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Jens F. Laurson
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Roving Classical Critic-at-Large Opinions are my own, or stolen. @ClassicsToday @DiePressecom @CatholicHerald et al. Amazon links earn a commission.
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Jul 10
    Prokofiev goes Hollywood. Almost. Latest on #ClassicalDiscoveries: #026 Sergei Prokofiev: Film and Incidental Music
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    Classical Discoveries - #26 Sergei Prokofiev: Film and Incidental Music #podcast
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Apr 25, 2022
    Replying to @melissakchan
    We'll find out. @elonmusk's just rich enough to be able to afford a moral stance, so I'm actually cautiously optimistic. More so than with the NBA or Hollywood Studios, anyway.
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Apr 30, 2024
    I LOVE Mozart's Serenata notturna!
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Mar 23, 2024
    #morninglistening in admiring memory of #MaurizioPollini, who died today. He was the reason I never stopped pretending to be a critic. How I learned to love Beethoven Sonatas. Adore unsentimental romanticism. Champagne socialist, musical genius. ♡♡♡
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Jan 1, 2024
    If you're watching the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert interlude right now, you'll know that the Bruckner-Overkill of 2024 has officially begun!
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Mar 23, 2024
    Maurizio Pollini, an Appreciation ionarts.blogspot.com/2024/03/mauriz… "Maurizio Pollini was perhaps the most important figure in my musical upbringing that I never knew." A personal obituary.
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    May 11, 2024
    #morninglistening to the 1981 GouldbergVariations. Not so much music but an icon, a memory of where one first heard it, a wistful state, the smell of coffee at a friend's apartment. But are they your favorite #GoldbergVariations? Amazon: amzn.to/44DaPOs #GlennGould
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Feb 9, 2024
    #morninglistening & mourninglistening to the great #SeijiOzawa, who died, 88, Tuesday. Send-off w/Mahler's 2nd Symphony & his long-time band, the @BostonSymphony. Thanks for all the music! Amazon: amzn.to/42B0B02 He'll live on in memories & countless great recordings.
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    May 12, 2023
    Where should I file this? Under STRAUSS, because it's the (slightly) longer work, or under RESPIGHI, because that's where it does the heavier repertoire-focused lifting?
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Aug 17, 2020
    Replying to @taoleighgoffe
    Wodehouse, of whom I have - and have read - everything. Thanks to the @EverymansLib superb edition.
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    May 3, 2024
    #morninglistening to MaurizioPollini's stunning-beyond-words op.10 Chopin Etudes on DG. Very happy to be re-united w/this terrific set that imprinted itself on my young ears when I first discovered it! Your favorite Etudes, too? Amazon: amzn.to/4b4V8SK
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Jun 29, 2024
    If you had to choose ONE, which is Bartók's *masterpiece*?
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    Jens F. Laurson
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    Sep 11, 2023
    The three (historical) cellists I enjoy the most (by far) are Gregor Piatigorsky, János Starker, and Pierre Fournier. What are yours?
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