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She did sign CDs after the concert, but I had to leave at intermission, as SF is 90 minutes away from me, and I have to get up early for work. The second half, Henri Dutilleux's Metaboles and Ravel's La Valse didn't appeal to me that much, anyway. I will make a determined effort to meet her next time, hopefully in a solo recital. 
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Thank you John.
I would have loved to see the Ravel though... Listening and watching now to: C.P.E. Bach & J.S. Bach - Ascension Oratorios La Petite Bande, Ex Tempore, conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken  J.S. Bach: "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen", BWV 11 C.P.E. Bach: "Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu" Sophie Karthäuser · Patrizia Hardt · Christoph Einhorn Christoph Genz · Jan van der Crabben · Stephan Genz Recorded live at the Church of St. Nikolai, Leipzig, May 2004 Although this is a simple DVD, image and sound (DTS) are very good. As is the performance. Kuijken seems to gather good musicians and singers on all his recordings. The quality of his Bach albums is consistently excellent. Nice to also see him at work here.
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Listening to . . . Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Le Roi Lear, Op. 4 (King Lear)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Marek Janowski, Conductor One of the best sounding SACD's I've heard lately - Excellent performance, superb sound quality. The on-line audio magazine - The Audio Beat lists this as one of their top four SACD's. I love the music of Berlioz and this recording reminds me why I do . . . A Pentatone SACD, recorded in 2010 
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02-06-2014, 08:34 PM
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Yes, and she's an animal lover, too, so there's a lot to admire. I just heard the last movement of her Schumann Concerto with Esa-Pekka Salonen on the radio--wow! I immediately added it to my want list.
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Listening to . . . . J. S. Bach - Mass in B minor
A Philips three LP box set Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Neville Marriner, Conductor Margaret Marshall - Soprano Janet Baker - Soprano & Alto/Contralto Robert Tear - Tenor Samuel Ramey - Bass The music of Heaven, sung by angels. Really beautiful. Wonderful voices, sounds so good it brings chill bumps to this old boy. Very good Philips sound and the extraordinary playing of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. I have several different recordings of this music, but this one is so good, I find little reason to listen to others and compare. This set is good! 
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This is a fabulous record . . .
Listening to . . . Stokowski - Rhapsodies Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Enesco - Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 Smetana - The Moldau, The Bartered Bride Overture The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Great sounding record! There was something about Stokowski that made the music he played sound a little more technicolor than other versions of the same music. Made him very popular among the masses and detested by more polished classical music listeners. But square peg that I am, I love his music. An RCA Living Stereo LP - Recorded in 1961 and also available on SACD  . . . .  
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I'm breaking the plastic on this recent arrival right now for the Esoteric:
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02-07-2014, 12:02 PM
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Schubert: Symphony No. 9
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02-07-2014, 12:08 PM
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A little wake-up music: Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony on RCA Living Stereo vinyl,1962 I picked this up at an estate sale and other than a couple of ticks here and there it's in great shape. A stirring performance and good sound. image-3974440519.jpg
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