Jens F. Laurson

Roving Classical Critic-at-Large Opinions are my own, or stolen.

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Prokofiev goes Hollywood. Almost. Latest on #ClassicalDiscoveries: #026 Sergei Prokofiev: Film and Incidental Music

https://t.co/vvtfzSi8T6

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#morninglistening to WilliamWalton's two Symphonies w/the @TheCBSO & KazukiYamada on @DGclassics. A good deal of Holst in Sy.1; always good to hear these works. Clever choice.

Amzn: https://t.co/Xyhlu3PRuq

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@StyleKickBK @YNSO_Official Abu Dhabi bot. Annoying. Reported and blocked.

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#morninglistening to a #Bruckner 8th I'm genuinely looking forward to: the late great Stanisław Skrowaczewski w/the YomiuriNipponSymphonyOrchestra in 2016. A Denon recording in the great re-issue series on mdg.classics!

Amzn: https://t.co/RdrSjybcEe

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Better late than never! Different time signature, same gratitude. Our 2025 look-back & early look at what’s to come in 2026 🎶
#Latergram #EarlyMusic #ACappella #choir #renaissance #polyphony #choralmusic

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@Ricisolen @AlexeyZiskin @LoveInner Also: What's Lady Godiva doing on that darn cover. Art consultant really screwed up there.

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We've got a whole podcast about that topic! :-)

https://t.co/LCdZAIdW7v

(our first one, in fact)

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@AlexeyZiskin @LoveInner @ClassicalCritic
#NowSpinning
Manfred Honeck has made a pioneering contribution by putting Braunfels' operatic masterpiece on record.
https://t.co/oH9p3iv8E3

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Ah, wer den Artikel sucht: Hier wird man fuendig: https://t.co/vHywGX6KUl

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Igor Levit: Once everybody's darling in the media, now suddenly fringe? He hasn't moved*. They have!

Eine Meinung für @DiePressecom

*debatably

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The primary market for #monorails were in fact the James Bond movies of the 70s and 80s. Not one without'em, it seems!

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JEDERMANN! Leider Keinermann - den Carsen/Hochmair unterlaufen in ihrer Art den von ihnen propagierten Sinn des Moralstückes. Da hilft auch die goldene Discokugel nicht.

(Link im Kommentar; jeder! Klick hilft)

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JEDERMANN! Leider Keinermann - denn Carsen/Hochmair unterlaufen in ihrer Art den von ihnen propagierten Sinn des Moralstückes. Da hilft auch die goldene Discokugel nicht. (Link im Kommentar; jeder! Klick hilft)

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@TimothyGWeir @SteinwayAndSons All i see now are, alas, my mistakes that I failed to edit out...

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This insightful overview of the life and legacy of conductor Kurt Masur (1927-2015), born on this day, was written by @ClassicalCritic Jens Laurson for Steinway's "Listen" - The Unlikely Unifier.
https://t.co/flzLhPVX2G

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Everyman #Weidringer [TM] at the @salzburg

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#morninglistening to an exciting disc of JSBach: 11 years after vol. 5, this disc by KeiKoito on Claves, recorded 6 years ago, has surprised me happily. Koito-interruptus, one might say.

Amzn: https://t.co/ygTWTx2EFL

#YesLamy

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@mysteriouskat Whales!

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@Mike_Batt @SurprisedBeauty @naxos_uk @naxosrecords @NAXOS_de Innit!

And then there's the amazing Piano Quintet (esp. w/the Borodin Q5t and the composer on piano:

Amzn: https://t.co/Zyon3VAMwF

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#morninglistening to the great #TrumpetConcerto of #MieczysławWeinberg's and his harrowing 18th Symphony on @naxosmusic w/VladimirLande & the St.PetersburgSSO.

Amzn: https://t.co/aPwPLEflLw

A @surprisedbeauty composer!

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@WyattGwyon1711 I have never quite liked Tuchel; something about him rubs me the wrong way. But yesterday's loss was 100% on his players stopping to play ball. His response made sense but his players just couldn't or wouldn't respond and continued to give ARG the ball back.

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The World Cup has set new levels for moronic takes on who should-have-could-have won.

I don't mean legitimate complaints; there was cause for plenty. But selective, irrational whining whenever things didn't go your way.

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@DStrungk Fair enough. :-)