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Well. That Was A Good Day

Well, what a day. One of declamatic insouciance flipping between sunshine and showers and sidestepping any prediction. Nonetheless, I did pop into town to do my food shopping, and then as if serendipity dropped by, ended up having drinks with Phil. In fact, I had planned to go home on the half-past two bus, but a text from Phil, around two, made me consider other plans. He was free to come over for a few beers, so that is what we did.

So, I ended up in Spoons and had a delicious fish and chips lunch followed by a naughty chocolate brownie with ice cream. Phil arrived just after four, and we had more beers finishing sometime after six.







Phil tapping at his phone. 

Classical Gas

Some really top-notch music here -

Camille Saint-Säens - Symphony No. 3 'Organ Symphony': Maestoso - Allegro

Dinu Lipatti - Enescu Piano Sonata No.3, Op.24

Dinu Lipatti - Grieg Piano Concerto

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A
Dinu Lipatti, piano
Philharmonia Orchestra /
Alceo Galliera
1947, restored

Back in 1991 Wire magazine did an outline essay on Dinu Lipatti with an EMI 5 CD set costing £50 and now reissued as a 7CD set that is a bargain at £12!

ENJOY

Dinu's Last Recording

Well, one of them but it is a classic -

Schumann: Piano Concerto, Lipatti & Karajan (1948)

Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

(00:05) 1. Allegro affettuoso (A minor)
(14:27) 2. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso (F major)
(19:52) 3. Allegro vivace (A major)

Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950), Piano
Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989), Conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra

Rec. 1948 [EMI]

Available on a reissue of the EMI box set from 1991 - now 7 CD's for £12 and just ordered from Amazon,

Good Night