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#NowSpinning Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotically intoxicating Antar, in Svetlanov’s RCA recording. It doesn’t quite have the magic of Järvi’s DG version, but it’s still lovely. This work does not get enough attention, but it is full of inspired ideas, all projected in Rimsky’s trademark colouring.
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
#NowSpinning Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotically intoxicating Antar, in Svetlanov’s RCA recording. It doesn’t quite have the magic of Järvi’s DG version, but it’s still lovely. This work does not get enough attention, but it is full of inspired ideas, all projected in Rimsky’s trademark colouring.
#NowSpinning Haydn Symphonies 85, 86 and 87 with Ansermet in Geneva. I really enjoyed the first disc of Paris Symphonies and look forward to this one.
January 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
#NowSpinning Haydn Symphonies 85, 86 and 87 with Ansermet in Geneva. I really enjoyed the first disc of Paris Symphonies and look forward to this one.
#NowSpinning Karajan’s studio Mahler 9. This is the last in the 1970s section of his massive complete DG box. By the end of this I will be 182 discs into the box, which contains 356. So only just pat the half way point, with all of the Opera and 1980s recordings to go.
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
#NowSpinning Karajan’s studio Mahler 9. This is the last in the 1970s section of his massive complete DG box. By the end of this I will be 182 discs into the box, which contains 356. So only just pat the half way point, with all of the Opera and 1980s recordings to go.
#NowSpinning Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, with Karajan in Berlin. I know how many people feel about Karajan and Bach, but it’s next up in his big box and so I am listening rather than making any assumptions about it.
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
#NowSpinning Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, with Karajan in Berlin. I know how many people feel about Karajan and Bach, but it’s next up in his big box and so I am listening rather than making any assumptions about it.
#NowSpinning Karajan’s Bruckner 6 from the very end of the 1970s. I am following this with the score and writing this between movements. It’s astounding how much detail there is to take in, from the score itself.
January 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
#NowSpinning Karajan’s Bruckner 6 from the very end of the 1970s. I am following this with the score and writing this between movements. It’s astounding how much detail there is to take in, from the score itself.
#NowSpinning Mozart Symphony No. 38 with Dohnányi in Cleveland. The Cleveland box has some wonderful repertoire in it, but I have failed to get past the first disc so far!
January 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
#NowSpinning Mozart Symphony No. 38 with Dohnányi in Cleveland. The Cleveland box has some wonderful repertoire in it, but I have failed to get past the first disc so far!
#NowSpinning Tchaikovsky Symphony, recorded right at the end of the 1970s, along with 2 and 3, to complete Karajan’s DG cycle. Karajan has a real feel for Tchaikovsky and this First is coming off magnificently. But oh my god, the cover art! Weird.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#NowSpinning Tchaikovsky Symphony, recorded right at the end of the 1970s, along with 2 and 3, to complete Karajan’s DG cycle. Karajan has a real feel for Tchaikovsky and this First is coming off magnificently. But oh my god, the cover art! Weird.
#NowSpinning Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Herbert von Karajan. I can’t say I am particularly excited by this. It’s pretty. And impressive. But I am not sure it’s particularly…….interesting.
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#NowSpinning Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Herbert von Karajan. I can’t say I am particularly excited by this. It’s pretty. And impressive. But I am not sure it’s particularly…….interesting.
#NowSpinning Karajan’s incredibly beautiful Mahler 4. I haven’t heard this for probably 20 years at least. Karajan was probably wise to not record all of the Mahler symphonies - judicious repertoire choice has to be key for any conductor - but I am glad he did this one.
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#NowSpinning Karajan’s incredibly beautiful Mahler 4. I haven’t heard this for probably 20 years at least. Karajan was probably wise to not record all of the Mahler symphonies - judicious repertoire choice has to be key for any conductor - but I am glad he did this one.
#NowSpinning Arvo Volmer’s Sibelius 5 from Adelaide. If it’s not already obvious, I am REALLY enjoying my second run through this cycle. The orchestra sounds gorgeously idiomatic.
December 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#NowSpinning Arvo Volmer’s Sibelius 5 from Adelaide. If it’s not already obvious, I am REALLY enjoying my second run through this cycle. The orchestra sounds gorgeously idiomatic.
Now onto the Rückert-Lieder from the same disc.
#NowSpinning Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, with Christa Ludwig and Herbert von Karajan. It’s been a long time since I heard these recordings. But I do love Ludwig most dearly. Let’s see how I feel.
December 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Now onto the Rückert-Lieder from the same disc.
