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The Nocturnes

I'd bet you a dollar it's the same Web development company that's built both sites.

Thanks, kh. I can see the info on my mobile phone. Whoever designed the site needs to do a better job of testing with different Web browsers! Apparently, IE and Chrome users aren't welcome.

Can someone please share the entire Big Ears daily schedule? Or point to a location where I can see it. For some reason, I CAN'T see it on the Big Ears site. When I click on the Line Up and Schedule links, all I get is a screen prompting me to sign up for their newsletter -- which I've already done! It's frustrating as hell (says the old fart with technology challenges).

Brendel's Tempest and Waldstein from this set:

Great record!

I've got that one too. It's the third (and only other) EDR in my collection. I know it's a "classic" -- but it's never grabbed me like HvK or Solti. . . .Maybe I'll give it another listen tomorrow.

Richie Beirach - Common Heart (Owl, 1988) Solo piano.

Earlier this morning, I listened to another Ein Deutsches Requiem that's in my collection: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem / Solti, Chicago SO & Chorus, Te Kanawa, Weikl (Decca) Another outstanding performance, IMO.

I'd like to hear that. Sounds fascinating. I have most of Fischer's LPs, but not that one. I would love for Mosaic to produce a set that rounds up Fischer's Revelation recordings. They deserve wider exposure, IMO. . . From a commercial point of view, I suppose such a set wouldn't be viable for Mosaic. But I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

So Karajan doesn't do anything for you -- in any repertoire? No right or wrong here. I'm just wondering about your take.

Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PO, Weiner Singverein, Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wächter (DGG) Here's my take on Karajan: He could be very hit-or-miss, depending on the repertoire. Karajan's Sibelius and his Bruckner are legendary, but I've never really grooved to them. And HvK's Mahler gives me the willies! To my ears, they're a complete mismatch of composer and conductor. And yet . . . Karajan's Brahms is AMAZING. It almost always wins me over. . . . His Brahms is like his Beethoven. It just sounds right. Or at least it does to me.

Yes, that's the one I've got my eye on. Speaking of Handley and the Liverpudlians, I just pulled this LP from the shelf. Queuing it up next: William Walton - Symphony No. 1 / Handley, RLPO (Nonesuch) I guess it's a day for 20th-c. English symphonies. . . Why not? . . . Maybe some Bax next?

Yep! Boult's rec of RVW's Pastoral is my go-to version. That said, I only know two other versions -- Boult I (the earlier reading on Decca, in mono) and Previn. I'm planning to get the Handley/RLPO Pastoral at some point. It's been on my radar for a while. Just haven't gotten 'round to it. Maybe this recent RVW mini-bender is the tipping point.

On to the second disc from the same concert: My version of this is actually a CD, not an LP -- but I'm posting it here for continuity's sake.

Now spinning: McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance (Milestone, 1979) with Ron Carter & Tony Williams I wish McCoy would've recorded more with Tony. I think they're supremely well-suited to each other. Tyner is one of the few pianists/musicians whose drive and power is every bit the equal of Williams'. But IIRC their only collaborations are Passion Dance, Counterpoints (a companion disc from the same concert), and Supertrios. Am I missing anything?

I'm still splashing about in Vaughan Williams' music: Pastoral Symphony (No. 3); In the Fen Country / Boult, New Philharmonia O (Angel)

Booker Ervin's & John Handy's sax playing on "No Private Income Blues"! Doesn't get any better than that!

Following soulpope's lead on Prokofiev . . . Prokofiev: Symphony Nos. 5 & 6 / Rozhdestvensky, Moscow RSO (Melodiya)

Yes! An OUTSTANDING Prokofiev cycle. I'm now listening to Barbirolli's recordings of Sibelius' 2nd & 3rd Symphonies:

More Vaughan Williams . . .

I'm now streaming Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7) via YT. It's the version by André Previn with the LSO. I have the LP at home, which looks like this: This version includes brief readings by Sir Ralph Richardson before each movement. IIRC, it's the only recording of the Sinfonia Antartica to do so. I enjoy the narration, probably because I "imprinted" on this LP. But I know others find it distracting.