James Taylor
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'There is a God! And he's a gag-writer!'
Tuesday night is Schubert night
(According to me)
(According to me)
September 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Tuesday night is Schubert night
(According to me)
(According to me)
Sir John Tomlinson - Wagner: Wotan's Farewell - Philharmonia Orchestra/d'Avalos (1985) youtu.be/x_8WiiTp1pk?...
Sir John Tomlinson - Wagner: Wotan's Farewell - Philharmonia Orchestra/d'Avalos (1985)
YouTube video by Wahnfried
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September 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Sir John Tomlinson - Wagner: Wotan's Farewell - Philharmonia Orchestra/d'Avalos (1985) youtu.be/x_8WiiTp1pk?...
Mahler Symphony No. 9 - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Bernard Haitink (RFH, 1999) youtu.be/jSTTgacHKdA?...
Mahler Symphony No. 9 - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Bernard Haitink (RFH, 1999)
YouTube video by Classical Radio Archive UK
youtu.be
September 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Mahler Symphony No. 9 - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Bernard Haitink (RFH, 1999) youtu.be/jSTTgacHKdA?...
Giving RVW another go.
September 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Giving RVW another go.
Saturday sorted.
September 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Saturday sorted.
Beethoven & The Italians.
Loved the Italians, not so keen on the Beethoven performances though.... but an interesting album anyway.
open.spotify.com/album/2CWent...
Loved the Italians, not so keen on the Beethoven performances though.... but an interesting album anyway.
open.spotify.com/album/2CWent...
Beethoven & The Italians: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontini - Album by Enrico Onofri | Spotify
Enrico Onofri · album · 2026 · 21 songs
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September 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Beethoven & The Italians.
Loved the Italians, not so keen on the Beethoven performances though.... but an interesting album anyway.
open.spotify.com/album/2CWent...
Loved the Italians, not so keen on the Beethoven performances though.... but an interesting album anyway.
open.spotify.com/album/2CWent...
Time once again for the honoured British tradition of roasting the arse off some meat and sticking on a Parsifal. (The latter a very important and hugely traditional part)
September 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Time once again for the honoured British tradition of roasting the arse off some meat and sticking on a Parsifal. (The latter a very important and hugely traditional part)
1980s Richard Wagner is apparently Werner Herzog with big hair.
September 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
1980s Richard Wagner is apparently Werner Herzog with big hair.
Great Mahler 9 at the Proms yesterday, that solemn final note fading away, and the conductor clearly wanting a moment of silence, ruined only by a guy shouting BRAVO and trying to start the applause.
The hall was united in wanting to punch him the balls.
The hall was united in wanting to punch him the balls.
September 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Great Mahler 9 at the Proms yesterday, that solemn final note fading away, and the conductor clearly wanting a moment of silence, ruined only by a guy shouting BRAVO and trying to start the applause.
The hall was united in wanting to punch him the balls.
The hall was united in wanting to punch him the balls.
Albie Hall looking grand as always, and soon it will resound with Mahler's 9th.
September 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Albie Hall looking grand as always, and soon it will resound with Mahler's 9th.
The German premiere of Shosty's mighty 11th in 1958, in Leipzig under Herbert Kegel in the GDR.
Shostakovich - Symphony No.11 (MDR SO - Kegel) youtu.be/U0cTBfwme-4?...
Shostakovich - Symphony No.11 (MDR SO - Kegel) youtu.be/U0cTBfwme-4?...
Shostakovich - Symphony No.11 (MDR SO - Kegel)
YouTube video by cis moll
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September 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The German premiere of Shosty's mighty 11th in 1958, in Leipzig under Herbert Kegel in the GDR.
Shostakovich - Symphony No.11 (MDR SO - Kegel) youtu.be/U0cTBfwme-4?...
Shostakovich - Symphony No.11 (MDR SO - Kegel) youtu.be/U0cTBfwme-4?...
Not heard this one before - Lovro von Matačić conducts a concert performance of Wagner's Götterdämmerung Act III with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra in May 1983.
open.spotify.com/album/7Ij0jH...
open.spotify.com/album/7Ij0jH...
Matačić Conducts Wagner Götterdämmerung Act III - 1983 stereo live recording (New DSD Mastering from Original Source) - Album by Richard Wagner | Spotify
Richard Wagner · album · 2025 · 18 songs
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September 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Not heard this one before - Lovro von Matačić conducts a concert performance of Wagner's Götterdämmerung Act III with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra in May 1983.
open.spotify.com/album/7Ij0jH...
open.spotify.com/album/7Ij0jH...
Lenny conducting Mahler's 9th live in Boston.
open.spotify.com/album/1IGj1O...
open.spotify.com/album/1IGj1O...
