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Blues for Aficionados
B.B.'s wife:Blasphemy, I cry!!!!She was a classmate of my brother in high school.  Very nice.  I last saw her in 2007 at a reunion in Mississippi.Cheers 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Shostakovich: Stalin's Composer? - WW2 Biography Specialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=827zsCiQ_YY&t=69sFrom a very good WWll series.Cheers 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Dmitri ShostakovichVIOLIN CONCERTOMaxim Vengerov (violin)London Symphony OrchestraMstislav RostropovichTeldec 1994Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op. 77 (op.99) I. Nocturno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmjzdly29lkII. Scherzo https:... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei ProkofievVIOLIN CONCERTOMaxim Vengerov (violin)London Symphony OrchestraMstislav RostropovichTeldec  1994Notes:"When Stalin launched his second major attack against the composers of the Soviet Union in February 1948, two of the nation's mos... 
Blues for Aficionados
B.B. KingLIVE AT THE APOLLOGene Harris(piano, conductor), Kenny Burrell(guitar), Ray brown(bass), Harry "Sweets" Edison(trumpet), Urbie Green(trombone), and the Philip Morris Super BandGRP Records    1991Jazz greats backing B.B.King.  The verdict?... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Quiz:This, 'The Quarrel' seems to sound a lot like Stravinsky's  "A Soldiers Tale."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ezvwLxXXc&list=OLAK5uy_nbUBb_5tVFMfsoMmxEae3BW1TD3ktdigc&i...Will listen to the entire thing later this evening.Cheers 
Blues for Aficionados
B.B. KingHOW BLUE CAN YOU GET: CLASSIC LIVE PERFORMANCES 1964-94MCA  1996    2CD setNotes:"I grew up singing gospel songs and church was really my thing," King once told Robert Gordon.  He gleaned his first professional experience in the St. John ... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei Prokofiev ROMEO AND JULIETChicago Symphony OrchestraSir Georg SoltiDecca 1983Notes: "The symphony, finished in September 1917, was almost the last work written before Prokofiev left his homeland for the United States in wake of the Russi... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Chamber Orchestra:The perfect size.Cheers 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei ProkofievCLASSICAL SYMPHONYOrpheus Chamber OrchestraDG  1988Symphony no.1, op.25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLT55kPIFCoCheers  
Blues for Aficionados
B.B. KingBLUES SUMMITB.B. King et al. doing duetsB.B. King and his OrchestraMCA  1993 Call It Stormy Monday  -  with Albert Collinshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0J-H7VoGo Since I Met You Baby  -  with Katie Websterhttps://www.youtube.com/wat... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Sergei ProkofievPETER AND THE WOLFRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraAndre PrevinTelarc   1986Notes: "When Prokofiev returned for good to his native Russia in 1933 from his years in the West, he quickly espoused the Soviet philosophy of promoting music... 
Blues for Aficionados
B.B. KingDO THE BOOGIE: EARLY 50s CLASSICSFlair / Virgin America Compilation  1988Notes: "This compact disc derives from the two volumes of B.B. King's rare recordings featured on the Ace albums CHD 201 "One Nighter Blues" and CHD 230 "Across the ... 
Blues for Aficionados
B.B. KingCOMPLETELY WELLMCA Records 1969Minimum packaging. Just track listing. Not even date of CD.Wiki: Riley B. King, known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a so... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Mozart - SchubertSONATA, K448   /   FANTASIA, OP.103, D.940Murray Perahia (piano)Radu Lupu (piano)CBS Masterworks   1985Notes: "Mozart wrote the D major Sonata in Vienna in November 1781 to be played by himself and Josephine von Aurnhammer.  Fräul...