Went To The Record Store Again! Here's Today's Haul:

went to the record store again! here's today's haul:

Top Left: Bela Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta, and Hungarian Sketches recorded by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony

Top Right: Jean Sibelius The Wood Nymph (in two versions), A Lonely Ski Trail, and Swanwhite recorded by Osmo Vänskä and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Bottom Left: Stravinsky Petroushka, Scherzo a la Russe, and Suite from The Firebird recoreded by Paavo Järvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Bottom Right: Walter Piston Suite from The Incredible Flutist, Suite for Orchestra, Fantasy for English Horn, Harp, and Orchestra, Concerto for String Quartet, Wind Instruments, and Percussion recorded by Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra

so like since i am a trumpet player i was pretty much obligated to get the bartok disc because it features the legendary trailblazing orchestral trumpet player adolph "bud" herseth on principal trumpet for some of the most difficult yet thrilling excerpts you will ever hear (in fact all the brass sections are very good (and perhaps more importantly very loud) in this recording)

they had a complete edition of shostakovich string quartets that i was seriously considering getting however it was like $40 and while that is a fair price it was still too much money for me. they also had a complete roussell edition that was very tempted but that was $46. i was considering getting a recording of wozzeck but i didn't recognize any of the performers and didn't want to risk it being a not-so-great performance

i listened to the stravinsky on the drive home (it was fabulousss) but unfortunately it has become stuck in the built in cd player in the car so idk if i'll ever see it again but whatevs 🤷

Yes more wizarding schools. I want to hear about the tedious day to day life of the younger wizards during their school years. I want to hear about how they blew up the potions lab because they were too giddy or how they got turned into a frog by a wayward spell. I want the mundaneness of everyday wizard school.

Although, the Wizard council (me) also accepts your request of barbarian school stories and this is something I would also like to see.

No more wizarding schools. Wizarding schools, while occasionally fun, have been done to death and back to the point that I wouldn't be surprised if there's some story out there about a school specifically for liches.

Now, Barbarian School, that's some unexplored territory.

Here is a rare glimpse of Dmitri Shostakovich without his glasses, circa 1940s.

who up pondering they orb

I can’t be bothered taking a better picture so here is my outfit.

I made the belt and my petticoat but the outfit is from Gibson Girl Dress on Etsy.

It’s my Birthday! I’m officially the age of the dancing queen. I’m having a tea party and I’ll attach some images of my outfit later