What Are You Listening To? A New Thread.

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"Sheep May Safely Graze," BWV 208 by Bach. Wendy Carlos on synthesizers.

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Leoš Janáček: Taras Bulba. The Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra led by František Jílek.

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Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104 by Antonín Dvořák. Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich with the Berlin Philharmonic directed by Herbert von Karajan

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"Harmonies du Soir," no. 11 of the Transcendental Études S. 139 by Franz Liszt. Pianist Sviatoslav Richter in a 1958 recital recording.

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Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207 by Mozart. A 2005 recording with Anne-Sophie Mutter playing and conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Samuel Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra, op. 17. The New York Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Schippers in a concert performance from 1965.

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Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Anton Bruckner. Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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Chain II by Witold Lutosławski. Violinist Krzysztof Bakowski with Antoni Wit conducting the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra on a Naxos CD.

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Symphony No. 8 in C minor by Anton Bruckner. Bernard Haitink directing the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a 2005 concert recording.

Earlier today I listened to the NPR broadcast of the Vienna Philharmonic's annual New Year's Concert led by Franz Welser-Möst.

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Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig Van Beethoven, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the leadership of Carlos Kliber, strangely in my mind only No. 36 on the SiriusXM countdown of the 76 greatest classical pieces ever written. I have always ranked it No. 1, even above the Ninth Symphony. To me, it is Crystal Perfection.

This was followed at No. 29 on the list by "Symphony No. 9 "From the New World", by Antonin Dvorak, performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Allsop.