Originally posted by LHC
View Post
-
From a quick Google: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_...ian_Federation -
Ah, thanks for this.Originally posted by Bryn View Post"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being EarnestComment
-
My five would be
1 Piano Concertos 2 & 3 Freddy Kempf
2 Prokofiev Symphonies - MRSO/Roszdestvensky - thanks to JLW
3 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2 - KWC/Previn
4 Prokofiev PC No 5 - Richter
5 Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet - Previn - I am with ES on this one.Comment
-
I see from the latest Gramophone that Seckerson has now set himself up as the the arbiter of what is and isn’t ShostakovichOriginally posted by Alison View Post
At least the review of the Blomstedt Ninth didn’t contain his familiar punchline ‘it isn’t Mahler’.Del boy: “Get in, get out, don’t look back. That’s my motto!”Comment
-
Well, let's face it, no one else was going to do this!Originally posted by Parry1912 View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
-
Comment