Folks, I just updated my CEI website's String Quartets recommended recordings page. If you're interested, take a look at: ...
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quartodeciman
Nov 3, 2003 8:45 pm
It is interesting and a bit ironic that both the symphony #1 and the sq #1 have induced so much recent interest. I gathered that CEI himself had all but...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 3, 2003 10:22 pm
... the sq #1 have induced so much recent interest. I gathered that CEI himself had all but buried these works, considering them student labor under Parker...
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Anne Ozorio
mskahuna2002
Nov 3, 2003 11:55 pm
Bob : "I've got copies of both "The Celestial Country" and "Hora novissima" coming my way. I've not heard either yet. Comparing them could prove interesting." ...
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quartodeciman
Nov 4, 2003 12:26 am
Is this critical edition for Symphony #1 actually a major fix for the work, or just routine corrections for a performance edition. In other words, is the...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 4, 2003 1:32 am
... Anne, assuming that I haven't lost track of what I ordered, the Ives "Celestial Country" is the Farberman/London Symphony: ...
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quartodeciman
Nov 4, 2003 3:20 am
Oops, I forgot about the 1910 runthrough of symphony #1 by the New York Symphony, the "Walter Mollycoddle God-Damrosch" affair. Swafford mentions some...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 4, 2003 12:21 pm
... the work, or just routine corrections for a performance edition. In other words, is the improvement you perceive in Sinclair's version possibly more about...
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Christian Tucker
dnslighter
Nov 4, 2003 12:34 pm
... Well, /most/ Nielsen! There is that one symphony . . . Christian Tucker New York...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 4, 2003 1:08 pm
... You're of course thinking of the Nielsen 5th, with the "battle" between the snare drummer and the rest of the orchestra, with the drummer trying his best...
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Christian Tucker
dnslighter
Nov 4, 2003 1:28 pm
... Hey, I went for the cheap shot. (I opted for Super Saver on my Naxos First so it will be a day or two more before I get it!) Yes, I know what you mean....
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 4, 2003 1:58 pm
... of the late 19th century village band, Irish tradition and the whole stem of what is called Jazz than from "traditional" serious music." We're on the same...
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Christian Tucker
dnslighter
Nov 4, 2003 2:10 pm
... I'm in a different field of the Arts so I frequently am missing a bit of language. When I have the language, I am operating under slightly different...
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quartodeciman
Nov 4, 2003 8:00 pm
Bob: What is particularly american about a side-drum? Didn't Haydn feature the instrument in one of his symphonies? You might appreciate a story I call...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 4, 2003 8:38 pm
... Haydn feature the instrument in one of his symphonies?" Of course side drums -- both with and without snares -- go back well before Haydn. (The symphony he...
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Christian Tucker
dnslighter
Nov 5, 2003 3:39 pm
... Remember that I said that I have terminology from another art, not musicology. Also, I should have said "American"; impressionist. Impressionism isn't an...
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Christian Tucker
dnslighter
Nov 5, 2003 6:59 pm
... I listened to just a few seconds of the Emerson. I'll leave that for this evening when I can focus on it and after the ill taste of the 1st is out of my...
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Christian Tucker
dnslighter
Nov 6, 2003 1:44 pm
... OK, I felt badly about this dissent. I'm a shy kinda guy, though with passive/aggressive tendencies! So, rather than spend the evening with the Emerson, I...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
Nov 6, 2003 2:10 pm
Anne, I've got a copy of the same version of the "Celestial Country" (Armstrong/St. Olaf Choir) and I'm working on a review for MusicWeb. Should be ready...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
Nov 6, 2003 2:23 pm
... with passive/aggressive tendencies! ... Christian, Disagreements make for interesting conversations! ;-) If we all agreeed about everything it would be...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 6, 2003 3:05 pm
... Scott (and Anne), I just received the Farberman/LSO (1973, was CRI, is now Citadel) CD of "The Celestial Country." Short version: I *love* it, and can't...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
Nov 6, 2003 4:38 pm
Bob wrote: So perhaps either of you can provide me with a link to the recording you've been listening to. *********** I think that the Armstrong / St. Olaf...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 6, 2003 6:12 pm
... (on the Linn label) is only available in the U.K. To order it, try www.mdt.co.uk." Thanks, Scott. It's a done deal. I even found the Gielen Mahler 1, ...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 6, 2003 6:53 pm
*This* NY Times article on a proposed merger has an eerie synchronicity to it: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/06/business/media/06CND-SO NY.html?hp I see only...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 6, 2003 6:56 pm
Oops! That URL overfloweth its cup. Try this abbreviated one: http://snurl.com/2v4z Bob...
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Michael Butera
aretub1978
Nov 6, 2003 7:09 pm
Scott Mortensen wrote re: THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY: "I think that these three (Farberman, Gregg Smith, and Armstrong) might be the only recordings of this work." ...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
Nov 7, 2003 10:20 pm
That disc is incredible. Another mind-blowing disc (2) with Aimard is Messiaen's "Vingt Regards" (on Teldec). Stunning stuff, brilliantly performed and...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
Nov 11, 2003 10:44 pm
Folks, I ordered Gould's Ives disc (on RCA) recently, after someone emailed me and told me that it was their favorite version. Last night, I finally got...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
Nov 12, 2003 12:54 am
What year? ... From: Scott Mortensen To: charlesives@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:44 PM Subject: [charlesives] Ives' First Sym (again) ...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
Nov 12, 2003 1:16 am
... 1966. From Sinclair's catalog: First recording: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Morton Gould, 5 November 1966 (issued in 1966 by RCA Victor,...
