What Are You Listening To? A New Thread.

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Symphony: Mathis der Maler by Paul Hindemith.

I have fourteen recordings of this work in my iTunes library, but today I'm not listening to any of those. I'm listening to Guido Cantelli leading the NBC Symphony in a 1948 radio concert, one of the many selections on Apple's new Classical streaming app which I'm sampling. A six-month Apple Music membership came with my AirPods.

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'Down Around My Place' by John Hiatt.

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Streaming Apple Classical again: the Vienna Philharmonic's Sommernachtskonzert (Summer Night Concert) from 2020, with Valery Gergiev conducting and tenor soloist Jonas Kaufmann singing opera favorites such as "Pourquoi me réveiller?" from Massenet's Werther and "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's Turandot.

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Pablo Heras-Casado leading the Orchestra of St. Luke's in a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Winter Dreams" Symphony (#1, opus 13).

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A recent broadcast of Pinchas Zukerman leading the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major. I actually saw that performance live, and then heard it again on the radio.

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From Apple Classical: Dvořák's "New World" Symphony played by the period-instrument ensemble Anima Eterna Brugge, led by Jos van Immerseel.

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An der schönen, blauen Donau (aka the "Blue Danube" Waltz), op. 314 by Johann Strauss II. From the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert of 1/1/2015, led by Zubin Mehta.

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"Polovtsian Dances" from the 1890 opera Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin. Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic on a summer night in 2012.

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Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin. Pianist Philippe Entremont with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy in a 1967 recording.

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Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, John Williams, performed by Yo Yo Ma and the Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra, The composer conducting.