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I like books, beer and Beethoven. And wine, whiskey, Bach and numerous other composers. And jazz and rock and roll. And the Portland Trail Blazers!
Anybody else ever notice a similarity between Dmitri Shostakovich and Mike Johnson?
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Anybody else ever notice a similarity between Dmitri Shostakovich and Mike Johnson?
Look what happens when my son and I go to Powell's Books in war-ravaged Portland without a chaperone.
October 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Look what happens when my son and I go to Powell's Books in war-ravaged Portland without a chaperone.
September 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Pretty visitor today. #goldfinch #birds
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pretty visitor today. #goldfinch #birds
Smooth, rich, warming. Proceeds benefit the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.
July 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Smooth, rich, warming. Proceeds benefit the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.
My father's Day treat for myself - hanging at a pub reading the Aeneid.
June 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My father's Day treat for myself - hanging at a pub reading the Aeneid.
Some recent acquisitions. I realized I don't have enough #Liszt in my collection. #vinylcollectors #ClassicalMusic
May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some recent acquisitions. I realized I don't have enough #Liszt in my collection. #vinylcollectors #ClassicalMusic
Went to my local record shop to buy myself an early birthday present. Found these 2 gems. #Dvorak #ClassicalMusic #vinylrecords
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Went to my local record shop to buy myself an early birthday present. Found these 2 gems. #Dvorak #ClassicalMusic #vinylrecords
Pucked up a couple classic #JohnColtrane albums today.
April 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Pucked up a couple classic #JohnColtrane albums today.
I've listened to this set twice now. The performances are magnificent. I don't know what to think of #Furtwanger 's Symphony #2. He was influenced by #Bruckner but doesn't seem to have the same depth. His melodies aren't memorable. it's like he didn't have anything to say but felt like talking.
March 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I've listened to this set twice now. The performances are magnificent. I don't know what to think of #Furtwanger 's Symphony #2. He was influenced by #Bruckner but doesn't seem to have the same depth. His melodies aren't memorable. it's like he didn't have anything to say but felt like talking.
Coincidentally, I'm listening to Tchaikovsky as well.
March 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Coincidentally, I'm listening to Tchaikovsky as well.
My most recent trip to record store yielded some #Schubert gems. Think I'll be listening to Schubert all day. #VinylCollection #ClassicalMusic
March 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My most recent trip to record store yielded some #Schubert gems. Think I'll be listening to Schubert all day. #VinylCollection #ClassicalMusic
Visited my local record shop and picked up this gem -- Schubert's piano trio #2, op. 100, performed by Rudolf Serkin, Adolf Busch, and Hermann Busch, originally recorded in 1935. Absolutely spectacular!
#Schubert #ClassicalMusic #VinylCollection #NowPlaying
#Schubert #ClassicalMusic #VinylCollection #NowPlaying
March 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Visited my local record shop and picked up this gem -- Schubert's piano trio #2, op. 100, performed by Rudolf Serkin, Adolf Busch, and Hermann Busch, originally recorded in 1935. Absolutely spectacular!
#Schubert #ClassicalMusic #VinylCollection #NowPlaying
#Schubert #ClassicalMusic #VinylCollection #NowPlaying
#NowPlaying: New Music For Bowed Piano. Bought this back in the 1980s. Terrific! #ClassicalMusic
February 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
#NowPlaying: New Music For Bowed Piano. Bought this back in the 1980s. Terrific! #ClassicalMusic
#NowPlaying: Holst's Planets, by Adrian Boult, the Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Choir. I picked up this old recording from 1953 a few months ago. It's a little beat up, but the vinyl is ok and the music is great.
#vinylrecords #ThePlanets #ClassicalMusic
#vinylrecords #ThePlanets #ClassicalMusic
February 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#NowPlaying: Holst's Planets, by Adrian Boult, the Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Choir. I picked up this old recording from 1953 a few months ago. It's a little beat up, but the vinyl is ok and the music is great.
#vinylrecords #ThePlanets #ClassicalMusic
#vinylrecords #ThePlanets #ClassicalMusic
February 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I love old #vinylrecords. #NowPlaying Richter playing Schumann & Dvorak with Kondrashin conducting the Moscow Radio Orchestra. I think this recording is from the mid-late 1950s. But I can't find much info on it. #Richter #Schumann #Dvorak
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I love old #vinylrecords. #NowPlaying Richter playing Schumann & Dvorak with Kondrashin conducting the Moscow Radio Orchestra. I think this recording is from the mid-late 1950s. But I can't find much info on it. #Richter #Schumann #Dvorak
Who loves old #vinylrecords? I love this recording of Sviatoslav Richter performing #Shumann Piano Concerto in A minor (op. 54) and #Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor (op. 33) with Kiril Kondrashin and the Moscow Radio Orchestra. I can't find the year.
February 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Who loves old #vinylrecords? I love this recording of Sviatoslav Richter performing #Shumann Piano Concerto in A minor (op. 54) and #Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor (op. 33) with Kiril Kondrashin and the Moscow Radio Orchestra. I can't find the year.
February 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
##NowPlaying My newest box set. #Ravel
January 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
##NowPlaying My newest box set. #Ravel
#NowPlaying It's a Mahler kind of day!
January 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#NowPlaying It's a Mahler kind of day!
Finally opened this up and put it on the turntable. It's pretty good, though a bit too heavy on the mellotron for my taste. #NowPlaying #KingCrimson #ProgRock #vinylrecords
January 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Finally opened this up and put it on the turntable. It's pretty good, though a bit too heavy on the mellotron for my taste. #NowPlaying #KingCrimson #ProgRock #vinylrecords
Yesterday's trip to my local record store. #vinylrecords
January 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yesterday's trip to my local record store. #vinylrecords
Performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 and some miscellaneous pieces on side 2. Does anyone know anything about this record?
I know Century Records manufactured it in Saugus, CA. There is no date on it. The vinyl is a translucent blue.
#NowPlaying #VinylCollection #Beethoven #ClassicalMusic
I know Century Records manufactured it in Saugus, CA. There is no date on it. The vinyl is a translucent blue.
#NowPlaying #VinylCollection #Beethoven #ClassicalMusic
January 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 and some miscellaneous pieces on side 2. Does anyone know anything about this record?
I know Century Records manufactured it in Saugus, CA. There is no date on it. The vinyl is a translucent blue.
#NowPlaying #VinylCollection #Beethoven #ClassicalMusic
I know Century Records manufactured it in Saugus, CA. There is no date on it. The vinyl is a translucent blue.
#NowPlaying #VinylCollection #Beethoven #ClassicalMusic