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Richard Strauss VIOLIN CONCERTO Pavel Sporcl (violin) Prague Symphony Orchestra Jiri Kout Supraphon 2009
In 1933 Strauss (1864-1949) was appointed to two important positions in the musical life of Nazi Germany: head of the Reichsmusikkammer and principal conductor of the Bayreuth Festival. The latter role he accepted after conductor Arturo Toscanini had resigned from the position in protest of the Nazi Party. These positions have led some to criticize Strauss for his seeming collaboration with the Nazis. However, Strauss's daughter-in-law, Alice Grab Strauss [née von Hermannswörth], was Jewish and much of his apparent acquiescence to the Nazi Party was done in order to save her life and the lives of her children (his Jewish grandchildren)... Further, Strauss insisted on using a Jewish librettist, Stefan Zweig, for his opera Die schweigsame Frau which ultimately led to his firing from the Reichsmusikkammer and Bayreuth. In 1948, a year before his death, he was cleared of any wrongdoing by a denazification tribunal in Munich.---wiki
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 8
Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1leKe9Uy2g
Lento ma non troppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Qwsq7wxyoRondo. Presto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lOuFMp-9Do
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Richard Strauss TOD UND VERKLARUNG (
Death and Transfiguration)Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink Philips (now Decca) 1981 Notes: "Death and Transfiguration" is something different again, much closer to Liszt's concept of the tone-poem. It represents the victory of the human spirit over the sharpness of death. A man lies dying in his room. The atmosphere of death lies heavy over the sick-bed. He dreams of far-off happy days. A spell of agony racks his body, but victory over the world is his. He dreams again of childhood and youth. The music grows more and more impassioned and then we are back in the sick-room again. He grows weaker and his pulse beats ever more slowly until at last he sinks back into death. Now out of the darkness comes victory, release from the world, transfiguration.
Death and Transfiguration
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True. The Japanese were always excellent at sea warfare. Wiki: China is bordered by 14 countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. Furthermore it shares maritime borders with Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
That list includes four nuclear powers. The last thing they need or want is some kind of conflict with the West. Their last adventure in Vietnam was a disaster. Even bigger than ours. They now have frequent
skirmishes
with India on their common border. BTW, the thing I sent about 1CD, listed units from the world war ll era. This is you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/229th_Aviation_Regiment_(United_States)Cheers |
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Japanese:
They buy American, but they make sure it's assembled in Japan. :)
They sure are buying a LOT of F-35s.
One of the problems with the Military / Industrial complex is, they must continually make "better" stuff. They can never afford to shut down the assembly lines. Hell, the F-15 is better than anything else in the world except our own latest planes.
But, history has taught us that there is a high price to pay for having second best equipment on the battlefield. Such as, German armor in Normandy.
Interesting clip.
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Normandy:
Yes, I've seen the famous pic of the Brit / Canadian when the ramp went down. What I have never understood is, why that beach was not a gigantic wall of napalm from end to end. We not only had Air Superiority, we had Air Dominance!
With all the firepower at hand, no one should have been killed by machine gun fire on that beach. Our ground attack fighter planes should have been dropping napalm, at tree top level, right up until the ramps dropped.
Canadians:
The British were much more aware of and concerned about British causalities, then they were Canadian losses. Dieppe etc...
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Lets just say my enthusiasm for Canada and Canadians is not as strong as yours appears to be.
The Germans were masters at the Tactical, unfortunately for them, it was a
strategic
war, which was lost by them in the winter of 1941.
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I'm just getting acquainted with Mahler. I have Mahler 4 with the NYPO and Bernstein. I am thinking of getting the complete cycle by Bernstein and the NYPO, just to get started. $32 on amazon.
Always good to see female conductors. Nice clip.
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When The Frogman ends a recommendation with an [ ! ] it's a done deal.
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Oh Canada!
Surprisingly candid discussion, coming from them.
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I would go to and do go to Herbert Blomstedt Yesterday I received LvB Nine Symphonies, Staatskapelle Dresden, Blomstedt. They stuffed 5 CDs in one jewel box!! What’s wrong with putting them in cardboard sleeves in a cardboard box? Cheers |
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With streaming sounding as good as it does I don’t see how the CD market is going to survive much longer..
Possibly. But remember, they said the same thing about LPs. In any event, most Aficionados would have all the great works and performances already in hand. Cheers |
His Akhenaton is hypnotic and initiatic, transformative at the highest level...
In other words, it great if you have trouble falling asleep and want to take a quick nap. Cheers
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Some people think that music must continue to 'evolve'. And this is true. Most things do evolve. However, 'evolve' does not mean 'get better'.
