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@TheVaughan5 One thing I do like about modern Rings is the newer Brunnhildes, who may not be the vocal equal of Flagstad or Nilsson, but they do make the line "Das ist kein mann!" truly funny. The phrase "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" refers specifically to the hefty crop of early Brunnh...

@KR4K40 I trust, sir, you were on the Autobahn.

Who'd recognized her as Mama Corleone in The Godfather?

Gorgeous, one of the finest blendings of image and music on You-Tube. Bernstein's best version as well, the Columbia Symphony was a pick-up orchestra of Hollywood musicians who played on soundtracks and did a lot of jazz, and it shows. Good recording as well, you can hear piano parts that normall...

Sorry, Not the Stockholmers. And not too Russian because I'm pretty sure it's the BBC. Good orchestra, thanks for doing it in one file.

Is this the Lehel/Hungarian State recording? Gorgeous, whoever it is. Makes this much Liszt almost digestible.

Superb. Had a perf I was quite happy with, but Shaw/Atlanta/Telarc? No-brainer. And your file breaks are perfect, completely non-intrusive. Well done, sir!

Excuse me, this file could use some editing, seems to start over at about10.24 or thereabouts.

Amazing coincidence: I was just at amazon grousing about this perf's unavailability as an mp3 download. Wasn't sure how satisfying it would be if it was available, because mp3's tend to chop ballets into tiny pieces (known on CDs as tracks) that interrupt the music flow on a regular basis with an...

Very very nice, Blomstedt makes SFO sound almost like the VPO. He even almost makes sense of the 6th. And BTW--thanks for taking the trouble to ID personnel on these recordings.

Another bulls-eye. Always been a Solti guy when it comes to Big German Noises, like Wagner, Bruckner and that Mahler character. He had a unique facility for keeping them in line without civilizing them too much. Took him awhile to get the Windy City bunch as smooth as the Viennese, but for this m...

Ah. One of my last LPs. Not the most idiomatic of "Pines"s (a little more like The Pines of the Italian Section of Atlanta) but easily their best recording. Telarc done itself proud on this one. The organ pedal in the last part was a real woofer tester. And thanks for single-filing it.

Very nicely uploaded, my favorite La Mer. But why did you have to go and gild the lily (and then some) with those gratuitous and totally unnecessary ocean sounds?? Don't suppose you'd do a second upload for those of us who like our music UN-"improved."

Magnificent, especially getting the whole thing in one file. I just have one question: why did you upload this in flv-medium, and Kullervo (another great one, thanx extremely) in flv-high?

Always been a fan of Goossens' "modernzation" of "Messiah", more even than that it's Beecham's only stereo version. I get a kick out of all the extra percussion. Nice to see he carries this on in his symphony. He commissioned Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" (among others) and was even ment...

And he did it all in one file! Sorry, have a hard time letting go of Christmas sometimes. Many thanks for the upload, and for all your efforts in behalf of great music, not to mention my collection. Sometimes the perfs are included--ironically for 'Harold in Italy', which is also one of the best ...

Thank you for the orchestra and conductor. Xlnt posting, of a much ignored major work. Can you imagine all the magic he DID destroy?

Bernstein's Beethoven isn't usually my first choice--except for the 7th. No one makes it dance like he does, and for once the VPO dances right along. Very nicely uploaded, the 1st mvmt break is especially well chosen.

You mean they actually could've crossed paths?? Actually it was only a comment on the age of the Munch recording, which was made in 1959. And a tribute to this one, which comes pretty close in terms of clarity and balance--and organ, where a lot of perfs and recordings crap out.

Ah, finally! Something from Dohnanyi that has nothing to do with Mozart or twinkling stars! Bamert and the Beeb strike again. Gorgeous painting, too.

Excellent. The Wooden Prince is Bartok's Firebird but I prefer Bela to Igor. Ta for choosing the Boulez, far and away the best performed and recorded. The only possible improvement would be to do it in one loong file, but your breaks are well chosen. Also ta for including Cantata Profana.

Delicious, always preferred "big band" Schubert. But 2 questions: Who? And will we ever see more?

Interesting blend. Was the composer part gaijin? The last name is Hungarian (I think--Eastern European anyway).

Oh, and thanx especially for single-filing it.

Just to be sure--this is Andrew Penny and the Irish boyos, is it not?

Excellent! Thanks ever so! Now if only you could dig up a 7th and maybe even an 8th that no one knows about....

Like the below, I've been an avid Lloydist since he began recording with the Albany Symphony. His 7th is one of my faves and it's great to have it and the Symphonic Mass with a first-class bunch like the Beeb. May we be seeing more symphonies? That would be a Merry Christmas indeed. Which, BTW, I...

A symphony from the Piazza Man! How great to hear symphonic vibes from that part of the world that aren't from Hy Brasile. Bet myself a lot that the good ol' bandoneon would be on hand, and I won. Better than most of Villa-Lobos's symphonies, and something of a surprise from AP. Gracias!