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Jared 
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 Posted: June 16 2008 at 15:41 |
^^Wow, thanks everyone so far, for all your comments and help...
Dean/ James, there's not much there that I've heard and enjoy to be honest...I like some of Liszts tone poems, but find his HRs too much...I simply can't do Bartock/ Shostakovitch/ Stravinsjy/ Prokofiev...I just find it a noise, I'm afraid...
Patrick, for me, you are more along the right lines...I have enjoyed the Mozart symphonies I've heard, but they don't make the hairs on the back of my neck stick up (like his Requiem does...) but i SHALL have a go at his Piano Sonatas... (although its been 20 years since I heard one)
Andy, I've only heard VW 5th and 3rd...a bit insipid for me, but quite pleasant..I shall keep percevering..
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Dean
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 15:41 |
...other Beethoven symphs I like as much as the 9th are the the 3rd (Eroica) and the 6th (Pastoral) ... not too sure why there is a power-of-3 relationship there ... at least DT manage a power-of-2 relationship with me (ie I like every other one they release  )
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Jared
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 15:42 |
^^Wow, thanks everyone so far, for all your comments and help...
Dean/ James, there's not much there that I've heard and enjoy to be honest...I like some of Liszts tone poems, but find his HRs too much...I simply can't do Bartock/ Shostakovitch/ Stravinsjy/ Prokofiev...I just find it a noise, I'm afraid...
Patrick, for me, you are more along the right lines...I have enjoyed the Mozart symphonies I've heard, but they don't make the hairs on the back of my neck stick up (like his Requiem does...) but i SHALL have a go at his Piano Sonatas... (although its been 20 years since I heard one)
Andy, I've only heard VW 5th and 3rd...a bit insipid for me, but quite pleasant..I shall keep percevering..
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jared
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 15:45 |
^^I'm really not sure what happened there...the site froze for several minutes, then posted that one twice... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jared
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 15:47 |
I think I might invest in the 4 Brahms symphonies next.... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 17:49 |
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A lot of Mozart I've heard bores me, I'm afraid. I also have issues with Leonard and Ira Bernstein's music.
I say you cannot go wrong with Edward Elgar.
Also, most people seem to enjoy some J.S. Bach.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 00:17 |
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Jared,if you like a bit of Baroque,give Albinoni,Faure and Saint Saens a try.You may also like a bit of ancient stuff i.e. William Byrd and Thomas Tallis.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 01:36 |
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Al Bowlly?
Oh... not him.
I don't know Albinoni.
I have heard some Saint-Saens and Fauré though. Infact, HMV have a section with lots of classical composers (in their HMV collection), which includes both Saint-Saens and Fauré. That's good if you're not fussy about the orchestra or composer, of course. I just happened to pop in last week and was looking at the classical section but I did not buy anything, as I really am not sure what I want. There are also many Naxos cheap collections as well.
I also have Kronos Quartet's version of Tallis' Spem in Alium but of course, it doesn't have the choral element of the original.
Edited by James - June 17 2008 at 01:37
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Wilcey
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 01:40 |
 Jim Garten wrote:
By the way, Rachel - when Vicky, Neil and I were on the canal boat a few weeks back, we saw Nick and the boys' new tour vehicle:
Does he not think (or indeed 'Believe') this would limit their touring capacity somewhat? |
ooooh! that's a tour barge and a half! I have seen this baby once before over near Slimbridge (but didn't have a camera with me) and have been on the look out for her ever since! 
do you think it could arrive in Lisbon in one piece? The tour is approx 10 thousand miles in 30 days... you think this baby could pull it off? I do hope so........... and there is of course plenty of room for gear and merch? Fabulous!
I missed our 500th page! Congrats all......... I was a bit disturbed reading back to discover you've been letting children in here.......... but please to see that you've managed to get pest control working on the case and it all seems to be free of rugrats in here now.
For the record OREOS are VILE!!! YUK YUK YUK!!!!!
Give me a custard cream or a richtea bicky
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 01:54 |
I agree about the Oreo, Rach. They really are not that nice. Bourbons, custard creams, pink wafers, hobnobs and even Nice biscuits are all better than the Oreo. Hmm, Oreo is in my Mozilla Firefox spell check, as is Messiaen. How queer.  As for barges, well I remember when I was on a boating holiday, we ended up sharing locks with an old barge that had been restored. I have photos of it somewhere... I really must digitise my collection someday. Oh and we've seen (and I'm sure Jim et al. have too) the Old Rag Doll narrow boat used in "Rosie & Jim". That boat gets everywhere it seems. My favourite old barge though is "Perseverance" which is an old steam dredger (1934) on the Basingstoke Canal.  I also have a fondness for the Bantam Tug.  I have some photos of those too... maybe even that very one. I'm so sad.
