Greetings and Happy New Year to all! I'm currently enjoying the New Year's Holidays in Tokyo. Mahleria of note: 1) TV commercials promoting Japanese tourism...
... transferred on audio CD-Rs and that M8 is really worth, IMHO. ... Next week my wife will be back with a copy of the same CD. Can't wait ... Massimo...
... And greetings to you too. ... Festival ... And "NHK-E" is "New Hong Kong something"? ... sale ... Congratulations; it is a wonderful flick. Yoel...
... It's more fun talking to you and others than talking to google:-) Yoel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo!...
... The "E" in NHK-E denotes NHK's Educational channel. NHK also broadcast the VPO's New Year's Concert live. Any chance that GM will ever get on the program...
... Since nobody responded I shall take the liberty of reposting Bruno's post (easier to find it in my own archives that in our group archives): =========== ...
Yoel -- Thanks a lot! Alma ... VPO ... Bruno's ... LSO ... her ... (DG). ... the ... this ... He ... very ... less ... also ... (with ... of ... not...
hehe, I was the last one to get the m8 DVD before the sale was closed in the Lenny's website. hoho....... Mike ... __________________________________ Do you...
... As mentioned a few days ago, I got my copy of the Lenny/M8 DVD at HMV in Tokyo for about USD 26. As of today the Tower Records branch in Shinjuku has a...
alma: the m8 DVD is great. You'll love it. The performance is INTENSE and INCENDIARY. There are few downpoints in the part 1(the boys' singing is soso), but...
Appreciate all the input. Everybody must've had that experience with classical music dvds. They can be heaven or total disaster. So thanks a lot. I ended up...
... What I find very special in the 8th is that in addition to the orchestra and the instrumentalists, there is this cast of solo singers (8 of them). In the ...
Love your description! It's so true -- it's details such as the ones you mention that make or break such dvds. Seems to me that the Verdi Requiem with Abbado...
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Jan 6, 2004 3:18 am
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Just returned to USA from Thailand and playing catch-up from San Francisco. Been Mahler-less since November...Proceeding to Boulder from here for M/Fest and...
Hello everyone, I've just got a copy of the Abbado/BP Mahler 9 - only my second copy of the symphony (I know, I know. Pitiful, isn't it.) Anybody got any...
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Jan 9, 2004 11:03 am
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Tristan: "I've just got a copy of the Abbado/BP Mahler 9 - only my second copy of the symphony (I know, I know. Pitiful, isn't it.)" Pathetic. Call yourself...
... Hummm, to me the strongest moments of Abbado M9 are the two inner movements, especially the third movement with its strong contrast between the furious...
Since you mentioned the BP not keeping up with Abbado, what's your thoughts on the Bernstein and the two Karajans also with the BP? ... copy of the ... ...
... Small correction, I said the BPO can keep up, the VPO can't. I haven't listen to the Kajajan for long time, he smooth out too much the musical lines,...
I just had another listen to III only and it's really only right at the end when it sounds like the brass in particular is having a tough time of it - ...
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Jan 9, 2004 1:23 pm
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... Oooh I do envy North America at times. Here you'll be lucky if you can find it for under £16 ($29). Now you know why I only have one or two recordings...
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Jan 9, 2004 1:40 pm
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Someone inquired about the Naxos recording of the Wheeler version of the 10th... I have the Naxos recording, but not the Colorado Mahler Fest recording...
... Me! ... I believe that was Wheeler's doing. The man *was* a brass band player - perhaps he didn't like the tuba stealing the spotlight? (You know it's ...
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Jan 9, 2004 1:51 pm
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... Oh, OK I see what you meant. To me the contrast in the Abbado is enough. Under a wrong baton, a strong contrast in tempi could become sentimentalism....