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Classical Music for Aficionados
George GershwinRHAPSODY IN BLUE / AN AMERICAN IN PARISEarl Wild  (piano)Boston Pops  --  Arthur FiedlerRCA Living Stereo  SACD   1959 / 2005Excellent booklet with tons of info on Gershwin and the music.  " He is a link between the Jazz camp and th... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyPIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B-FLAT MINOR, OP.23Lang Lang (piano)Chicago Symphony  --  Daniel BarenboimDG  2003Great Booklet with lots of information. From The Notes:  The Chicago Symphony played Tchaikovsky's B flat minor Concer... 
Dr. John
We have heard the rest, now the Best.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eUvjh5t2QMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6iHsz12OHAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f5SS_iiqC4Cheers 
Jazz for aficionados
Enough to make a grown man cry.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3421WDpq7eMCheers  
Classical Music for Aficionados
BeethovenGEORGE SZELL CONDUCTS BEETHOVENSymphonies Nos, 1 - 9  -  OverturesSymphony No. 5The Cleveland Orchestra -- George SzellSony Classics    5CD Box    No Booklet or notes.No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio https://www.youtube.co... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
MozartCONCERTOS FOR 2 & 3 PIANOSKatia & Marielle Labeque  (piano)Berliner  Philharmoniker  --  Semyon BychkovPhilips Classics  1989Notes: Excellent booklet with a nice picture of the sisters.  "The concerto in F for three pianos was writte... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
BeethovenTHE LATE STRING QUARTETSTakacs QuartetDecca  2003 - 20043CD set   with bookletFrom the notes:The quartet was formed in 1975 in Budapest and since 1983 has been  in residence at the University of Colorado, Boulder."Beethoven's series of la... 
Jazz for aficionados
Today's Listen:Hampton Hawes  --  ALL NIGHT SESSION  VOLUME ONEwith / Jim Hall(guitar), Red Mitchell(bass), Bruz Freeman(drums)Notes require electron microscope.  Recorded 1956groovin' highhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHXDPqKi0bYbroadwayhttps:/... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSINFONIA CONCERTANTE IN E-FLAT K364Vilde Frang (violin)Maxim Rysanov (viola)Arcangelo  --  Jonathan CohenWarner Classics    2015allegro maestosohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXdYvB3rACsandantehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?... 
Jazz for aficionados
Today's Listen:Thelonious Monk  --  THE LONDON COLLECTION VOLUME THREEminimum packaging, no notes.  1201 music label, originally on Black LionSolo Monk.the man I lovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqjChhKAXcgnuttyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e... 
Jazz for aficionados
Sunday:amazing gracehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcE0b_dddXYmy God is a rockhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0xnlg9MfcEmy soul is a witnesshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbwo07uGTwCheers 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Johann Sebastian BachENGLISH SUITES 1, 3 & 5Piotr Anderszewski (piano)Warner Classics  2014Seems like a lot but they are all very short pieces.  The notes give an account of the history of these works.   They also talk about 'repeats', for e... 
Jazz for aficionados
pjw,I have that 2CD set by Monk also.  Monk always plays his stuff and it always sounds fresh and interesting.  He seems to be the only guy in Jazz  able to pull that off.  Truly a unique player.  I served with one of his kin folk in Korea.Cheers 
Jazz for aficionados
Today's Listen:Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two  --  AT THE BLACKHAWKwith / Joe Gordon(trumpet), Charlie Rouse & Harold Land(tenor Sax), John Ore(bass), Billy Higgins(drums).The 'plus two' refers to Gordon and Land.  When you first hear the Sa... 
Jazz for aficionados
Today's Listen:Louis Armstrong -- THE BEST OF THE COMPLETE RCA  RECORDINGSRecorded between 1930 and 1947    All Remastered.It's real Jazz, so it might sound 'funny'.Ain't Misbehavin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9DZ4SC0-Ew Basin Street Blues ...