Edited by James - June 17 2008 at 02:06
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 01:57 |
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agreed, Oreo sucks
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mystic fred
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 01:59 |
James wrote:
My father has The Planets on vinyl somewhere but I've no idea who conducts it. Add to my list too. I've not heard it in years though. |
nice to see good taste and culture abounds in GR again
"Planets" is by composer Gustav Holst, who was English believe it or not - his real name was Bert Bloggs but to cut it as a composer needed a more appropriate name..... 
these are good recordings by Karajan with Berlin Philharmonic and Colin Davis with LSO -
check out Dvorak's symphonies, the classic recordings by Kertesz / LSO -
also hear amazing symphonies by Tchaikovsky -
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mystic fred
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:02 |
James wrote:
My father has The Planets on vinyl somewhere but I've no idea who conducts it. Add to my list too. I've not heard it in years though. |
nice to see good taste and culture abounds in GR again
"Planets" is by composer Gustav Holst, who was English believe it or not - his real name was Albert Bloggs but to cut it as a composer needed a more appropriate name.....
these are good recordings by Karajan with Berlin Philharmonic and Colin Davis with LSO -
some more good Beethoven sets -
check out Dvorak's symphonies, the classic recordings by Kertesz / LSO -
also hear amazing symphonies by Tchaikovsky -
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:09 |
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I know who composed The Planet Suite, Steve, I just do not know what orchestra is playing it and who is conducting it.
I have von Karajan conducting some Bartók.
Edited by James - June 17 2008 at 02:14
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:30 |
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On a modern tip, I would wholeheartedly recommend, Max Richter,especially 'The Blue Notebooks'.Perfect for a rainy Summers' day.Make a pot of your favourite tea and listen to the beautiful.plaintive sounds of'The Blue Notebooks' and watch out of the window ss the rain smashes your lupins to bits.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:33 |
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Is that about Dell Notebooks?
I guess not.
I can recommend Ainadamar by Osvaldo Golijov though. It's probably more Dean or Lee's cup of Jack Daniels but it's a great opera and one I actually enjoy. There's a strong Jewish and Eastern flavour and of coruse, a Spanish feel at times. Plus there is one moment that always disturbs me too.
Great stuff!
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 02:43 |
James wrote:
Is that about Dell Notebooks?I guess not. |
Robert Wyatt appears as narrator on one of Richter's albums
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Peter
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:00 |
 Did you babbling, blithering, blathering, bleeding Brits know that in North America, a "biscuit" is a non-sweet, non-dessert snack for putting cheese, etc, on? Here, biscuits are also known as a crackers.
(What you call a "biscuit," we simply call a cookie, as in Oreo cookies.)
Furthermore, a "toilet" is the porcelain thing you actually pee (that is, urinate; "take a slash") in -- not the entire room. (We call that room a washroom, or bathroom, so if you ask us where the "toilet" is, we'll tell you it's in the bathroom, you idiot.)
And we walk on the sidewalk (normally made of concrete) -- not the "pavement." (We drive on pavement, that is, the street or road -- "pavement" is a material here, and synonymous with asphalt, or what I believe you might call "blacktop" or "macadam."
trunk = "boot"
hood = "bonnet"
tire = "tyre"
truck = "lorry"
windshield = "windscreen"
molasses = "treacle"
elevator = 'lift"
chips = "crisps"
french fries = "chips"
cigarette = "fag"
fag = "nancy boy" "poof" or "Englishman"
Jim Garten = (^ see above)
unlistenable crap = "Pallas"
crap = "bog"
bog = "fen"
sh*tter, crapper, john = "loo"
birds = "tits"
women = "birds"
tits = "bristols"
spotted dick = "Nixon sighting" or "oral-genital herpes"
and so on....
Now that we can understand each other so much better, I'd like to inform you all that I have a pronounced fondness for this very pleasant recording:
It's simply spiffing! Topping! Triffic! Eh wot wot? 
Cheerio!
Edited by Peter - June 17 2008 at 03:10
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:14 |
Peter wrote:
Did you babbling, blithering, blathering, bleeding Brits know that in North America, a "biscuit" is a non-sweet, non-dessert snack for putting cheese, etc, on? Here, biscuits are also known as a crackers.
(What you call a "biscuit," we simply call a cookie, as in Oreo cookies.)
[Now that we can understand each other so much better, I'd like to inform you all that I have a pronounced fondness for this very pleasant recording:
It's simply spiffing! Topping! Triffic! Eh wot wot? |
Great to listen to whilst eating water biscuits
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Peter
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Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:14 |
^ 
Edited by Peter - June 17 2008 at 03:15
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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