On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 06:48:47 -0000 ... Yes, and if there is anyone out there with the front end of Monteux's LSO Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2, a performance...
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:10:52 EDT ... I do? I said this somewhere? ... There is a difference, in my mind, between expressions of humor and absolute absence of...
In a message dated 8/30/2004 2:49:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Urmana, remember, began as a mezzo - almost a contralto. Perhaps she sang one of these...
In a message dated 9/1/2004 7:21:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I have conflated remembered posts of yours and Tony's. Your recent comments about "humor" in...
I think Snell was the trumpeter. Not my favorite, but a decent player. Also, bear in mind that the London orchstras then (and probably now) have access to an...
... believe he's ... [Bruno] ... I propose that Sir Simon unite the VPO and BPO for a special Salzburg Festival performance of "Ain't Misbehavin'..." Maybe the...
... violin ... Of course, we only hear that theme as lyrical because it is almost inevitably played at exactly half the speed Mahler wrote it. Some clever ...
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In a message dated 9/1/2004 11:42:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... No disagreement with you about the basic tempo structure, or about your characterization of...
The reissued version is what I have. It lists G only as the choir director for the Snagerknaben. I know it from the LPs, now I have to relisten to the CD,...
Horenstein recordings I don't like? Yes, the LSO/ BBC M9 with dreadful sound and inferior quality of playing to what he got from the VSO. Those who rave about...
Howard Snell's predecessor as the LSO's principal trumpet, with some overlap, was William Lang, who plays the posthorn solo [on fluegelhorn] in the Horenstein...
"Jakob-Hoff, Tristan (Spring): Of course, we only hear that theme as lyrical because it is almost inevitably played at exactly half the speed Mahler wrote it....
Interesting contribution from Tom. I think it is fair to say generally that Horenstein's performances are true to his vision of the symphonies but also true to...
Joel ... I don't know about *exactly* half speed, but I'm pretty sure I've heard it at somewhere close to that. It is certainly very rare that I've heard it ...
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Sep 2, 2004 7:31 am
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In a message dated 9/2/2004 3:44:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Actually, of course, a bad conductor will get a sore arm no matter what... ;) Notation can be...
... Yes, I agree with Paul here. There is no one right way to conceive a performance, though I find it hard then to argue that there can be any wrong ways....
Can someone here tell me what the CBSO is? I was sent this interesting web site in response to a private question of mine elsewhere about John Mitchinson, the...
... City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ... Mark Elder, current conductor of the Halle Orchestra in Manchester (UK); was director of the English National...
... City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. ... Mark Elder, presumably. Currently music director of the Hallé. Tristan...
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Sep 2, 2004 2:12 pm
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... Much thanks, Keith and also to that opera character, Tristan (from the opera Tristan und Amy). Best, Yoel Der Bach singt voller Wohllaut durch das Dunkel....
Hi Tom - I enjoyed this post so much that I would rather keep reading it than reply to it, but I guess things need to move on... Klemperer's M7 is a really...
... From: "Stephen Chakwin" <schakwin@...> ... I honestly think this performance of the 7th one of the greatest ever and also one of Klemperer's most...
... I honestly think this performance of the 7th one of the greatest ever and also one of Klemperer's most amazing performances of any work. Wow! Is this a...
... I assume Tom is referring to the EMI studio recording. We must agree to disagree on this one, I find it (esp the first movement) almost unlistenable. That...
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Sep 3, 2004 2:42 am
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... Not entering into the matter of the Scherchen 6 and limiting myself to the various 5s, I would like to say that one certainly understands, yea expects that...
CBSO should be the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Birmingham, England, of course. :) Elder should be MArk Elder Dave. ... interesting web ... ...
I'm afraid the OK's M7 on EMI (coupled with OK own second symphony and string quartet No 7) is OOP. I listen to it mainly for the clarity due to OK's vertical...
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:05:29 +0200 ... Nah, I don't buy into this myth regarding Klemperer's health and the tempos he adopted for the Mahler 7th. The EMI M7...
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