Here's a site worth bookmarking (especially for those just getting
started).

I was uncertain how to pronounce the surname of the English composer
Thomas Ades and found this site:

http://www.pronunciationguide.org/thebiglist.html

Now I know.

It lists many other prominent figures in classical music.

Jerry

I suppose that twenty years ago or so the
now-popular Schoenberg arrangement of
the Brahms Piano Quartet was a curiosity.

Anyway, I recently picked up Schoenberg's
arrangement of "Der Abschied" from Mahler's
Das Lied von der Erde, Stephanie Blythe on
Virgin. This definitely qualifies.

Others I can think of are the Schoenberg/Stein
arrangement of Mahler's 4th, the Mozart
arrangement of Handel's Messiah, the
two-piano version of Brahms' Deutsches
Requiem, and the Mahler versions of
Schumann's symphonies.

Fifty years ago, almost any recording with
a countertenor might qualify as a curiosity,
whereas now, it seems a new one surfaces
every day.

--
A. Brain

The menus don't show how to adjust for normal proportions these two
productions.
They are both full-screen presentations
where everyone is elongated. Has anyone who owns these had similar
experiences? Are there manually or
self adjusting players that will compensate for this problem? Mine is a
built-in-tv unit.
As an aside, IMO, these over-the-top production designs detract more
than enhance the visual experience. I also have the dg bohm/Varnay
Elektra where they lip sync themselves - very disappointing, but the
audio is very exciting...

http://www.mediafire.com/?ctdgtxdx903

mono flac

Berlioz Overture Les Frances Juges
Toscanini
NBC Symhony
John Wummer Flute
Augustin Duques, Louis Green Clarinet
Bernard Baker Trumpet
Gardell Simons and Unknown Trombone
Allen Ostrander Bass Trombone
William Bell Tuba
April 5, 1941
Live 8-H

This is the same concert where the Scottish Sym was played. And a
great Berlioz R & J Love Scene. A good day for The Maestro

Enjoy

Abbedd

[This program will be televised on the Washington, DC, area PBS-TV
stations on the evening of Jan. 7th. - pgaron]

GREAT PERFORMANCES: CARNEGIE HALL CELEBRATES BERLIN
Premieres on January 7, 2008 on PBS (check local listings)

In November 2007, Carnegie Hall and partner venues throughout New York
City heralded the explosion of creativity taking place in contemporary
Berlin with a 17-day "Berlin in Lights" festival, celebrating a city
that has reemerged as one of the world's artistic centers. Joining the
festivities, GREAT PERFORMANCES returns to Carnegie Hall's famed stage
for one of the festival's centerpiece events: a performance by the
celebrated Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of its acclaimed
music director and conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, of Gustav Mahler's
towering "Symphony No. 9."

Coverage of other "Berlin in Lights" activities will highlight the
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela -- which the Berliner
Philharmoniker mentors -- and its brilliant young conductor, Gustavo
Dudamel (recently announced as the new music director of the Los
Angeles Philharmonic), performing Bartók's "Concerto for Orchestra."

Please pardon the commercial interruption, bet we think that these
recording may be of particular interest to our friends in
rec.music.classical.recordings

For some years Parnassus has been offering privately made CDs on a
variety of scarce and difficult-to-find labels from Japan. Until now,
one of the largest of these labels has eluded us: Rare Moth,
publisher of well over 200 celebrity classical recordings.

We now have access to the entire Rare Moth series, but for only a very
limited time. Our distributor has warned us that the sound quality of
these discs may not be as consistently fine as those on some other
labels we have offered.

The complete catalog has been listed in our two most recent Parnassus
Select catalogs: #349 ( http://www.parnassusrecords.com/p349.htm#RAREMOTH
) and 350 ( http://www.parnassusrecords.com/p349.htm#RAREMOTH ).

Here are some highlights from the series:
From Select 349
http://www.parnassusrecords.com/p349.htm#RAREMOTH

CD 0601 RM 400 S Beethoven: Symphony #9. HAEGGANDER, HODGSON, TEAR,
HOWELL; TENNSTEDT, London PO & Cho. (Sept. 13, 1985). $25

Please pardon the commercial interruption, bet we think that these
recording may be of particular interest to our friends in
rec.music.classical.recordings

For some years Parnassus has been offering privately made CDs on a
variety of scarce and difficult-to-find labels from Japan. Until now,
one of the largest of these labels has eluded us: Rare Moth,
publisher of well over 200 celebrity classical recordings.

We now have access to the entire Rare Moth series, but for only a very
limited time. Our distributor has warned us that the sound quality of
these discs may not be as consistently fine as those on some other
labels we have offered.

The complete catalog has been listed in our two most recent Parnassus
Select catalogs: #349 ( http://www.parnassusrecords.com/p349.htm#RAREMOTH
) and 350 ( http://www.parnassusrecords.com/p349.htm#RAREMOTH ).

Here are some highlights from the series:
From Select 349
http://www.parnassusrecords.com/p349.htm#RAREMOTH

CD 0601 RM 400 S Beethoven: Symphony #9. HAEGGANDER, HODGSON, TEAR,
HOWELL; TENNSTEDT, London PO & Cho. (Sept. 13, 1985). $25

conducted by E. Leinsdorf?

There is but too little information listed
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=8429&name_role1=1&comp_id...

Name the three players who have been named MVP of the World Series
twice.

Abbedd

Better than ipecac

Not one of them understand the Islamic problem. Not even close

One can explain their public stupidity with the following:

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

Did you notice that when the issue of oil company profits were brought
up no one wanted to answer. Fred Thompson did answer but just put his
foot in his mouth-"I regognize their profits but I also recognize
their losses. We do not regulate business in this country"

The best return on investment in this country? Campaign contributions.
How much do you think the big 5 oil companies contributed to
republican and democratic reelection campaigns last year. And how much
did Blackwater contribute to republican relection campaigns to get
their billions in contracts?

Voting for any of these republicans, unless your living depends on the
big corporations, is a sign of gullible stupidity. Every one of them
except Hucksterbee represents a continuation of this bullshit war on
terror while allowing Saudi Arabia to fund most of the terrorism in
the World.