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#NowSpinning Sergei Rachmaninoff plays his own Piano Concertos 1 and 4, with Ormandy in Philadelphia. Such a great privilege to be able to hear the great man in this context.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
#NowSpinning Sergei Rachmaninoff plays his own Piano Concertos 1 and 4, with Ormandy in Philadelphia. Such a great privilege to be able to hear the great man in this context.
#NowSpinning an absolute treat. Arnold Bax! The Suite from Tamara and Cathleen ni Houlihan, both in excellent orchestrations. The former is exciting and full of very Baxian tunes. The latter is soulful and beautifully atmospheric. And what fine performances
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#NowSpinning an absolute treat. Arnold Bax! The Suite from Tamara and Cathleen ni Houlihan, both in excellent orchestrations. The former is exciting and full of very Baxian tunes. The latter is soulful and beautifully atmospheric. And what fine performances
#NowSpinning A wondrous Kullervo from Saraste. I have never understood why this isn’t mentioned much, though it may be because it was released as an appendix to Saraste’s second - and much less successful - Symphony cycle on Finlandia. But try it. It’s a great performance.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#NowSpinning A wondrous Kullervo from Saraste. I have never understood why this isn’t mentioned much, though it may be because it was released as an appendix to Saraste’s second - and much less successful - Symphony cycle on Finlandia. But try it. It’s a great performance.
I’ve been naughty again. I would like to be able to say I am sorry, but I am not able to say that. I am also clearly not able to stop buying box sets. Incapable. Naughty I tell you. Naughty. Naughty. Naughty.
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I’ve been naughty again. I would like to be able to say I am sorry, but I am not able to say that. I am also clearly not able to stop buying box sets. Incapable. Naughty I tell you. Naughty. Naughty. Naughty.
#NowSpinning I know I bang on about this disc from time to time, but some times we just need to hear something truly beautiful.
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#NowSpinning I know I bang on about this disc from time to time, but some times we just need to hear something truly beautiful.
Two cheeky new arrivals today. And from two wonderful conductors. Much fun to be had with these!
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Two cheeky new arrivals today. And from two wonderful conductors. Much fun to be had with these!
#NowSpinning. Aha! Look who popped up today. It’s already appeared online, so I’m going in. I know live performances of the work drew some golden reviews, but I’m going to make up my own mind here.
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
#NowSpinning. Aha! Look who popped up today. It’s already appeared online, so I’m going in. I know live performances of the work drew some golden reviews, but I’m going to make up my own mind here.
#NowSpinning Harl McDonald’s Symphony No.1 ‘The Santa Fé Trail’. Ah some fairly easy listening here, and not in a bad way. Tuneful, pleasant work, this.
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
#NowSpinning Harl McDonald’s Symphony No.1 ‘The Santa Fé Trail’. Ah some fairly easy listening here, and not in a bad way. Tuneful, pleasant work, this.
#NowSpinning Kabalevsky’s The Comedians, with Efrem Kurtz and the Philharmonia. This recording is made in early but beautiful stereo. And such a gloriously colourful performance!
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#NowSpinning Kabalevsky’s The Comedians, with Efrem Kurtz and the Philharmonia. This recording is made in early but beautiful stereo. And such a gloriously colourful performance!
#NowSpinning Sir Thomas Beecham’s Delius Florida Suite. This conductor’s way with Delius is, of course, legendary. The finely-spun magic is evident from the very start of this enchanting performance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#NowSpinning Sir Thomas Beecham’s Delius Florida Suite. This conductor’s way with Delius is, of course, legendary. The finely-spun magic is evident from the very start of this enchanting performance.
#NowSpinning on the work run. ‘The Art of Kirsten Flagstad’, with Ormandy in Philadelphia. To be honest, the crusty recording renders her voice somewhat monochrome and the orchestra sounds grotty. But that’s OK. It’s still an interesting document!
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#NowSpinning on the work run. ‘The Art of Kirsten Flagstad’, with Ormandy in Philadelphia. To be honest, the crusty recording renders her voice somewhat monochrome and the orchestra sounds grotty. But that’s OK. It’s still an interesting document!
#NowSpinning an orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures that I had not heard before. Problem is you have Ravel with his wind and brass at the fore at one end of the spectrum and Stokowski’ strings at the other. Anyone else just feels like they are borrowing from one or the other!
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#NowSpinning an orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures that I had not heard before. Problem is you have Ravel with his wind and brass at the fore at one end of the spectrum and Stokowski’ strings at the other. Anyone else just feels like they are borrowing from one or the other!
