@artmanpath.bsky.social
Welsh immigrant in Austria. Painter, gardener, reader, photographer. All photographs my own unless otherwise stated.
The fascists must be spending a hell of a lot of money on slop AI posts on social media. Directed at the hard of thinking. I have just spent a long time blocking these accounts but they keep on coming. Dark times for politics.
October 3, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The fascists must be spending a hell of a lot of money on slop AI posts on social media. Directed at the hard of thinking. I have just spent a long time blocking these accounts but they keep on coming. Dark times for politics.
A few days in the Czech Republic #fujifilmx100vi
September 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
A few days in the Czech Republic #fujifilmx100vi
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Wow, that's something of a clear picture, innit?
As much as the EU deserves criticism, the right-wing exit proposed by ghouls like Farage and Johnson was never a decent prospect for anyone but them.
Now please fix it, I want to be able to visit my friends without needing government approval.
As much as the EU deserves criticism, the right-wing exit proposed by ghouls like Farage and Johnson was never a decent prospect for anyone but them.
Now please fix it, I want to be able to visit my friends without needing government approval.
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Absolutely thumping.
Absolutely thumping.
September 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Wow, that's something of a clear picture, innit?
As much as the EU deserves criticism, the right-wing exit proposed by ghouls like Farage and Johnson was never a decent prospect for anyone but them.
Now please fix it, I want to be able to visit my friends without needing government approval.
As much as the EU deserves criticism, the right-wing exit proposed by ghouls like Farage and Johnson was never a decent prospect for anyone but them.
Now please fix it, I want to be able to visit my friends without needing government approval.
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Really striking how overwhelmingly Brexit is rejected by those who never got a vote on it
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Absolutely thumping.
Absolutely thumping.
September 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Really striking how overwhelmingly Brexit is rejected by those who never got a vote on it
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #21 we have Richard Hickox’s uncommonly beautiful rendering of Vaughan Williams’s Pilgrim’s Progress. This work is hardly ever discussed, yet it is a complete musical wonder. A set to treasure.
August 19, 2026 at 5:14 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #21 we have Richard Hickox’s uncommonly beautiful rendering of Vaughan Williams’s Pilgrim’s Progress. This work is hardly ever discussed, yet it is a complete musical wonder. A set to treasure.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #22 we have Petri Sakari’s recording of Madetoja’s Symphony No.2. A powerfully atmospheric performance in glowing sound, full of fantasy alongside searching introspection. Lovely!
August 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #22 we have Petri Sakari’s recording of Madetoja’s Symphony No.2. A powerfully atmospheric performance in glowing sound, full of fantasy alongside searching introspection. Lovely!
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #23 it’s Samson François and André Cluytens with Ravel’s Piano Concertos. These vintage performances capture the fantasy only Ravel’s writing and the unblended orchestral sound brings wonderful textural clarity.
August 18, 2026 at 5:20 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #23 it’s Samson François and André Cluytens with Ravel’s Piano Concertos. These vintage performances capture the fantasy only Ravel’s writing and the unblended orchestral sound brings wonderful textural clarity.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #24 we have Karajan’s DG Madama Butterfly. For me, Freni’s performance is devastating. This is particularly true when she sings ‘Un Bel Di’, flying into the stratosphere with raw emotional power.
August 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #24 we have Karajan’s DG Madama Butterfly. For me, Freni’s performance is devastating. This is particularly true when she sings ‘Un Bel Di’, flying into the stratosphere with raw emotional power.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #25 we have Janet Baker again, this time with the Melos Ensemble and songs by Ravel, Delage and Chausson. Gorgeous and delicate in many ways, but seductive when it is right to be so. Glorious.
August 17, 2026 at 6:36 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #25 we have Janet Baker again, this time with the Melos Ensemble and songs by Ravel, Delage and Chausson. Gorgeous and delicate in many ways, but seductive when it is right to be so. Glorious.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #26 we have Bruno Walter’s Stereo Brahms 3. The mono account is even more wild, but this one just balances the frantic sections with the more lyrical episodes better. The Second is also fabulous here.
August 16, 2026 at 7:46 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #26 we have Bruno Walter’s Stereo Brahms 3. The mono account is even more wild, but this one just balances the frantic sections with the more lyrical episodes better. The Second is also fabulous here.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #27 we have Seiji Ozawa’s Boston Petrushka. It’s an impetuous and impactful performance and thunders across with translucency and fabulous balance.
August 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #27 we have Seiji Ozawa’s Boston Petrushka. It’s an impetuous and impactful performance and thunders across with translucency and fabulous balance.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #28 we have Pierre Fournier and George Szell with Dvořák’s wondrous Cello Concerto. I could have chosen Karajan and Rostropovich, but I think Fournier is even more magically attentive to nuance. Such a wonderful recording.
August 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #28 we have Pierre Fournier and George Szell with Dvořák’s wondrous Cello Concerto. I could have chosen Karajan and Rostropovich, but I think Fournier is even more magically attentive to nuance. Such a wonderful recording.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #29 we have a disc that could have easily made my top 5. But here it is, one of the most emotionally taxing records I know. Vintage Baker, for sure. Great music in great performances.
