Category Archives: Classical Music

The Romantic Piano Concerto Series

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Rick Robinson

The Romantic Piano Concerto Series, Hyperion Records, now at 64 volumes. See listing here. I love piano concertos, especially written in the “romantic period style”, and unless I want to hear a specific favorite by the big name composers, this … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals and Current Reading, September 1 – 7, 2014

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Rick Robinson

New Arrivals No books, CDs, etc. Nada. The new refrigerator and freezer come sometime Monday, that’s it. It’s continued quite hot here, and I’ve been under the weather too, including my eyes bothering me a lot. Another new pair of … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals and Current Reading, August 25 – 31, 2014

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Rick Robinson

New Arrivals Another pre-order I’ve been eagerly anticipating arrived Tuesday, plus I picked up some classical music. The Long Way Home by Louise Penny [Minotaur Books August 2014, purchased new] – mystery novel. The latest Chief Inspector Gamache novel. I can’t … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals, Current Reading April 22 – 29, 2013

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Rick Robinson

We’ve had smashing weather here the last week or more. This is the best April in Portland, OR in many a year. NEW ARRIVALS: Two gifts this time and not much else, which is fine as way too much has … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals, Current Reading March 11 – 17, 2013

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Rick Robinson

It’s beginning to look like Spring here, with Daffodils and Forsythia blooming and buds and new growth on many shrubs and trees. Spring – it’s good! NEW ARRIVALS: After last week’s bonanza of stuff, it was inevitable, and desirable, that … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals, January 23-29, 2012

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Rick Robinson

A mix of books and music this time. Here we go. Music of Downton Abbey by John Lunn [Decca Records December 13, 2011 audio CD, new] – soundtrack – original music from the TV series, Season One – I still … Continue reading →

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New Stuff – birthday

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Rick Robinson

Instead of a Friday Forgotten Book today it’s going to be a brief post on the new stuff I got at birthday mine on Wednesday. It was a great day. This takes the place of the New Arrivals post I do … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals February 21-27, 2011

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Rick Robinson

Note: New Arrivals is a day early this week to make room for my entry in the Scarry Night flash fiction challenge, which will be posted Monday morning. After a zero week last time, I’ve got 10 this time. Here … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals October 25-31

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Rick Robinson

I guess I should have expected there to be a few things in the birthday bag, but I thought – more to pack, so it will be anything but books and CDs… Wrong. I was surprised, really. Here it is. … Continue reading →

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My New Arrivals, August 30 – September 5

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Rick Robinson

Just four items this time, and there will probably be less next week. As Summer wraps up, I’m hoping to get more reading time. So here are the newcomers, with – as always – the covers first and the descriptions below. … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals August 16 – 29

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Rick Robinson

Two weeks worth this time, I was in Portland for nearly a week, so I didn’t post a New Arrivals last week. Here are the things I got before and during that trip, and a few that came after I … Continue reading →

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the Classical Music Grammies

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Rick Robinson

There’s a lot more to the Grammy Awards than the stuff you see on the hard-sell television broadcast. Here are the results of what I consider the REAL Grammy Awards (the ones where you don’t have to shake your butt … Continue reading →

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The Nutcracker

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Rick Robinson

Saturday Soundtrack # 11 The Nutcracker (complete), Mariss Jansons conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra, EMI Classics CDQB 7 54649 2, two disc set, released 1992. If there is a soundtrack for this season, surely it’s the music from the ballet … Continue reading →

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Bax – The Symphonies

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Rick Robinson

Sir Arnold Bax – The Symphonies, Chados Records CHAN 10122(5), 2003 5 disc, Symphony #1 – #7 plus two incidental works Sir Arnold Bax. I’d not heard of him when – many years ago – I walked into a local … Continue reading →

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