In a message dated 1/24/2004 8:53:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Actually I find the Mehta rather good, although he's not terribly attentive to the softer...
In a message dated 2/1/2004 6:43:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Scherchen\Toronto-the live performance Scherchen\VSO Bernstein\NYP Sony Kondrashin\Leningrad ...
On Super Bowl Sunday, Tom wins Defensive Play of the Year award: In a message dated 2/1/2004 6:43:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... "Now don't you think your...
In a message dated 2/1/2004 8:37:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Unfortunately, I didn't mean that remark the way you took it, but I see how you could take it...
In my earlier listing of commercial performances of the M7 I enjoy and recommend, I forgot to include one of my favorite recordings. Klemperer\NPO. Best, Tom...
This is for real. I woke up far too early and the residue of an uncomfortable dream was hanging thick in the air as I came to consciousness and was trying to...
Hard to imagine Yoel has such sense of humor. ^_^ :) Michael ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building...
... It must be my unconscious which has the sense of humor bc. I cannot control my dreams and, as you know, we mostly don't recall them. Yoel Der Bach singt...
http://www.joanrecords.com/productdetail.php?jr=92205 Massimo, Apparently this official recording in earlier 12/Sept/2001 than the pirate I mentioned recently...
... the ... Given that each "advance" in Barshai's 10th has been towards a more extreme non-Mahlerian change, you should be happy seeing an "old" version...
... I in ... need to ... of ... Fair comment! I suppose I just can't see (or hear, in this case) the problems either you or Tony D. find with this recording....
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Feb 2, 2004 9:59 am
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... Funny this should get mentioned as I just got hold of a copy yesterday. Weird performance, that. Five adagios all lined up in a row. I have to say, in...
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Feb 2, 2004 10:23 am
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... conducted by ... Was Lutoslawski a conductor? I've never heard of him conducting, but then, there is much I haven't heard of. ... "Dance ... CD? Or do ......
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Feb 2, 2004 10:41 am
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... Then explore the XX century reportoire! If you want some suggestions, just ask ;-) Massimo...
Tristan on Klemperer's M7: "Still, I like it. Don't ask me why. If someone else can tell me what the appeal of this approach is, I'd be intrigued to know,...
... It makes you wonder, doesn't it. Whether it 'works' or not, you have to wonder what part of "Allegro" Klemperer didn't understand. Tristan...
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Feb 2, 2004 1:19 pm
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... The Gielen M8 on Sony Essential Classics--is that Gielen I or II? What are the opinions on that Sony recording? Is it worth the budget price? It's...
... and ... I enjoyed reading your comments, Anne. Just to clarify, when I said Mendelssohn vs. Berlioz was a clash between a Classical temperament vs. a...
... We were discussing this one a week or so ago. The sound is fine except for a very obvious splice between tapes in Part II. The choir is mixed to the...
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Feb 2, 2004 1:38 pm
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... One that I've always loved is Dvorak's. You hardly ever see it performed - perhaps because it requires a pretty decent choir to pull off. It's a vast...
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Feb 2, 2004 1:44 pm
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Becoming accustomed to Olson's tempi during rehearsals and performances of M7 this year at MahlerFest, I came to know this work. The recordings I have of M7...
... Berlioz to me epitomises 'instinctual' composition. There is no doubt that he was a great composer, but like Mussorgsky (and probably Mahler), he wrote...
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Feb 2, 2004 1:55 pm
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Stan: "The problem with all of this is that we start becoming our own conductors if only in our minds,"... Problem? What's the problem?, lol. "And even at...
... Wish I'd got to go! I still find the thing totally inscrutable. Anyone wish to give a precis of "what he was getting at?" 'Cos dang if I know. Tristan...
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Feb 2, 2004 2:14 pm
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... Night into day? Self-prescribed therapy for the emotional wringer of the 6th (after all, the two Nachtmusiken were composed the same summer that the 6th...
Good point, Keith re Romaticism/Classicism. .Berlioz is ego and excitement. Before we dismiss Berlioz entirely, we ... True, for Mahler was impressed by...
... A sensible thing to say - you're OK ! Lutoslawski did conduct and like an idiot I opassed on a chance to hear him conduct his 3rd. about 2 to 3 years...
Granted that Classics Today has a feature on 10/10 recommendations, but Hurwitz's review is genuinely appreciative, far more attuned to how the music works,...