These are some ramblings on music (concerts, etc.),
originally posted to newsgroups such as
rec.music.classical.recordings (RMCR) and the bgrass-L.
Bernard Haitink's Beethoven Symphony Cycle with the Chicago Symphony, June 2010
Only 1 Good Song -- Really? (May 11, 2010)Mark O'Connor: Jam Session (Compact Disc). 4/26/10
MP3 vs. CD has replaced the digital vs. analogue dispute. 1/19/10
CSO/Boulez; Dufour; Ravel, Dalbavie, Bartok's Bluebeard’s Castle. 1/12/10.
Muti's Chicago Symphony Brahms Requiem last night, October 28, 2009
Dudamel in Chicago, April 5, 2007 & Los Angeles (PBS telecast), October 21, 2009
The CSO yesterday - Tortelier, Bell, Bruch, Saint-Saens. 10/8/09
Low Class Favorites. September 23, 2009
Bluegrass "runoff." April 20, 2009
Dudamel/BolivarYouth Orchestra, in Chicago, 4/10/09
Muti/CSO, Verdi Requiem, Saturday, January 17th, 2009, and it almost was, literally.
Abigail Wasburn, Bela Fleck. Dec 5, 2007
Nickel Creek's Farewell Concert, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Nov 29, 2007
From First to Last, Black Sabbath. Nov 7, 2007
St. Petersburg Philharmonic/Temirkanov, Julia Fischer & CSO/Dohnanyi, Steinbacher. Nov 7, 2007
Chicago's homegrown virtuosi of phlegm and electronica (LSO & CSO). Oct 24, 2007
Last night’s CSO/Robertson/Marsalis concert: Best & Worst. Oct 17, 2007
Nagano/CSO Brahms/Rihm last night. May 9, 2007
Bruckner, CSO, and the Pope. May 3, 2007
Nickel Creek's benefit for one. Apr 9, 2007
SideMon - Bill Monroe's Recordings as a Sideman (March 27, 2007)
Andy Statman and Orthodox Jewgrass. Oct 4, 2006
Barenboim's CSO farewell. Jun 18, 2006
Stereo vs. Mono (WFMT-Jim Unrath story). Jan 9, 2004
