as performed by Charles Munch:

Yes sir!!! Same recording, just a different cover. IMO, it's hard to beat Charles Munch's recordings when it comes to Berlioz. His performances sound so deliciously spontaneous and full of vitality.

Now listening to overtures and incidental music by Hector Berlioz as performed by Charles Munch and the Boston SO: - Le Carnaval Romain, Overture - Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm - Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture Up next: - Harold in Italy - with William Primrose (viola)

Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights (Mercury; originally Philips) with Art Farmer, Jim Hall & Bob Brookmeyer

Has anyone mentioned Pablo Held? He's a German pianist whose music I've enjoyed. I particularly like this release: Elders (Pirouet, 2014)

Pieranunzi / Johnson / Baron - Play Morricone (Cam Jazz) Superb. That looks like an interesting archival release, Justin. What do you think of it?

This again: Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony (No. 2) & Symphony No. 8 / Handley, RLPO (EMI) You can't go wrong with Gilels and Beethoven.

Disc 3

More BAX:

Yes! especially Pearson's "After the Rain."

The Legendary Andrés Segovia in an All-Bach Program (MCA Classics)

The Legendary Andrés Segovia: My Favorite Works (MCA Classics)