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sprinkleeninow

(20,249 posts) Sat Oct 1, 2022, 05:59 AM Oct 2022

Borodin's 'Symphony No. 3' (Always a favorite) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Borodin's 'Symphony No. 3' (Always a favorite) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 OP

I hate to say this, since he was a serious scientist . . . hatrack Oct 2022 #1

At the least we received 'some' compositions from him. sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #2

I remember hearing "Steppes Of Central Asia" when I was about ten hatrack Oct 2022 #3

I'm of Slavic descent. (Czecho) Slovakia. A goodly amount of Rus flavored music sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #4

Many of my favorite composers are Russian, a country I've grown to despise hatrack Oct 2022 #5

Can't judge books by their cover. sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #6

Besides, I discovered a better conductor . . . hatrack Oct 2022 #7

Thanx for the referral. 😉 One door closes, another opens... sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #8

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

1. I hate to say this, since he was a serious scientist . . .

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:22 PM

Oct 2022

But I really wish he'd spent more time on music and less on chemistry.

Oh well.

sprinkleeninow

(20,249 posts)

2. At the least we received 'some' compositions from him.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:26 PM

Oct 2022

hatrack

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3. I remember hearing "Steppes Of Central Asia" when I was about ten

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:28 PM

Oct 2022

Absolutely blew my mind. Lovely and martial and bittersweet all at the same time. Wonderful composer.

sprinkleeninow

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4. I'm of Slavic descent. (Czecho) Slovakia. A goodly amount of Rus flavored music

Reply to hatrack (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:33 PM

Oct 2022

resonates within me. However, that's not in any way, shape or form to even micro 'see' what that madman over there has perpetrated against the Ukrainian people. Fratricide.

hatrack

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5. Many of my favorite composers are Russian, a country I've grown to despise

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:40 PM

Oct 2022

Finding out that Gergiev is firmly in Putin's pocket was depressing as hell.

sprinkleeninow

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6. Can't judge books by their cover.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:42 PM

Oct 2022

hatrack

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7. Besides, I discovered a better conductor . . .

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:48 PM

Oct 2022

Myung-Whun Chung is The Man.

sprinkleeninow

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8. Thanx for the referral. 😉 One door closes, another opens...

Reply to hatrack (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 10:59 PM

Oct 2022

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