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    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    Accwai, This is an item I can see me buying. A SACD ( with Hybrid ability...)right? So my vintage Kyocera CD Player should be able to read the disc, I would believe. I find William Byrd's work relaxing...that is the word for it...relaxing. I possess next to nothing of his fine compositions...
  2. Manesp

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    Well, what do you know? Look who landed on my Challen Piano again: Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. LM- 2701 RCA Victor RED SEAL DYNAGROOVE from 1964. Schumann / Symphony No. 4. Robert Schumann. A colossal composer. Underrated? You think? Yeah...he is. And I am certain I am...
  3. Manesp

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    Nothing is immortal ...right? Maybe my Uncle ( long gone...) knew something back in '52 or '53 when he bought this LP at Sears. Who knows ? The record plays (...at least on my two best tables) like Day One! Cover is a small fraction below Near Mint. ALL parts of the "piece" (love that...
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    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    "Much in demand on the concert platform, Yngve (Soberg) recently performed Fauré’s Requiem with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Carmina Burana with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra." Gabriel Faure is one of my cherished...
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    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    This turned up Monday. My KYO CD Player is more patient than I am ...
  6. Manesp

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    Grand Accwai ...you got a Grand Slam for the obvious ... And your Comment gets it done for this remarkable WTB Forum. Well done.
  7. Manesp

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    I watched (on Vimeo) "Michael Torke: Life After the Ceremony of Inno-cence" ( ...love the apposite hyphen ...), from NewMusicBox.Viewed the aforesaid 3 X ...so far. Torke makes an astounding interviewee ... in my view.
  8. Manesp

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    Thank you NorthStar...enjoy your day in Beautiful BC ...allow me a guess... ...the Hub ...mid Island...please DO NOT respond if you lack comfort...I am simply curious...cuz I have been been Up Island many times. Later...btw...you are the best poster IMO...
  9. Manesp

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    sì “I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon." -- Jean Sibelius

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