Blog 18 Cheap(er) Alternatives to Expensive Early Pressings of Decca, RCA and EMI Classical Records Part I Decca
After taking a hiatus from writing my ZD blog, I decided to return with some hopefully useful information for those of you who have…
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Blog London 2017A – London Concerts May-June 2017 A – Piano Concerti
Blog London 2017A – London Concerts May-June 2017 A – Piano Concerti On our annual visit to London and the UK, we attended 15 classical…
Blog London 2017B – London Concerts – May and June 2017B – Opera and Ballet
Blog London 2017B – Opera and Ballet By the time we had completed our nine concerto and opera/ballet concerts, we had heard 5 of the…
Blog London 2017C – London Concerts – May and June 2017C – Solo and Chamber Music
Blog London 2017C Solo and Chamber Music Royal Festival Hall (we were in row D left center) – Richard Goode is one of the great…
Blog A. Where to Buy Classical Records and Tapes
Blog A. Where to Buy Classical Records and Tapes For most serious vinyl collectors, their list of places to buy are closely guarded secrets, especially…
Blog 17. Stravinsky The Russian Ballets Part II – Petrushka, Rite of Spring and Pulcinella
Continued from Blog 16. Petrushka A year after his great success with Firebird, Stravinsky wrote a piece intended for concert performance. Stravinsky said later that…
Blog 16. Stravinsky The Russian Ballets Part I – Ballets Russes and Firebird
Stravinsky was a late bloomer. His parents tolerated his interest in music, but wanted him to go to law school, which he did. His father…
Blog 15. Tchaikovsky Ballets II – Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker
The second of Tchaikovsky’s three great ballets is Sleeping Beauty. Like the other two, it was choreographed by Marius Petipa of the Imperial Ballet, later…
Blog 14. Tchaikovsky – Ballets I – Swan Lake
The next two blogs are about Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his three most famous ballets, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and the Nutcracker. This blog will…
About Larry
Covering the music section, with an emphasis on Vinyl and Classical, is Larry Toy. Can you do better than an astronomy professor who plays piano,…