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...
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Gene Halaburt
genehala
May 4, 2004 7:13 pm
... 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 ...
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tony cole
coletony43
May 4, 2004 7:15 pm
No, cover CD is going to be of the Ives antithesis: Richard Strauss! And anyway, about time CEI featured as c-o-t-m after the BBc mag. has been going for more...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
May 4, 2004 7:42 pm
Bob (and others), I remember you mentioning something about ordering Gielen's Mahler 1 disc coupled with "Central Park in the Dark" and "The Unanswered...
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jlroux2002
May 4, 2004 8:51 pm
Nice to know you enjoyed it, Scott ! :) You should also mention it's a LIVE performance, which means no edits, no splices of different takes, etc, etc. So far,...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
May 4, 2004 8:54 pm
... Gielen's Mahler 1 disc coupled with "Central Park in the Dark" and "The Unanswered Question"? Did you get the disc? Any thoughts on the performances? ...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
May 4, 2004 9:10 pm
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you use this link: http://snipurl.com/65iw you'll see the comments I left (in 2 or 3 successive posts) regarding the concert. I...
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tony cole
coletony43
May 4, 2004 9:11 pm
Haven't seen anything of Gielen/Ives lately in the UK either........However, what I heard of his in the 80's was pretty pretty mediocre and not at all...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
May 4, 2004 9:44 pm
... the woolly homespun Yankee jingoistic version of yore... It's interesting to me how perceptions of Ives and his music have changed over time. I didn't...
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anthony cole
coletony43
May 5, 2004 5:26 am
Makes complete sense to me, Scott, and I think this was how Ives' music came to be appreciated over on this side of the millpond even from the early 60's when...
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quartodeciman
May 5, 2004 6:29 pm
Do we need to look closely at those spiritual models that formed Ives philosophically? George Ives, RW Emerson, HD Thoreau, Harmony. He began to learn to look...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
May 5, 2004 9:31 pm
... Good thinking Quart. We can also look at Ives' very own writings--especially the "Essays Before a Sonata." Here's one of my favorite passages from the...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
May 6, 2004 5:28 am
Looks like the new Ives disc featuring Aimard and Graham is out next week. Gramophone has picked it as one of their discs of the month. Go to: ...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
May 6, 2004 6:40 am
Here's another recently-released disc that I just stumbled across tonight. CATALOGUE NR: 8559127 RECORD LABEL: Naxos RELEASE DATE: 03-May-2004 COMPOSER:...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
May 6, 2004 10:28 am
Scott, according to Amazon, it will be available there on May 11: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001HZ6MO/ I've already put in my order. :-) Bob ... ...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
May 7, 2004 12:00 am
... From: New York Philharmonic To: chalkpie@... Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:50 PM Subject: Subscriber eNotes - SPECIAL Ives Festival edition IN...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
May 7, 2004 12:07 am
I just listened to this at the Naxos site and I was more than pleased. This recording is quite different from Lubimov's, but I really enjoyed it. The Alcott's...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
May 7, 2004 10:46 am
... York Philharmonic was drawing to a close, Gustav Mahler requested a score of the Symphony No. 3 of a then-obscure insurance salesman named Charles Ives. At...
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anthony cole
coletony43
May 7, 2004 10:49 am
Well, the June Beeb mag. has just flopped on to my doormat........In addition to the Ives feature as comp. of the month (only about 11 years or 130-odd issues...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
May 7, 2004 2:13 pm
In today's NY Times there's a couple articles about Ives-- anticipating the upcoming NYPO mini-fest. This is a link to the article listing the Times' critics'...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
May 8, 2004 1:01 am
... Did ... Any more info on this recording? Date? Orchestra? Thanks Frankie...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
May 8, 2004 1:32 am
Honestly Bob - I am not an expert Ives historian, so I guess I just accepted that tale. But if you have talked to Sinclair and he thinks that it is BS, then...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
May 8, 2004 1:36 am
... From: "DrOrient"; <drorient@...> To: <modernclassical@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:48 AM Subject: [modernclassical] Concord Sonata...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
May 8, 2004 1:37 am
... Frankie, all three works are with Gielen's "usual" band, the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg. The Mahler 1 was recorded in the Freiburg...
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Bob Zeidler
bobzeidler
May 8, 2004 1:42 am
... just accepted that tale. But if you have talked to Sinclair and he thinks that it is BS, then that is probably good enough reason for me. But does anybody...
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Anne Ozorio
mskahuna2002
May 8, 2004 2:21 am
Here's a review by one of the better reviewers over here . He loves it. Guess we'll all be spending this week...... ...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
May 8, 2004 2:40 am
There is no doubt that Aimard's Concord is going to give us all a good 'ole fashioned ass-whoopin', but has anybody listened to the new Naxos Ives CD with...
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Anne Ozorio
mskahuna2002
May 8, 2004 7:33 am
As with most Naxos artists, Mayer is not front rank. He's American and specialises in American repertoire. I haven't heard his work, but Pierre Laurent...
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anthony cole
coletony43
May 8, 2004 11:25 am
I sit down - dazed - having just now heard Thoreau in this recording broadcast by BBC (& how encouraging that so many Brit listeners chose it for this...
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Frankie Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
May 8, 2004 12:46 pm
... Naxos nuts? Quite possible ;) They definitely do things differently. But like I've said before, I have found some merit in this recording based on the two...
