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JD Taylor
@wagnerian79.bsky.social
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'There is a God! And he's a gag-writer!' Richard Wagner Society. Titanic Historical Society. Member of general human society (reluctantly)
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 19h
There's drink, there's drugs, and there's Giulini conducting Bruckner's 8th - the strongest of all.
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Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1890 Version, Ed. Nowak): IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 1d
Like many people, I often wonder why we're here, what is the meaning of life. Then I remember: it's to listen to Mozart. open.spotify.com/album/5Ylb5p...
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 23
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 1d
Time for Lenny's Mahler
(when is it not?)
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Bernstein: Mahler
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 2d
'A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers' - Leonard Bernstein
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 3d
Love finding random old documentaries on YouTube! Here's Herzog being Herzog on the South Bank Show.
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 4d
Tonight's viewing - the greatest Western ever made.
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 5d
Do love coming home to a parcel of CDs 😎 I mostly stream these days, like everyone else, but if I really like something I'll buy the CD and only listen to the CD. Keep physical media alive!
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 10d
The traditional Birthday Parsifal.
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Wagner: Parsifal
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 10d
Another year around the sun. By the time Mozart was my age...he'd been dead for many years! 😕
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 10d
New model - RMS Olympic as a WW1 troop ship in camouflage.
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 11d
Nice to be back at the Berlin Philharmonie again after so many years...
I wish! Actually the Digital Concert Hall, and Barenboim still has plenty of energy in his conducting of Schubert and Beethoven. 👏
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 12d
Can't imagine life without his art.
(Although I would have more CD and book shelf space)
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 12d
Excellent new release from Trifonov. This and Lim's take on The Seasons is helping me really appreciate Tchaikovsky's piano works more. (Shame on me for neglecting them for so long!)
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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty; Children's Album; Piano Sonata, Op. 80; Theme and Variations, Op. 19/6
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 13d
Bernie's Bruckner, always good value.
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Spotify – Web Player
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 14d
In the days before MP3 players and Walkmans, you had to book an orchestra to play for you on your way to work. Happier times.
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 15d
Happy 90th birthday Dame Julie Andrews. Also gives me an opportunity to once again post this clip.....

Julie Andrews - The ultimate Brünnhilde! youtu.be/VfVgR-7J4nM?...
Julie Andrews - The ultimate Brünnhilde!
YouTube video by Matan Zigron
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 15d
Wouldn't normally bore you with screenshots from the new Train Sim World but the train arriving here is my carriage to Bayreuth I think 😄
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 15d
Ed Gardner delivered a fine Tchaikovsky 5th on Saturday, but I keep being drawn back to the endless wonders of this Mravinsky guy..
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 "Pathétique" (Live at Leningrad)
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 17d
Nothing can be as great as the original in Bach, but some of the transcriptions for big modern orchestras by Stokowski and others here are enormous fun! open.spotify.com/album/0bl5k0...
Bach, J.S.: Transcriptions by Stokowski/Schoenberg/Stravinsky/Webern
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 17d
Bit of a disrespectful way to refer to Constanze
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 18d
'Herbie, I'm flying!'
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 18d
New season of the LPO begins with Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. Two old faves!
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 21d
Looks like AI. Although this one is slightly better, they need to work on their prompts I think!
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 22d
Addio cara Claudia.
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JD Taylor @wagnerian79.bsky.social · 23d
'I can't remember where I parked the car!'
'Well can you remember what car it was?'
'A Trabi'
'Erm.....'
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