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Orlandus Lassus – Requiem à 5, Magnificat, motets — Ensemble Pro Cantione Antiqua London, members of Collegium Aureum, Blaserkreis Fur Alte Musik Hamburg – Bruno Turner (deutsche harmonia mundi)

Franz Schubert – String Quartet in A minor, D 804 (Op.29) "Rosamunde" Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje – Tale of Lead and Light (2011) — String Quartet No.1 Benjamin Britten – String Quartet No.2 in C major Op.36 Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in C major Op.76/3 "Emperor" — Arvid Engegård, Alex Robson, Juliet Jopling, Jan Clemens Carlsen – Engegård Quartet (2L) Played the 2.0 LPCM 24/192kHz version from the Blu-ray. (Also includes 5.1 DTS HD & a hybrid-SACD)

Duke Ellington – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic / Brunswick) — With Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams / Joe Nanton, Lawence Brown, Juan Tizol / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney / DE, Fred Guy, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer + Billy Strayhorn, Jean Eldridge — CD 10a [UU,VV) – 19, 22Dec 1938] — Titles include: Jazz Potpourri, T.T. On Toast, Boy Meets Horn, Old King Dooji, Slap Happy — CD 10b [WW,XX) – Mar 1939] — Titles include: Pussy Willow, Subtle Lament, Lady in Blue, Portrait of the Lion, Something To Live For

Johannes Brahms – String Quartets: Op.51/1, Op.51/2, Op.67 — Alban Berg Quartett (EMI Classics)

Henry Purcell – Prophetess Z 627: Suite George Frideric Handel – Concerti grossi (12) Op.6/6 in G minor HWV 324 George Frideric Handel – Amarilli vezzosa HWV 82 "Il duello amoroso" — Nancy Argenta (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor) – Freiburg Baroque Orchestra – Gottfried Von der Goltz (deutsche harmonia mundi)

They love Jerry Lewis. Explain that.

Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21, Andante spianato and Grande polonaise in E flat Op.22 — Arthur Rubinstein – The Symphony of the Air – Alfred Wallenstein (RCA Victor Red Seal / Living Stereo – Sony Music)

Benjamin Britten – Symphony for Cello and Orchestra Op.68 Franz Joseph Haydn – Concerto for Cello No.1 in C major H 7b No.1 — Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) – English Chamber Orchestra – Benjamin Britten (Decca Records)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.11 in F minor Op.95 "Serioso" – Quartet for Strings No.12 in E flat major Op.127 Alexander String Quartet (Arte Nova—Sony Music GmbH) [Sandy Wilson (cello), Paul Yarbrough (viola), Frederick Lifsitz (violin), Ge-Fang Yang (violin)]

I like it, but haven't heard enough other versions to say how it stacks up. I also recommend the EMI Mahler set too. (Mahler 150th Anniv. Edition, Complete Works.) It has a lot of good performances and is available at a budget price.

Here is an obit from Philadelphia: http://articles.philly.com/2015-12-29/news/69359426_1_jazz-messengers-archie-shepp-art-blakey

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.9 in D major — Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – Sir John Barbirolli (EMI Classics)

Arnold Schoenberg – Pieces (5) for Orchestra Op.16 — Mariss Jansons Theo Loevendie – Concerto for Piano — Ronald Brautigam (piano) – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – André Previn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G minor K 550 — Nikolaus Harnoncourt — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Live)

Johannes Brahms – Die schöne Magelone Op.33 — Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) (EMI Classics)

I liked "Eskimo"

Béla Bartók – Composers in Person (EMI Classics) – Bagatelles (14) for Piano Op.6/Sz 38: No.2 Allegro giocoso (arr. Bartók ) – Easy Pieces (10) for Piano Sz 39: No.5 Evening in Transylvania – Easy Pieces (10) for Piano Sz 39: No.10 Bear Dance – Romanian Dances (2) for Piano Op.8a/Sz 43: No.1 Allegro vivace – Burlesques (3) for Piano Op.8c/Sz 47: No.2 A bit drunk – Allegro barbaro for Piano Sz 49 – Suite for Piano Op.14/Sz 62 – Mikrokosmos Sz 107: Book 5 No.124 Staccato – Mikrokosmos Sz 107: Book 6 No.146 Ostinato. Vivacissimo — Béla Bartók (piano) – Hungarian Folksongs Sz 33: No.1 I left my fair homeland – Hungarian Folksongs Sz 33: No.2 I would cross the Tisza in a boat – Hungarian Folksongs Sz 33: No.4a Behind the Gyula garden – Hungarian Folksongs Sz 33: No.8 I walked to the end – Hungarian Folksongs Sz 33: No.9 Not far from here is Kis Margitta — Vilma Medgyaszay (soprano), Béla Bartók (piano) – Hungarian Folksongs (8), Sz 64: No.1 Black is the earth – Hungarian Folksongs (8), Sz 64: No.2 My God my God – Hungarian Folksongs (8), Sz 64: No.3 Wives let me be one of your company – Hungarian Folksongs (8), Sz 64: No.5 If I climb — Mária Basilides (alto), Béla Bartók (piano) – Hungarian Folksongs (8), Sz 64: No.6 They are mending the great forest highway – Hungarian Folksongs (8), Sz 64: No.7 Up to now my work – Hungarian Folksongs (8), Sz 64: No.8 The snow is melting — Ferenc Székelyhídy (tenor), Béla Bartók (piano) – 7 Hungarian Folk Tunes (trans. By Szigeti from For Children Sz 42) Excerpt(s) – Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano Sz 56 (trans. By Zoltan Szekely) — Joseph Szigeti (violin), Béla Bartók (piano) Ernö von Dohnányi – Composers in Person (EMI Classics) – Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano and Orchestra Op.25 — Ernö von Dohnányi (piano) – London Symphony Orchestra – Lawrence Collingwood

The Complete Duke Ellington 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Vocalion / Mosaic) Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra – SGS CD 5b [(T) – Aug 1938] — With Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown / Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer / Mary McHugh — Titles include: Prelude To A Kiss, The Jeep Is Jumpin', Krum Elbow Blues (aka Hop, Skip and Jump) Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra – SGS CD 5c [(U) – 20 Dec 1938] — With Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown / Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer — Titles include: Hodge Podge, Wanderlust Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters – SGS CD 5d [(V) – 21 Dec 1938] — With Cootie Williams / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer — Titles include: The Boys From Harlem, Delta Mood, Mobile Blues Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – SGS CD 5e [W) – 22 Dec 1938] — With Wallace Jones, Lawrence Brown / Barney Bigard, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Fred Guy, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer — Title: Blue Light

And Soft Machine.

Johannes Brahms – Tragic Overture Op.81 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Robert Schumann – Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra in C major Op.131 — Thomas Zehetmair (violin) – Nikolaus Harnoncourt Franz Schubert – Symphony No.9 in C major D.944 "Great" – John Eliot Gardiner — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO Live)

Coincidentally, I just listened to "Winner's Circle" on Coltrane's "Bethlehem Years" CD. Alas, it doesn't include "Strictly Instrumental". However the track was a bonus on two Japanese CD issues: COCY 78660 (from 1995) and COCY-80698.

The Panorama Jazz Band will be in Broomall PA (in the Philly 'burbs) this Friday. I'll probably be there.

If you're too cold at night and your partner doesn't want it warmer, you could try a heated mattress cover. Some have split controls so you can only heat one side of the bed.

More than 80.

Paul Bley by Alankin Paul Bley solo in Philadelphia in 2008....

Thanks for that, Frank.