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'There is a God! And he's a gag-writer!'
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...
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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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Akira Kurosawa and Billy Wilder proving that to be a great director you need shades and a flat cap.
How is modern vinyl so popular? £59 for one record of an old recording??! 😲
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite Nr.2 - Herbert Kegel, Leipzig (1965) youtu.be/WBmdLUjLg-g?...
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite Nr.2 - Herbert Kegel, Leipzig (1965)
YouTube video by grafwagner79
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Salzburg 'Rheingold' available on YouTube from ARTE TV until November. Wagner : L'or du Rhin - Festival de Pâques de Salzbourg - ARTE Concert youtu.be/EvEBDKDocTk?...
Richard Wagner : L'or du Rhin - Festival de Pâques de Salzbourg - ARTE Concert
YouTube video by ARTE Concert
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"Number 21 with special fried rice and number 14 with prawn balls please" Karl Böhm between takes recording Mozart's Idomeneo in Dresden, 1977.
Well that alert certainly scared the hell out of me!! I won't be starting any wildfires or using any disposable barbecues tonight because I've got a date with Mravinsky and Tchaikovsky.
Shellac records found in Titanic's debris field. No way could these be brought back up and played, but I am curious as to what's on them! (A lost Meistersinger?!)
I've been greatly enjoying the Covent Garden Ring from 1996 conducted by Haitink. Wonderful musically, would've been interesting to see the controversial Richard Jones production but looks like that was never filmed alas. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Wagner: Ring - Covent Garden 1996 - YouTube
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Wow....! Wagner Die Walküre - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Bernard Haitink (ROH, 1996) youtu.be/3stomfazvtI?...
Wagner Die Walküre - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Bernard Haitink (ROH, 1996)
YouTube video by Classical Radio Archive UK
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People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.
Trying to start Monday positively...come on Shosty gimme some jazz (suites)! open.spotify.com/album/1wdxKl...
Shostakovich: Orchestral Works - Album by Dmitri Shostakovich | Spotify
Dmitri Shostakovich · album · 2002 · 20 songs
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The original radio broadcast with commentary. Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Bernard Haitink (1997) youtu.be/Cw5E5r8251Q?...
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Bernard Haitink (1997)
YouTube video by Classical Radio Archive UK
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The true cost of global warming - think of the Rhinemaidens.
Listening to the current Bayreuth 'Ring' with these views. No AI.
It's Friday. The week is over. And this is how I'm chilling. I feel several notches hipper and cooler just listening to this 😎 Have a good one everyone!!
Some days I think Wagner is the best, other days Bach, other days Handel, other days Shostakovich, sometimes Bruckner, sometimes Mahler.... but today - thanks to this new Ozawa release - it's Beethoven! (Might be Strauss later) open.spotify.com/album/6jmF1R...
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190 (Live) - Album by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Spotify
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra · album · 2026 · 10 songs
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There's no such thing as a 'definitive recording', but performance-wise this comes pretty close....
Me when a work colleague shows an interest in Wagner: Wagner, Lewis? youtu.be/7axwhQG4sFE?...
Wagner, Lewis?
YouTube video by nordwand
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That cor anglais moment in the 4th mvt of Shosty's 11th.... extraordinary!
Shostakovich's 11th symphony at the Proms tonight. Tune to BBC Radio 3 now and hear one of the greatest masterpieces of the mid 20th century! Stunning work, devastating and powerful.
Interesting historic Tristan from Sir Thomas 'Baacham' open.spotify.com/album/0utobE...
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Album by Richard Wagner | Spotify
Richard Wagner · album · 2014 · 34 songs
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Lasagna, red wine, and Götterdämmerung on BR Klassik. Doesn't get better than this mate.
Tried re-creating the complete Beethoven Edition on Spotify, released in the GDR on a huge 112 ETERNA LPs in a lavish box set in 1977. Didn't quite manage it but most of it is here! (I have way too much time) open.spotify.com/playlist/4zE...
Beethoven – Gesamtausgabe / Complete Edition - 112 LPs
Playlist · JT · 578 items
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It's Saturday!! Which means it must be time for the Diabelli Variations. (Don't ask why, it just is) open.spotify.com/album/5GwAS0...
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations - Album by Ludwig van Beethoven | Spotify
Ludwig van Beethoven · album · 1967 · 33 songs
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Interesting article. Didn't know Wieland Wagner had invited Karajan to take over from Knappertbusch conducting Parsifal in Bayreuth in 1965. (Kna definitely wouldn't have liked that!) karajan.org/stories/spot...
Spotlight: The Bayreuth Festival - Karajan
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