... I don't think there is much to elaborate. All you need to do focus you attention on what instruments play in Mahler's Scherzi, any of them. You will notice...
... (1) except for the Mitropoulos Cologne I am not looking for any more M3s. I already have three with Roessl-Majdan. They are all excellent performances. Of...
In a message dated 4/26/2004 11:28:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Not that odd, although it seems strange from our current perspective. In the last century,...
... Really? All I know of JSB's works for violin and orchestra are the BWV 1041, 1042, and 1043. The 41/42 for solo violin and the 43 is for two violins. Can...
... BWV 1064 is three harpsichords or three violins BWV 1043 (two violins) is the same as BWV 1062 (two harpsichords). And many more such back and forths. ...
... Sorry, I had never heard a complete of #4 and had only heard of Litolff the at one time ubiquitous (on radio) scherzo and thus by "this guy" I meant the...
In a message dated 4/27/2004 7:53:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I found it plausible. Like much of Barenboim's work, it's a bit heavy and thick-textured....
In a message dated 4/27/2004 8:22:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Why "unless"? When you're a music critic, you hear more of these recordings, and reach the...
In a message dated 4/28/2004 9:14:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I _do_ like Monica Groop - particularly on Herreweghe's "Elias," and as Solti's Zerlina...
In a message dated 4/28/2004 10:50:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ...who happens to be the soprano soloist in MTT's M4, thus bringing us back to Mahler! SFV ...
... NO! Never Schnittke. Niemals! Not after the way he appropriated Mahler's unfinished piano quartet. (One movement of Mahler, three movements of aural Hell...
... Given that Bach seems to have found the violin interchangeable with the harpsichord, I see no reason to complain when the harpsichord (or "wire commode,"...
... Well, I do assume that those gentlemen were sensible and intelligent enough to leave out their ego if they would be in charge of completing the Mahler...
... Actually, the tradition of variations on themes is great and ancient, so it will always attract musically literate composers. A good "completion" is a...
... There also is a verison of BWV 1060. Andrew Manze recorded it together with the three other violin concertos. But avoid that disc, it's pretty terrible. ...
... The second instrument's designation didn't survive, but one presumes that it may have been for oboe in d minor. Manze claims it's just as likely that Bach...
... Recommend for Bruno a Virgin VeritasX2 which includes CD1: 1041, 1042, 1043 AND (3 violins [1064]). CD2 [1056], (violin and oboe [1060]), [1052], 1044 (the...
... I've heard her sing the Ruckerts live, and she was pretty good. More surprisingly she also carried off the Schoenberg Brettl-lieder with verve and panache...
At a certain point, ... Gosh, that's so true, Steve. Reviewing junk is harder than reviewing good stuff, because you have to be even fairer and more...
... Jan, toooo late! Bruno already bought the Manze BWV 1060, and he didn't like this recording. That's right, the Manze is pretty terrible. I have the BWV...
... Thank you Yoel! I look around yesterday what is available of the 1064, and it seems the Virgin Verita twofer are easily obtained and high praised. Look...
... *phew* I'm not the only one who doesn't like it. Gramophone of course was in love with it. ... Which orchestra? How small? I only have Suzuki, which I...
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