Bernstein Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 9 - 1979 stereo live recording (New DSD Mastering) - Album by Gustav Mahler | Spotify
Gustav Mahler · album · 2026 · 4 songs
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September 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Lenny conducting Mahler's 9th live in Boston.
open.spotify.com/album/1IGj1O...
open.spotify.com/album/1IGj1O...
Musicology in Russia hits differently....
youtu.be/0jk-uPJIeqU?...
youtu.be/0jk-uPJIeqU?...
The problem of Schubert’s polyphony 😃
YouTube video by cis moll
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September 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Musicology in Russia hits differently....
youtu.be/0jk-uPJIeqU?...
youtu.be/0jk-uPJIeqU?...
Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms - Elgar and Tchaikovsky.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Proms - 2026 - Berlin Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Tchaikovsky - BBC Sounds
Live at the BBC Proms: Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic.
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September 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms - Elgar and Tchaikovsky.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tonight's film.
I've heard it's alright. A minor potboiler. Critical opinion seems to say it's generally ok.
I've heard it's alright. A minor potboiler. Critical opinion seems to say it's generally ok.
September 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Tonight's film.
I've heard it's alright. A minor potboiler. Critical opinion seems to say it's generally ok.
I've heard it's alright. A minor potboiler. Critical opinion seems to say it's generally ok.
Now stuck in a Bruckner loop! But this a great new 4th symphony from Nathalie Stutzmann.
open.spotify.com/album/72uN6v...
open.spotify.com/album/72uN6v...
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (1878/1881 Version) - Album by Anton Bruckner | Spotify
Anton Bruckner · album · 2026 · 18 songs
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August 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Now stuck in a Bruckner loop! But this a great new 4th symphony from Nathalie Stutzmann.
open.spotify.com/album/72uN6v...
open.spotify.com/album/72uN6v...
Now onto the heavier stuff... Kna conducting Bruckner's 'Wagner' Symphony.
open.spotify.com/album/0ObXok...
open.spotify.com/album/0ObXok...
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (Hans Knappertsbusch - The Orchestral Edition: Volume 5) - Album by Anton Bruckner | Spotify
Anton Bruckner · album · 1954 · 4 songs
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August 31, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Now onto the heavier stuff... Kna conducting Bruckner's 'Wagner' Symphony.
open.spotify.com/album/0ObXok...
open.spotify.com/album/0ObXok...
Love Stravinsky's suite for small orchestra
open.spotify.com/album/4vT6E0...
open.spotify.com/album/4vT6E0...
Stravinsky: Symphony in E-Flat Major and Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Album by Igor Stravinsky | Spotify
Igor Stravinsky · album · 2018 · 12 songs
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August 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Love Stravinsky's suite for small orchestra
open.spotify.com/album/4vT6E0...
open.spotify.com/album/4vT6E0...
I'm a bit late to the party but these are two marvellous remasterings of Karajan classics. The Bruckner blew me away!
August 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I'm a bit late to the party but these are two marvellous remasterings of Karajan classics. The Bruckner blew me away!
Sunday evening with the White Star Line Quintet
open.spotify.com/album/0pFcZU...
open.spotify.com/album/0pFcZU...
An Evening Aboard Titanic - Album by The White Star Line Quintet | Spotify
The White Star Line Quintet · album · 2026 · 10 songs
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August 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Sunday evening with the White Star Line Quintet
open.spotify.com/album/0pFcZU...
open.spotify.com/album/0pFcZU...
Friday night listening 😎
Enjoy your weekends
Enjoy your weekends
August 28, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Friday night listening 😎
Enjoy your weekends
Enjoy your weekends
Sir John Betjeman born on this day in 1906.
Enjoy his wonderful trip along the Metropolitan line suburbs in Metro-land on iPlayer.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Enjoy his wonderful trip along the Metropolitan line suburbs in Metro-land on iPlayer.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Metroland
In this classic 1973 documentary, sometimes in verse, poet laureate John Betjeman takes a nostalgic view of the suburban lands that branch off the Metropolitan Line.
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August 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Sir John Betjeman born on this day in 1906.
Enjoy his wonderful trip along the Metropolitan line suburbs in Metro-land on iPlayer.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Enjoy his wonderful trip along the Metropolitan line suburbs in Metro-land on iPlayer.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Happy birthday Lenny
youtu.be/IoNEeKJ2x44?...
youtu.be/IoNEeKJ2x44?...
Mahler Symphony no. 9 - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Leonard Bernstein
YouTube video by Michael Li
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August 25, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Happy birthday Lenny
youtu.be/IoNEeKJ2x44?...
youtu.be/IoNEeKJ2x44?...
Akira Kurosawa and Billy Wilder proving that to be a great director you need shades and a flat cap.
August 23, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Akira Kurosawa and Billy Wilder proving that to be a great director you need shades and a flat cap.