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Classical Music for Aficionados
Serge Rachmaninoff  /  Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyPIANO CONCERTOSMartha Argerich (piano)RSO Berlin    Riccardo ChaillySymphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen RundfunksKirill KondrashinPhilips Classics     1995Notes: "...But perhaps the last word should g... 
Blues for Aficionados
Taj Mahal  /  Keb MoTAJ MAHAL & KEB' MO'Concord Records   2017Big Band Delta Blues?Don't Leave Me Herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l97saNpTHIMOm Sweet Om    (featuring Liz Wright)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHiMZqlfUjEShe Knows How To R... 
Blues for Aficionados
Terry EvansPUTTIN' IT DOWNRy Cooder (guitar)Audioquest Music    1995Notes: " I grew up in a little town called Vicksburg, Mississippi, which was close to the Delta, Greenville, where B.B., Robert Johnson and all the famous cats came up.  I was rai... 
Blues for Aficionados
@bdp24 I have that one on Audioquest and a few others by Terry Evans.  Don't know how I overlooked them.   Thanks.arcticdeth,The CD was / is 'perfect' for me, in that it addressed everything I hated about LPs.  Cheers 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei RachmaninovSYMPHONY NO. 3Concertgebouw OrchestraVladimir AshkenazyDecca   1983Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44 1. Lento - Allegro moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iBJYe8Jwzo 2. Adagio ma non troppo https://www.youtube.com/watch... 
Blues for Aficionados
Bobby King & Terry Evans RHYTHM, BLUES, SOUL & GROOVESRy Cooder (guitar)Rounder    1990One Way Ticket to Memphishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrhoo19GCR4 Where We Gonna Go From Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F66xSXkpB3w I'll ... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei Rachmaninoff SYMPHONIC DANCES FOR 2 PIANOSEmanuel Ax (piano)Yefim Bronfman (piano)Sony Classical     2001Notes: "The fact that Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in the St. Petersburg of czarist Russia and died amidst the palm trees of Beverly... 
Blues for Aficionados
Bobby King & Terry EvansLIVE AND LET LIVERounder  1988Notes:"Bobby King is from Lake Charles, Louisiana.  From early childhood he sang in his father's church--the Pleasant Valley Congregation-- with his twelve brothers and sisters.""Terry had ... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei RachmaninoffPIANOS CONCERTOSPhilippe Entremont (piano)New York PhilharmonicLeonard BernsteinLegacy / Sony    1960, 1970 / 2003 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18 I. Moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nFo3qZZSSwII. Adagio ... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei RachmaninoffPIANOS CONCERTOSAndre Watts (piano)New York PhilharmonicSeiji OzawaLegacy / Sony     1960, 1970  /  2003Notes:"An embittered battle for and against Rachmaninoff is raging to this day.  While some defend him as the last pure Roma... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei Rachmaninoff / Ludwig van BeethovenPIANO CONCERTOSVan Cliburn (piano)Chicago Symphony OrchestraFritz ReinerRCA Victor Living Stereo   1961, 1962, 1994Notes:"E-flat major was to Beethoven a heroic key by the evidence of the "Eroica" Symphony... 
Blues for Aficionados
B.B. KingSINGIN’ THE BLUES / THE BLUESHis first two original albums on one CDFlair / Virgin Compilation 1991Nothing in the skimpy notes worth repeating.  Minimum packaging.SINGIN’ THE BLUES (His first album, 1957) Three O’clock Blueshttps://www.yo... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sound familiar?:More than familiar.    I think  David Hurwitz talked about this also, using the same music in both pieces.ThanksCheers 
Blues for Aficionados
B.B. KingLIVE AT THE REGALMCA   1971Budget bin packaging.   Folded sheet with track listings. Every Day I Have The Blues (Live At The Regal Theater, Chicago, 1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl9tGmg4p88Sweet Little Angelhttps://www.youtube.... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Giacomo PucciniTHE ULTIMATE PUCCINI COLLECTIONLondon Compilation     1998Notes give a brief synopsis of each song plus talks about movies in which Opera comprises much of the soundtrack. Turandot / Act 3 - "Nessun dorma!"     (Luciano Pavarotti)h...