In a message dated 11/30/2004 9:01:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I've heard a number of concerts at the Barbican, and I've never had a problem with the...
In a message dated 11/30/2004 2:58:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Diff'rent strokes department - I thought the Haitink/LSO Live Brahms 1 was superb...
In a message dated 11/30/2004 8:38:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Oh - you mean the slow movement of the oboe concerto, with violin obbligato...? ;) SFV ...
I agree with Steve: the last concert I heard at the Barbican was Simon Rattle conducting the LSO(!) in M9, and I enjoyed it immensely (I'm not ashamed to say...
So do I. Arvo Part is a great composer, even we know that he is better in incidental music or choral works than symphonies. But listten Litany, St. Johann...
... Apart from anything else, it's probably the best - and most consistent - large-scale accoustic in London. The Royal Festival Hall is dry and unresponsive....
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In a message dated 12/1/2004 8:10:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I've somehow managed never to hear a concert at the RFH during my London trips, so I can't...
... them, ... echoey, ... These are, of course, the best 'seats' in the house. It's £4 now, but that still represents something of a bargain. As for the...
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Hi all, With the publication of the new issue of Naturlaut, here are more articles for your enjoyment. Have a happy holiday season! 1. Mahler's Seventh...
... 3/- (Three shillings) in my day.... ... There is a notorious dead spot in the arena at about 7 o'clock IIRC. --...
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I want to thank Yoel for responding to my post regarding Steinberg Mahler transcriptions. I did contact the gentleman he mentioned and got a very cordial...
Steinberg did indeed perform Mahler with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and he was certainly a great advocate of the 7th symphony. He may well have performed...
You got it, supposedly one of the first reviewers called it the Oboe Concerto. Trevor ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
... The "reviewer" is no less than Pablo de Sarasate who refused to play the Brahms vc: "Do you think, that I would stand there with my violin in my hand and...
Hi Bruno, I don't know if Buelow could imagine how Marriner/Hahn would play op.77. I do know however that he made his players learn their parts by heart (no...
... Beecham may have been right to the extent that playing quality and enforcement of it varied widely until the advent of recordings and the development of...
I have no idea why this music has been in my head for 3 days now. I have not listened to it in a while. There is a great book, Musical Invective, whose most ...
... encounter ... would ... great ... The Credo is a very early work compared to the pieces that are known and no doubt appreciated by modern listeners. If you...
... To the best of my knowledge, the Australian Chamber Orchestra still plays this way. Some argue that the practice makes for a more alert, involved...
... Mahler was subjected to all kinds of bad reviews and satirical caricatures, especially in his Vienna years (particularly with regard to performances of his...
Mike: "Mahler was subjected to all kinds of bad reviews and satirical caricatures, especially in his Vienna years (particularly with regard to performances of...
... Brahms 1 was ... The only LSO Live recordings I have heard are Sir Colin's Elgar 1st and the Elgar/Payne "3rd" (not surprising!). I wouldn't say they are...
... I look forward to such a reception of the hero-sides of the Damrosch Bros. whom HL has promised us to be the arch-villains of vol. IV. He spoke about this...
... many ... it's SO ... 20th ... somebody's ... Damrosch Bros. ... spoke about ... believe that ... has been ... with the ... of ... Another thought -- I've...
... Odd you should mention LvB as today is the 200th anniversary of the coronation of Napoleon and the BBC News was playing the Eroica over their interview...
... about ... the ... over their ... Interesting. Also in one of the books there's a quote (front page) as follows: "Your Beethoven is not my Beethoven" --...
Re the Damrosch brothers: It will of course be fascinating to see a full account of their activities in opposition to Mahler in de la Grange Volume IV; those ...
Hello guys Today I saw in Tower Records 3 Bertini's Mahler cds. They are M3-5, released by EMI. I wanna know if they are worth it. I know D. Hurwitz have...
... I once borrowed this M3 and have to say that I was disappointed, primarily by the IMHO overly expansive approach. In the first movement the focus seemed...
EMI France has reissued a cheap box containig M1-M5, you shouild be able to get it also from the Internet. Bertini is one of the underrated conductors who have...
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