#NowSpinning A new disc of music celebrating Iberia, all written by French - not Spanish or Portuguese - composers, played by a British orchestra under a Venezuelan conductor. Once again music defies national borders and yet celebrates them all in one go!
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#NowSpinning A new disc of music celebrating Iberia, all written by French - not Spanish or Portuguese - composers, played by a British orchestra under a Venezuelan conductor. Once again music defies national borders and yet celebrates them all in one go!
#NowSpinning Louis Spohr’s Eighth Violin Concerto. As one does.
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#NowSpinning Louis Spohr’s Eighth Violin Concerto. As one does.
Made it into the i newspaper today! Out in the print edition already, but coming to the online versions, with some puzzles added. over the weekend. Sorry to share, but it’s a brand new school and we want spread the word far and wide.
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Made it into the i newspaper today! Out in the print edition already, but coming to the online versions, with some puzzles added. over the weekend. Sorry to share, but it’s a brand new school and we want spread the word far and wide.
#NowSpinning Albert Spaulding and Eugene Ormandy with Mendelssohn’s E Minor Violin Concerto. You’ll see this box is of recordings made between 1935 and 1942. The sound isn’t quite the best….
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#NowSpinning Albert Spaulding and Eugene Ormandy with Mendelssohn’s E Minor Violin Concerto. You’ll see this box is of recordings made between 1935 and 1942. The sound isn’t quite the best….
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Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Evenings are drawing in and temperatures are dropping (in my hemisphere at least), but one of my lovely local orchestras is here with "an hour and a quarter of musical sunshine" (@theguardian.com) to keep me warm on dark winter nights.
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Evenings are drawing in and temperatures are dropping (in my hemisphere at least), but one of my lovely local orchestras is here with "an hour and a quarter of musical sunshine" (@theguardian.com) to keep me warm on dark winter nights.
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
#NowSpinning Ravel’s Mother Goose, in this new recording. I’ve been really enjoying this find set. Gorgeous orchestral playing can be taken for granted in this instance, with some particularly lovely oboe moments!
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#NowSpinning Ravel’s Mother Goose, in this new recording. I’ve been really enjoying this find set. Gorgeous orchestral playing can be taken for granted in this instance, with some particularly lovely oboe moments!
Help. Which is the more complete of the two and should I get it?
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Help. Which is the more complete of the two and should I get it?
#NowSpinning this glorious account of Vaughan Williams’s gorgeous Sea Symphony. I am a huge fan of Boult’s EMI remake, but this remains a very special document. And in this Pristine Classical mastering it almost sounds like stereo. An extraordinary recording.
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#NowSpinning this glorious account of Vaughan Williams’s gorgeous Sea Symphony. I am a huge fan of Boult’s EMI remake, but this remains a very special document. And in this Pristine Classical mastering it almost sounds like stereo. An extraordinary recording.
#NowSpinning Haydn Symphony No.104, with Eugen Jochum in London. Such tremendous warmth and infectious charm.
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#NowSpinning Haydn Symphony No.104, with Eugen Jochum in London. Such tremendous warmth and infectious charm.
Prunella Scales, 22 June 1932 - 28 October 2025. One of the great talents, over a career spanning more than 70 years. Unforgettable in Fawlty Towers, of course, but so, so much more than that. We will miss you, dear Prunella.
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Prunella Scales, 22 June 1932 - 28 October 2025. One of the great talents, over a career spanning more than 70 years. Unforgettable in Fawlty Towers, of course, but so, so much more than that. We will miss you, dear Prunella.
#NowSpinning Bartók’s First String Quartet with the Hungarians. I have not heard this cycle before and will probably compare with others today. Anyone got any thoughts on their favourite Bartók’s Quartet sets?
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#NowSpinning Bartók’s First String Quartet with the Hungarians. I have not heard this cycle before and will probably compare with others today. Anyone got any thoughts on their favourite Bartók’s Quartet sets?
#NowSpinning I was reminded over the weekend to come back to this thrilling recording of Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony. The Chicago Symphony tears into the first movement, yet finds solace and beauty later in the work. And that finale is somehow both magical and toweringly grand.
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#NowSpinning I was reminded over the weekend to come back to this thrilling recording of Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony. The Chicago Symphony tears into the first movement, yet finds solace and beauty later in the work. And that finale is somehow both magical and toweringly grand.
#NowSpinning one of my old favourite performances of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. It’s dark, weighty and powerful. An awesome experience.
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#NowSpinning one of my old favourite performances of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. It’s dark, weighty and powerful. An awesome experience.