August 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #29 we have a disc that could have easily made my top 5. But here it is, one of the most emotionally taxing records I know. Vintage Baker, for sure. Great music in great performances.
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#NowSpinning Sibelius suite from Scaramouche, from this new disc of Finnish works. The orchestra is ideally suited to this repertoire. Scaramouche is one of Sibelius’s oddest and most enigmatic works, but this suite brings out the best of it, I think.
August 14, 2026 at 7:51 AM
#NowSpinning Sibelius suite from Scaramouche, from this new disc of Finnish works. The orchestra is ideally suited to this repertoire. Scaramouche is one of Sibelius’s oddest and most enigmatic works, but this suite brings out the best of it, I think.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #30 we have Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage with Lazar Berman. This set opened my ears to Liszt far more than anything I had heard before it. Whilst others may have equalled it, now, the personal value for me is high.
August 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #30 we have Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage with Lazar Berman. This set opened my ears to Liszt far more than anything I had heard before it. Whilst others may have equalled it, now, the personal value for me is high.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #31 it’s Dutoit in Montreal for Holst’s Planets. It’s a close run thing between this, Steinberg, Boult and Paavo Järvi for me, but I find the Dutoit so atmospheric and powerfully projected, it is my personal winner.
August 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #31 it’s Dutoit in Montreal for Holst’s Planets. It’s a close run thing between this, Steinberg, Boult and Paavo Järvi for me, but I find the Dutoit so atmospheric and powerfully projected, it is my personal winner.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #32 Petri Sakari and the Iceland SO smash it out of the park with Alfvén orchestral works. The First Swedish Rhapsody and Legend of the Skerries are miraculous examples of how to weave great tunes into a moving whole.
August 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #32 Petri Sakari and the Iceland SO smash it out of the park with Alfvén orchestral works. The First Swedish Rhapsody and Legend of the Skerries are miraculous examples of how to weave great tunes into a moving whole.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #33 Jiří Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic give us a magnificent two-disc set of Suk orchestral works. Asrael is imposing and deeply loving here, but the Fairy Tale Suite is also an amazing gem.
August 12, 2026 at 5:52 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #33 Jiří Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic give us a magnificent two-disc set of Suk orchestral works. Asrael is imposing and deeply loving here, but the Fairy Tale Suite is also an amazing gem.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #35 we have this disc of Stravinsky and Brahms. Although I have other preferences for the Stravinsky, this is still very fine. But for me the Brahms is incredible!
August 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #35 we have this disc of Stravinsky and Brahms. Although I have other preferences for the Stravinsky, this is still very fine. But for me the Brahms is incredible!
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #36 we have this disc of Britten concertos. Or, more specifically, it is the Richter performance of the Piano Concerto that stands out for me. It’s impishly witty, yet powerful and strong. Superb sound, too!
August 8, 2026 at 8:29 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #36 we have this disc of Britten concertos. Or, more specifically, it is the Richter performance of the Piano Concerto that stands out for me. It’s impishly witty, yet powerful and strong. Superb sound, too!
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #37 we find Herbert von Karajan’s Vienna Bruckner Symphony No.8. I still have a long way to go with this composer, but this is the performance I have personally found most affecting so far. It’s a beautiful gem.
August 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #37 we find Herbert von Karajan’s Vienna Bruckner Symphony No.8. I still have a long way to go with this composer, but this is the performance I have personally found most affecting so far. It’s a beautiful gem.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #38 we come to Mitsuko Uchida’s Debussy Etudes. There are many I could have chosen here, but this is something very special indeed. I just wanted to pay homage to the wonderful delicacy of this magnificent pianist’s art.
August 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #38 we come to Mitsuko Uchida’s Debussy Etudes. There are many I could have chosen here, but this is something very special indeed. I just wanted to pay homage to the wonderful delicacy of this magnificent pianist’s art.
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#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #39 we get to the first disc that might upset traditionalists. I listen to lots of historic classics, but believe they can be superseded. I am not claiming this is the greatest Eroica, but it is my favourite now.
August 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
#LYICMGat50 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #39 we get to the first disc that might upset traditionalists. I listen to lots of historic classics, but believe they can be superseded. I am not claiming this is the greatest Eroica, but it is my favourite now.
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#LYICMGat50 Continuing the countdown of 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #40 we have Neeme Järvi’s glorious set of Rimsky-Korsakov opera suites. A huge, colourful treat.
August 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
#LYICMGat50 Continuing the countdown of 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #40 we have Neeme Järvi’s glorious set of Rimsky-Korsakov opera suites. A huge, colourful treat.
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#LYICMGat50 Continuing the countdown of 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #41 we have one of my favourite opera recordings of all time. Mackerras’s Decca Jenůfa is desperately moving and emotionally devastating.
August 2, 2026 at 12:56 PM
#LYICMGat50 Continuing the countdown of 50 recordings, ahead of my 50th birthday. At #41 we have one of my favourite opera recordings of all time. Mackerras’s Decca Jenůfa is desperately moving and emotionally devastating.