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Kicking off today’s listening with two classic Nielsen discs. This is still my favourite Inextinguishable, despite amazing competition. Fire, ice, passion. And Bernstein’s disc is intrepid and inspiring.
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Kicking off today’s listening with two classic Nielsen discs. This is still my favourite Inextinguishable, despite amazing competition. Fire, ice, passion. And Bernstein’s disc is intrepid and inspiring.
New arrival! Sir Adrian Boult The Stereo Recordings 1956 - 1978. There are some personal favourite Vaughan Williams, Holst and Elgar performances in this box. And what a beautiful thing it is. 79 discs.
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
New arrival! Sir Adrian Boult The Stereo Recordings 1956 - 1978. There are some personal favourite Vaughan Williams, Holst and Elgar performances in this box. And what a beautiful thing it is. 79 discs.
#NowSpinning A late night walk to clear the head. Not sure if Peter Grimes is the right companion, but here he is! For some reason I have not heard this performance before.
January 29, 2026 at 10:29 PM
#NowSpinning A late night walk to clear the head. Not sure if Peter Grimes is the right companion, but here he is! For some reason I have not heard this performance before.
#NowSpinning Copland Music for a Great City. This work was commissioned by the LSO to celebrate its 60th season. Very amusing to see that the Evening Standard described it as a ‘knock-off of West Side Story’. I’m not sure their critic was listening.
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 AM
#NowSpinning Copland Music for a Great City. This work was commissioned by the LSO to celebrate its 60th season. Very amusing to see that the Evening Standard described it as a ‘knock-off of West Side Story’. I’m not sure their critic was listening.
#NowSpinning Abbado’s 1995 Amsterdam Mahler Festival Mahler 5, with the Berlin Philharmonic. In the two years between Abbado’s live DG recording and this version, the interpretation darkened somewhat. The opening march is emotionally leaden.
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 AM
#NowSpinning Abbado’s 1995 Amsterdam Mahler Festival Mahler 5, with the Berlin Philharmonic. In the two years between Abbado’s live DG recording and this version, the interpretation darkened somewhat. The opening march is emotionally leaden.
Coming out on March 27. BRING IT ON!!
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Coming out on March 27. BRING IT ON!!
All in all it’s just another…
January 24, 2026 at 11:02 AM
All in all it’s just another…
#NowSpinning Hindemith The Four Temperaments, with Salonen, Ax and a sumptuous-sounding LA Philharmonic. I keep forgetting to return to this box. Such an interesting conductor.
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
#NowSpinning Hindemith The Four Temperaments, with Salonen, Ax and a sumptuous-sounding LA Philharmonic. I keep forgetting to return to this box. Such an interesting conductor.
#NowSpinning Gil Shaham, the LSO and Previn with Barber’s magnificent Violin Concerto. I do love this heart-on-sleeve performance, though it never degenerates into note spinning nor too much sentimentality.
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 AM
#NowSpinning Gil Shaham, the LSO and Previn with Barber’s magnificent Violin Concerto. I do love this heart-on-sleeve performance, though it never degenerates into note spinning nor too much sentimentality.
#NowSpinning the first of a run of Strauss discs in the big Karajan DG box. Lots of elegance and lots of fun here.
January 21, 2026 at 5:44 AM
#NowSpinning the first of a run of Strauss discs in the big Karajan DG box. Lots of elegance and lots of fun here.
#NowSpinning this thrilling disc of Offenbach Overtures. Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic let their hair down for some real fun and the result is sparkling and uplifting.
January 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM
#NowSpinning this thrilling disc of Offenbach Overtures. Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic let their hair down for some real fun and the result is sparkling and uplifting.
#Nowspinning Karajan’s Bruckner 2. The earl digital recording is rather dry-sounding, which doesn’t help when I generally find Karajan much less convincing in early Bruckner and when the work isn’t my favourite from this composer’s output!
January 19, 2026 at 7:44 PM
#Nowspinning Karajan’s Bruckner 2. The earl digital recording is rather dry-sounding, which doesn’t help when I generally find Karajan much less convincing in early Bruckner and when the work isn’t my favourite from this composer’s output!
#NowSpinning more Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan. I would be interested to hear what others think of this series of discs?
January 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
#NowSpinning more Tchaikovsky from Alpesh Chauhan. I would be interested to hear what others think of this series of discs?
Angela Hewitt Complete Bach Recordings on 27 discs, now added to the box set collection. I have not heard any of these recordings and will use the set as a springboard for learning more about the music itself.
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Angela Hewitt Complete Bach Recordings on 27 discs, now added to the box set collection. I have not heard any of these recordings and will use the set as a springboard for learning more about the music itself.
