Another impressive Otto Klemperer turn at the podium, in this stereo recording from 1962. Even I, a casual appreciator of Classical music, can hear Mahler’s influence on Shostakovich.
Category: Music
Kramer vs. Kramer
An old video with young Billy J. Kramer.
A brand-new video with old Billy J. Kramer.
Say Yes to Prog Rock
In 1971, when first listening to The Yes Album, the band’s third, I proclaimed it was perfect. It still is.
Everybody Dance!
“I first saw [her] in a magazine,” or in a catalog, or on the package of a dress pattern book my sisters had.
Ladies and Gentlemen… THE BEATLES
Sixty years ago, those who couldn’t see beyond the haircuts and “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” were so very, very wrong.
Seiji and the BSO
Seiji Ozawa has died. He was principal conductor and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for almost thirty years.
After buying my Allison 3 speakers in 1979, I enjoyed listening to this dynamic composition by Maurice Ravel, in a then-new recording conducted by Ozawa.