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fduniho, you wrote: "[in the UK] you can still get any track for only one credit per download, which is good for getting symphonies."
Unfortunately that's not true, because any track over ten minutes long on Naxos or Chandos (another goo… -
Talking of Thomas Mann, theres also his short story The Blood of the Walsungs (Walsungenblut): The two key characters exhibit an aristocratic arrogance and elitism that culminates in incest. In an opera scene Mann draws a close parallel between…
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For classical buffs, I'd recommend Vikram Seth's novel "An Equal Music" about a string quartet. Synopsis from Amazon:
"Michael plays second violin in an up-and-coming Maggiore Quartet, lives on the north side of Hyde Park, takes early mo… -
If you like Chopin, and you like the cello, why not try Chopin's Cello Sonata? (He did write for other…
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"Persistence is my middle name".
It certainly is, mommio, if you're on narrowband! You deserve a medal. I live half the time with a broadband connection and half the time without one, but don't dare try to download on narrowband. Hell, i… -
Thanks, Mommio, you're obviously more persistent than me! I tried what you said and all four albums were downloadable. Looks well worth investigating every week. The label featured on these four albums, "Forlane CI" was new to me (any info, Nereffid…
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Re classical.com. Just went back and logged in and found:
"Welcome back John, you have 0 free downloads available..."
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I like that - 'laughing down on someone'. Any different from Schadenfreude, though? (We anglophones have to use a foreign word for an unpleasant concept., i seems)
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Billyjoebob, have you tried clearing your cache? I often get "Emusic not available" and some foolery about the engineers working on the problem, but that ususally does the trick.
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Yeah, Nereffid, and remember those "Great One-Track Wonder" threads on the Classical board which were so useful when you'd got a few downloads to play with at the end of the month? Phut! or maybe Zut!