#NowSpinning Rimsky-Korsakov’s short, but very appealing Piano Concerto, with Malcolm Binns and David Lloyd-Jones. Works like this really deserve much more attention. The opening is especially evocative and it’s all gorgeously orchestrated.
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#NowSpinning Rimsky-Korsakov’s short, but very appealing Piano Concerto, with Malcolm Binns and David Lloyd-Jones. Works like this really deserve much more attention. The opening is especially evocative and it’s all gorgeously orchestrated.
#NowSpinning Glazunov’s Second Symphony, with Otaka in Wales. Having already loved the Serebrier and Järvi sets, I’ve bought up a good handful of others, including this one. Such heartwarmingly approachable works.
December 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#NowSpinning Glazunov’s Second Symphony, with Otaka in Wales. Having already loved the Serebrier and Järvi sets, I’ve bought up a good handful of others, including this one. Such heartwarmingly approachable works.
#NowSpinning Chopin’s Ballade No.4 with Samson Francois. Highly expressive and almost improvisatory, at least that’s my first impression.
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#NowSpinning Chopin’s Ballade No.4 with Samson Francois. Highly expressive and almost improvisatory, at least that’s my first impression.
#NowSpinning Dorati’s famous Mercury Firebird from London. I know some prefer his Detroit remake and some like neither, but I love both. This is an outstanding disc and I am glad to have reached it again.
December 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#NowSpinning Dorati’s famous Mercury Firebird from London. I know some prefer his Detroit remake and some like neither, but I love both. This is an outstanding disc and I am glad to have reached it again.
#NowSpinning Arvo Volmer’s Sibelius Symphony No.4 from Adelaide. From the very outset this performance is moody and searching.
December 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#NowSpinning Arvo Volmer’s Sibelius Symphony No.4 from Adelaide. From the very outset this performance is moody and searching.
#NowSpinning Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, with Christa Ludwig and Herbert von Karajan. It’s been a long time since I heard these recordings. But I do love Ludwig most dearly. Let’s see how I feel.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#NowSpinning Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, with Christa Ludwig and Herbert von Karajan. It’s been a long time since I heard these recordings. But I do love Ludwig most dearly. Let’s see how I feel.
#NowSpinning Respighi’s Pini di Roma with Dorati in Minneapolis. This is a performance of high contrasts. Very impressive.
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#NowSpinning Respighi’s Pini di Roma with Dorati in Minneapolis. This is a performance of high contrasts. Very impressive.
#NowSpinning Arnold Bax Christmas Eve. Not a fairy tale work. But rather an emotionally charged night of contemplation in amongst Ireland’s strife. Merry Christmas, one and all
December 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#NowSpinning Arnold Bax Christmas Eve. Not a fairy tale work. But rather an emotionally charged night of contemplation in amongst Ireland’s strife. Merry Christmas, one and all
#NowSpinning Lutosławski and Janáček from Ozawa in Chicago. As before, the recording shows its age a little, but the playing is phenomenal And Ozawa delivers high octane energy.
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#NowSpinning Lutosławski and Janáček from Ozawa in Chicago. As before, the recording shows its age a little, but the playing is phenomenal And Ozawa delivers high octane energy.
#NowSpinning Seiji Ozawa’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra account of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
December 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#NowSpinning Seiji Ozawa’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra account of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
#NowSoinning Murray Perahia and Bernard Haitink with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. These are supremely refined accounts of Beethoven’s concertos, but will they set everyone’s pulses racing? I’m not sure, but they are rather beautiful.
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#NowSoinning Murray Perahia and Bernard Haitink with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. These are supremely refined accounts of Beethoven’s concertos, but will they set everyone’s pulses racing? I’m not sure, but they are rather beautiful.
#NowSpinning Stravinsky’s wondrous Petrushka, with Vladimir Juowski and our good mate, London Phil. My initial impressions are of an interpretation brimming with care for detail and plenty of energy. But let’s see….
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
#NowSpinning Stravinsky’s wondrous Petrushka, with Vladimir Juowski and our good mate, London Phil. My initial impressions are of an interpretation brimming with care for detail and plenty of energy. But let’s see….
#NowSpinning Tamberg’s thrillingly skittish Concerto Grosso. This is FUN. At least the opening is.
December 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#NowSpinning Tamberg’s thrillingly skittish Concerto Grosso. This is FUN. At least the opening is.
#NowSpinning Magnard’s highly compelling and totally touching Fourth Symphony.
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#NowSpinning Magnard’s highly compelling and totally touching Fourth Symphony.