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Strauss’ Four Last Songs are among my favorite works… one of those that I have at least 10 or more recordings of. Beside the Four Last...

Now I know what Stravinsky would say: Glass hasn't written 14 symphonies, he's written the same one 14 times... Stravinsky’s famous...

I had to assemble 8 book shelves, 2 baker’s racks, the danish room table and benches, 2 couches, one seat, the office desk/table, 4...

I would love to see some photos. My brother, who lives with us, is disabled. He’ll likely need knee replacement surgery sometime...

While we are mostly settled into our new home and only have a few more items of furniture to purchase (and assemble) I am still doing...

The little site that would hopefully get 20 members is now at 800! Congratulations to Ayin and Hannah!

A collection of Mozart arias by the American soprano, Renėe Fleming. Fleming was one of my favorite singers. It seems I wasn’t alone...

More Schubert lieder. ❤️

Back to Jordi Savall and medieval music. On this disc… and Orient-Occidental II… Savall, and the musicians of Hesperian XXI… explore the...

Still on the Glass trip: Believe it or not, that's me enjoying opera. I wish someone would upload the whole thing, with subtitles, to...

Isn't the hunt some people call classical music exciting? It’s such a vast universe of music. Rock is some 75 years old. Jazz and...

Gardener and his period appropriate instruments and orchestra scale inspired an increased admiration for Brahms. Each disc in this set...

Karajan is not the conductor I initially think of for Haydn… but his troupe of singers here is unrivaled and the resulting recording is...

Patricia Kopatchinskaja gives an exuberant performance of Stravinsky's Violin Concerto Her recording of Beethoven’s violin concerto is...