Anyone have any thoughts on this book? http://www.amadeuspress.com/books/index.cfm?do=details&ID=734&ORI=N I didn't know about it until just a moment ago, when...
... I have the Hurwitz book on Mahler, and think it's quite good - it's not exactly the same series, but it's from the same publisher... However, the fact that...
Hello. Here is my Ten favorites 1- The Second Orchestral Set 2- Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos 3- Two Contemplations 4- Three Places in New-England ...
Contemporary American composer George Rochberg has died. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/01/arts/music/01rochberg.html I only know of his music through a few...
This is my first post. I have been an Ivesamaniac for over thirty years and when the recording came out of the Emerson "Concerto" (It was really supposed to...
A very interesting post. Thanks for sharing it with us. For a long time, the "Emerson" music was tough-going for me. I couldn't really get much of a...
Hello. I have purchased the Trio recording by the Altenberg Trio Wien (Challenge Classic, coupled with Copland and Bernstein). A great version.To my point of...
... couldn't ... the thing ... specifically ... this ... I kept ... (first) ... sense. I could ... Sonata" and the ... probably listen ... The thing is I've...
Coming in late on this. Can I limit myself to 10? Let's see. Fourth Symphony Three Places in New England (Am I allowed not to call it Orchestral Set No. 1?...
One of the unsettled questions concerning Ives's life was why, by 1930, he had completely stopped composing new works. I've heard two explanations. One was...
Because of your comments, I pulled out the Kalish rendition of the Concord Sonata and listened to the Emerson movement. One thing is hearing the Concerto made...
... in their top ... My opinions on the RBO: 1) Stokowski -- awful. Way too slow and with no feeling, as is his Comedy fro the 4th Symphony (witrh his made-up...
Quite a post, sir, and very pleasing to this writer, who, you may not know, is the guy who made that score out of Ives sketches, memos and whatnots. I've done...
... Johnny, I have a copy of your CD that someone booted for me (uh-oh!), and I remember looking at your score years ago, but I've forgotten what the heck IS...
... heard was ... I've only heard one of his string quartets, but I have something interesting (to me at least) to pass on about it. I'm not sure if Lloyd...
... The cadenzas -- the passages first written for the Concerto, then dropped for the Sonata, then reinstated in the 1933 version of the Transcriptions (and...
It's David Wooldridge I think you are referring to, and his book is largely discredited. I wondered what piece might have been the one that he was working on ...
Hello David And your opinion about William STRICKLAND's version of RBO ( Polish National Radio Orchestra, cond. by William Strickland CRI 1965 first recording...
In a message dated 6/5/2005 8:00:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, davidgrayporter@... writes: Jim Sinclair told me that he thinks Ives never really got much ...
In a message dated 6/5/2005 7:01:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, davidgrayporter@... writes: Johnny, I have a copy of your CD that someone booted for me...
... memos ... I do, sir. And I'm honored to be getting a response from you. ... Transcriptions ... And it's fortunate you did. I remember reading about this...
... I believe when Rochberg made the news about his "radical" step backward, he made a comment along the lines of that "12-tone music was contrary to the voice...
... As you saw from a previous post, I wholeheartedly agree. ... I have heard both and you are correct. Schuller's version is meant to make the piece sound...
... is ... Glad to hear it. He heard many things not there. ... on ... photostat ... it ... is ... that ... tonal ... Becoming like Rach "not man enough," was...
Someone knows the recording of Concord Sonata by American pianist Jay Gottlieb (Pianovox PIA 503-02)? To my opinion it's a great interpretation ,freely...
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