#NowSpinning Suk’s Asrael Symphony, with Jiří Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic. This is the first of his two with this orchestra and I think it’s vastly superior to the remake. Gorgeously atmospheric sonics and deeply moving conducting make this a tremendous experience.
January 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
#NowSpinning Suk’s Asrael Symphony, with Jiří Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic. This is the first of his two with this orchestra and I think it’s vastly superior to the remake. Gorgeously atmospheric sonics and deeply moving conducting make this a tremendous experience.
#NowSpinning Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid, with John Wilson in the Wild West (of Manchester). This is a fine series of Copland discs. Just the kind of thing to find Wilson at his formidable best.
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
#NowSpinning Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid, with John Wilson in the Wild West (of Manchester). This is a fine series of Copland discs. Just the kind of thing to find Wilson at his formidable best.
#NowSpinning Manze’s totally compelling Vaughan Williams Job. I loved this on first listening, when it was released, and love it even more now. I was not a total fan of all of Manze’s Symphony recordings, but this is amazing.
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 AM
#NowSpinning Manze’s totally compelling Vaughan Williams Job. I loved this on first listening, when it was released, and love it even more now. I was not a total fan of all of Manze’s Symphony recordings, but this is amazing.
#NowSpinning Liszt’s B Minor Piano Sonata with Martha Argerich bashing the living daylights out of the keyboard.
January 13, 2026 at 6:11 AM
#NowSpinning Liszt’s B Minor Piano Sonata with Martha Argerich bashing the living daylights out of the keyboard.
#NowSpinning Yakov Kreizberg’s Dvořák Symphony No.8. These are very interesting performances. They may not be the most hefty, but the musical detail, phrasing and general shaping is impressive. Kreizberg was such a lovely conductor. He left us far too soon.
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
#NowSpinning Yakov Kreizberg’s Dvořák Symphony No.8. These are very interesting performances. They may not be the most hefty, but the musical detail, phrasing and general shaping is impressive. Kreizberg was such a lovely conductor. He left us far too soon.
#NowSpinning Mozart Symphony No.40 with Dohnányi in Cleveland. As mentioned previously, it’s amazing how much transparency this conductor achieved with a fairly hefty-sounding string section. It’s all balanced so masterfully.
January 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
#NowSpinning Mozart Symphony No.40 with Dohnányi in Cleveland. As mentioned previously, it’s amazing how much transparency this conductor achieved with a fairly hefty-sounding string section. It’s all balanced so masterfully.
#NowSpinning Arvo Volmer’s Sibelius 7. This is even more noticeably metronomic than its predecessor, though the orchestra sounds wonderful and there is at least a true sense of unity from the pretty unvarying tempo!
January 11, 2026 at 10:59 AM
#NowSpinning Arvo Volmer’s Sibelius 7. This is even more noticeably metronomic than its predecessor, though the orchestra sounds wonderful and there is at least a true sense of unity from the pretty unvarying tempo!
#NowSpinning Mozart Symphony No.39, from the Cleveland Orchestra and Christoph von Dohanányi. This is an extremely pleasant set of late Mozart Symphonies. Plus the recordings are so detailed it really pays to listen with the score to hand.
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
#NowSpinning Mozart Symphony No.39, from the Cleveland Orchestra and Christoph von Dohanányi. This is an extremely pleasant set of late Mozart Symphonies. Plus the recordings are so detailed it really pays to listen with the score to hand.
#NowSpinning Alpesh Chauhan conducts one of my favourite Tchaikovsky works, Francesca da Rimini. Astonishingly good recorded sound! Let’s hope Chauhan finds all the tempestuous energy and fire this work deserves!
January 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
#NowSpinning Alpesh Chauhan conducts one of my favourite Tchaikovsky works, Francesca da Rimini. Astonishingly good recorded sound! Let’s hope Chauhan finds all the tempestuous energy and fire this work deserves!
#NowSpinning Riccardo Muti’s Mahler 4 from the 1995 Amsterdam Mahler Festival. This is with the Vienna Philharmonic and shows off all sorts of elegance and glitter.
January 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
#NowSpinning Riccardo Muti’s Mahler 4 from the 1995 Amsterdam Mahler Festival. This is with the Vienna Philharmonic and shows off all sorts of elegance and glitter.
#NowSpinning Sibelius’s spooky and atmospheric melodrama Snöfrid. Paavo Järvi’s Estonian forces sound fabulous here.
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 AM
#NowSpinning Sibelius’s spooky and atmospheric melodrama Snöfrid. Paavo Järvi’s Estonian forces sound fabulous here.