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April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music

I’m going to tell you a bit about my background with classical music; some of my early touchstones, how I educated myself and explored options, and some of the favourite pieces I’ve collected and my go-to composers. That sort of thing. And then you can do the same. Seem reasonable? Otherwise we’ll be here all […]

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March 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 733

London Sinfonietta with Dawn Upshaw, Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 (1992) I fell in love with this when I first heard it – this particular recording, Gorecki composed the piece in the mid-70s but this early-90s recording was the one that found me, it was being used to soundtrack images from the Bosnian war, well from […]