David Royko Psy.D

davidroyko@yahoo.com

Music Ramblings

These are some ramblings on music (concerts, etc.), originally posted to newsgroups such as rec.music.classical.recordings (RMCR) and the bgrass-L 

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

Haydn. June 4, 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

CSO/David Robertson Nielsen 4th. Dec 20, 2003

Rozhdestvensky Mahler 10 adagio question. Dec 3, 2003