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Posted by Ralph Moore on May 14, 2025, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Ralph Moore Surveys"
I'll be honest, Barry; owing to the vagaries of persona taste, very few of your suggestions number among my own favourites, so I quail at the prospect. The other problem is that there are just so many recordings of those symphonies that I wouldn't know where to start. That is illustrated by my friend Lee Denham's Mahler surveys: he labours long and valiantly to be inclusive yet something always pops up subsequently. As Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, so memorably said, "A good man always knows his limitations"! 
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If I may make a Symphonies suggestion: Brahms 2, Dvorak 5, Bruckner 5, Tchaikovsky 4, Mahler 7, Sibelius 3, Nielsen 5, Vaughan Williams 5, Shostakovich 8, Mozart's 'Haffner', Haydn's 'Oxford', and not forgetting the greatest symphony of them all - Beethoven 7.
Chosen, as they are my favourite symphonies by each of those composers, of course. Previous Message
As you are no doubt aware, Dave, I have concentrated on opera as my specialist area of interest, although I have surveyed a few favourite orchestral and instrumental pieces. Maybe you would like to suggest works and I'll see if I feel
competent to tackle them? Previous Message
I know these must be a lot of work to prepare, but I'd love to see more surveys of non-vocal repertoire from Ralph Moore.
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