No genre that I am aware of has always gotten better. Some, like Classical are performed at a higher level than they were previously, but this is due to better recording technology, better trained players / conductors, better instruments in general... etc but the compositions are not getting better. Same applies to Jazz, Rock, Pop, Blues, spirituals, and others. Remember, the Bell Curve still rules.
BTW, I said Glass put me to sleep because it really did. :)
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Also, remember The Frogman's First Law.
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I know a "frogman" but i am embarassed to say that i dont know what frogman first law is...
The Frogman's first law states: There is a perfectly good and logical reason for every situation you may find as pertains to the music, the players, the composers, and their success / popularity, or lack thereof. For example, there is a reason why Mozart is Mozart, and old whats his name,
Stockhausen is Stockhausen. There is a reason why The Marriage of Figaro is what it is, and why Satyagraha is what it is. So there is no reason or room for argument. And to think, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach etc...... did it all without the help of paid mass media hype. Cheers |
Schubert,
You are just a Ray of Sunshine.
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Canadian Military:
I am sure the troops are just fine, however they do have a serious and I mean serious problem with the senior officer corps.
The last three Canadian equivalents
of our Chairman of the Joint Chiefs have been relieved of command for sexual misconduct. Three in a row! These are their highest ranking officers in uniform. Their special ops Chief was also relieved for sexual misconduct. One Admiral has been accused of RAPE by a fellow female officer. All of this in the past few years / months.
A few years ago, a full Colonel, their best and brightest Air Force Officer, he flew the Queen around Canada during her visit, was commander of their largest Airbase, was convicted of two murders of young women, one a female airman under his command. He also burgled many houses and took selfies of himself while wearing the underwear of the women of the houses.
They do have an anti-military socialist government and it shows. But, when you have a border with a friendly superpower, you tend to get sloppy.
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my gut still says Putin is more dangerous than ping-pong .Belarus is his test .
I don't think either one is a military threat to the U.S. We are in a class by ourselves when it comes to military power and the ability to project that power. I think Putin wants influence in the world and a buffer between Russia and NATO in Europe. He is also a master at sowing discord within Europe and to a lesser degree in NATO. He has a talent for seeing the weak links. He even tested the U.S. in Syria but 2 or 3 hundred Russians were missing from morning formation the next day. Ping-Pong is more of a economic threat. They too want more global influence. But, we could always stop buying their stuff and educating their elites. Geography
works against them. Few friends and bases outside of the country. And last, but not surely not least, we have the 1st Cavalry, and they don't. :) Cheers |
A thousand apologies.
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The singing is great of course, but listen to the strings! I have never heard it played like this before. Like an old 3D movie, it just jumps out at you. Love it.
Handel - Messiah (Stephen Layton)
stroll down and click on part 2 -- at 1:33:01 why do the nations so furiously rage together? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjYsBZTBTA&t=5746sCheers |
@schubert
Who dat say Cav can’t jam!!
Who are The Hellcats??
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Deutsche Welle is a German Public Broadcast Service
For all Canadians and their Sycophants
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"political/historic subjects are a turn off"
"good bye"
If it "turns you off" sitting in the comfort of your home listing to your million dollar stereo system, try to imagine what it was for the kidnapped children undergoing sexual abuse and torture. I bet they thought it was a real 'turn off' also.
Good Bye and Good Riddance.
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Americans seem to think that history starts when they arrive, or become aware of, or have some interest in an area of the world.
As I have said before, there are no good guys in Eastern Europe.
Stalin created a man-made famine in the early 30's that killed around 6 million in Ukraine. I can see why there is no love lost there.
In the early part of the invasion by Hitler, the folks in Ukraine greeted the Nazi as heroes / liberators. Helped in the round-up of the Jews. Even the SS complained about their brutality being 'messy'.
Ukrainians provided a significant percentage of guards at Nazi concentration / death camps. Goggle "John Demjanjuk".
Quite a few Ukrainians were captured fighting for the Germans in Normandy during D-Day.
My point is, things are complicated. Americans don't like complicated or shades of gray. We like everything in Black and white.
Of course it's always good to see the Russians getting their rear ends kicked.
Again, Ain't no good guys in eastern Europe. Certainly no one worth the life of even one American solider.
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Can't believe I did not spell SOLDIER correctly.
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Sibelius:
Complete Symphonies and Tone Poems --- Boston / Colin Davis - Decca
Currently on Ebay and amazon. I have ordered several items from Presto, and you will receive them eventually. I received one order within 7 days from order, and two others 45+ days after order. And that was with $11 shipping. Of course, nothing is normal these days.
Ebay also has the same performances on Philips Classics 2fers.
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I have NEVER heard any thing about Canada on TV .
The Frogman's First Law.
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Florence Price:
I have her Symphonies nos. 1 and 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nezet-Sequin
DG 2022
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