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Discs 1-3. Hope to get through the whole box the next couple of days.

Will do, but it will take a while, possibly 2 weeks or so. In the meantime, I see that you heard the Goldbergs on Opus 111. Hope you enjoyed them.

These were both well-done, though somewhat predictable.

It arrived, but was defective and I've already packed it up to return tomorrow. I very much liked disc 1, which was done in a lively style, but track #8 consisted of static (though all others were fine). That pissed me off so much that I couldn't form serious impressions of discs 2 and 3 (though I listened). My erudition in the area of harpsichord recordings is insufficient to make significant recommendations. I definitely enjoy Hantai's Goldbergs (older release on Opus 111), and he's long been well-regarded. The reviews I've read of his Scarlatti are excellent. I will almost certainly order a replacement set. In purely economic terms, the big complete box by Scott Ross (34 discs for $54 + S/H from Amazon sellers) has a good reputation and is a far better deal than $22 + S/H for this one. But I avoid mega-boxes (most of the discs never get played), and 34 CDs is serious overkill for me in this repertory.

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Happy birthday! And the Browns won!

I read a lot of the books on "behavioral economics" and this is a new one (about the Kahneman/Tversky collaboration, if that helps).

Happy birthday! Sorry I'm late. Interesting, but will pass on the mathletics.

Happy belated birthday!

Can't comment on Kenton/Neophonic, but a couple of Euro serialists I find enjoyable are Barraqué and Dallapiccola. The "Complete Barraqué " on cpo is very good except for a horrible performance of the Piano Sonata (Woodward and Henck are in-print alternatives; I like the OOP Chen). There's a good recording of D's Il prigionero by Salonen on Sony (haven't heard the obscure Ulisse).

I'll Remember April (feat. Bud Powell) from this:

My collection of Bethlehem titles is not extensive, but I agree 100% with the above!

+1!

I recall there used to be occasional concerts at her "Deep Listening Space" in Kingston. I meant to go, but never did...not sure if there have been many recently.

RIP. Very sad and a surprise to me. Hadn't seen news reports, but Rod S. posted something on another thread last night. Agreed.

Happy birthday! Happiest of returns, old bean! However, being an abstemious cove, I can't have a drink in your honour. [Couple of my favourite phrases gleaned from reading all the P.G. Wodehouse novels, so thus adopting Anglicised spelling.]

Calgary 45. Earliest I've ever managed to enter!

Damn...I was happy to see O'Brien's book come out, but now I think it was somewhat of a final statement. [The post quoted above referred to H O'B's recent book. Hod looks rather ill in the 80th birthday photo on his website.]

Very sad news. RIP. When I bought my first O'Brien recording on Reservoir, I was pleasantly shocked to see it was the same guy I recalled from "Three Trumpets", "J R Monterose" and "Guitar Groove", after a long recording hiatus. He became one of my favorite pianists.

I once saw Eighth Blackbird live, and they're a terrific ensemble. Their repertoire can be rather, let's say, variable, but it is adventurous.

I can't make this, but FYI if you're near the Mid-Hudson Valley, NY: Roswell Rudd's 81st birthday celebration, Marlboro, NY

Damn. RIP. Mose was a favorite because of his lyrics before I became a jazz enthusiast. I once saw him live at the now-defunct Bradley's in NYC (iirc).