we've aired these in the days before they were added to PRX. Looking forward to future programs!

we've aired these in the days before they were added to PRX. Looking forward to future shows

When Dinu Lipatti passed awasy (on December 2nd, 1950), he was listening to Beethoven's F minor (Serioso) quartet, and told his wife Madeleine, "Talent is not enough to write this kind of music, but you have to become a 'God chosen instrument'". Vladimir Horowitz himself regarded of him as "God chosen instrument", but his God was not G*d in heaven but dictator and the ruler of this world in the Capitalist hegemony. That's probably why he chose to record Wagner's "Isolde's Liebestod" (his love in his adolesence all after and beyond Holocaust) to CBS Records that was soon to be sold to Sony, a Japanese rising company. And, what Horowitz played last in his life was Franz Liszt's transcription of Bach Cantata BWV 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen". Horowitz's lament as a Shepherd's complaint (Mendelssohn's Song without words). That's a part of our history of music and, what Lipatti was listening at the end of his life possibly was this recording by Léner String Quartet - a real gem beyond century in ages.

although i must say i did not care for liz's extended notes.

I have been a big fan of Ginette Neveu since my adolescence (I once refused to accompany a classmate violinist on Franck's violin sonata in A major for this reason: Neveu vs. Zuckerman on Brahms concerto; although I am immensely admiring Pinchas Zuckerman by this date). On this episode of "Collector's Corner" I was stunned by Neveu's perfect pitch and intonation. I respect on Hilary Hahn as the Queen of violin playing in our age, but Neveu's perfect pitch may not be matched even by Hahn I'm afraid, although HIlary's intonation may well be matching and in a sense surpassing that of Ginette Neveu (consult to her new album titled "Eclipse"). Thank you so much for the opportunity to remind me of the name of this big violin star in old age and reappreciate her playing.

i was surprised how many of the songs did not hold up well. on the other hand, the sail display in ny was, and is, great

you know about that disc titled benny's girls?

i am back

not lazy? doubt that. but who knows. i have asked people that know you and their answers vary, depending on the kind and amount of drink. so we hold back on our judgement,

i want thehouse in tuscany.
you sound very wistful. damn.