#NowSpinning Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra in Karajan’s digital recording. I have tended to prefer his earlier versions, but I am very happy to be hearing this again. Karajan was a fine Straussian and this recordings holds up the high standards, regardless of comparisons with earlier efforts.

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Five years since we lost dear Bernard Haitink. Had the pleasure of hearing him live at the Proms a couple of times, but his recorded legacy is impressive and this 1997 Meistersinger from Covent Garden is a pure joy (especially on a cold rainy day!)

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Coverage of the troubled relationship between the King and his youngest son dominates front pages at the expense of 43,000, mostly needless, deaths. Hancock and Johnson should be in prison.

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An early Bruckner 5 from Thielemann, a stylish performance even though he's posing on the cover like a moody teenage lad about to shoplift from Greggs. (Perhaps better dressed)

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They do need to convict first & there remains a legal presumption of innocence until such time. We might have opinions on guilt or otherwise; only a court can be definitive.

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