Has anyone heard this new Zappa orchestral recording? http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=7402 Definitely looks interesting. *********** Got...
... http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=7402 ... Yep. I will own it soon. EM is a wonderful group - and FZ is FZ of course! ... Personally I have...
... Henry Cow are different - they got their name from Henry Cowell, Ives's protege. In the 70's and 80's I used to hang out in their circles, Frank Frith,...
... Anne - I can copy my CD's if you 'd like - I don't have the ability to copy from LP to CD. Lemme know (offlist) Frankie np - Ives - Holidays Symphony -...
Got "Sur Incises" by Pierre Boulez a few days ago - had one listen. Wow - some incredible stuff, but it is going to take more than a few listens to grasp what...
Frankie, Boulez and Ives -- now there's a contrast for you! No connections there of any kind, I reckon. Yet, Boulez did an Ives festival when he was music...
... I did not know that - very cool. I would love to hear Boulez talk about his experiences and just music in general - the man has just done so much for...
That's a good interview! I failed to find something like this when I searched. PB accepted a certain degree of public responsibility in his post in New York...
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hmm... Are you certain that you've attributed that quote correctly? I believe that it should be properly attributed...
Take the quotation marks off. I do recall hearing PB pronounce "primatif". The "amateur" attribution I might have read somewhere, and "Grandma Moses" was my...
Let me join the fray. I can't imagine Bernstein would've ever dissed Ives; I always thought he championed him, and certainly he chose to record and perform his...
No, not Lennie! Pierre may not so much have dissed Ives as treated Ives as an amusing case. Of course, it might come out sounding like disrepect. He often...
... dissed Ives; I always thought he championed him, and certainly he chose to record and perform his works many times--and beautifully.--Annie in NYC ...
Bob, Thank you for pointing this out. Here is a collateral report: David Schiff,The Atlantic,January 1997,The Many Faces of Ives (see paragraph 3) ---> ...
The NY Phil website has a pretty cool Ives page in anticipation of the upcoming shows in May. Check it out, it's pretty cool stuff. I'll be seeing three (3) of...
Anybody here (Scott?) own the Ives 4th CD performed by the Ensemble Modern/John Adams? I still cannot find it available anywhere except the EM site and they...
Have a great time, Frankie! Quart Thanks Quart. I was more than impressed with Juilliard's performance of Ives 4 in January - so I am curious to see what the...
I don't have a copy of the EM / Adams Ives Fourth. But I've heard that it's very good. Scott Mortensen ************************************ "The fabric of...
Frankie, Alban Berg's 3 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6, was a big favorite of mine in the past. I also like Edgard Varèse's Arcana. I think I shall listen to...
... one more link about the Reinhard realisation of the 'universe symphony', from volume 3 number 2 of the British Harry Partch Society Newsletter. very...
Frankie, Alban Berg's 3 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6, was a big favorite of mine in the past. I also like Edgard Varèse's Arcana. I think I shall listen to...
According to Merrick's review in the British Harry Partch Society Newsletter (http://partch.edition.net/Lnbkv3n2.html), Johnny Reinhard's version of the...
... lots of repetition! which is perfectly valid as the life pulse is ostensibly to go on forever. I don't know of any other instructions beyond what's in...
... interesting to compare them with contemporary recordings of the same works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, at long last, Scott, Amazon has a product page for...
Is anyone attending Jim Sinclair's O.N.E. concert at the Battell Chapel at Yale tomorrow evening? Details here: http://www.orchestranewengland.org/ I'll be...
Keep your eyes open for the June issue of BBC Music Magazine. Apparently, Ives is going to be the "Composer of the Month." I haven't seen the issue yet. But...
... Thanks for the advance tip, Scott. I found a site offering sale of single issues of U.K. mags at: http://www.magsnmore.com/current_british_magazines.htm ...