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Gregg

Well, there were some interesting responses on the Munch era on this thread. Thanks everyone for the insight. Greg your link is not working, and I would be interested in reading that article if you can fix the link. As far as these particular recordings I will trust my ears and they like what they ...

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For Munch fans. It's more about LP making, but great none the less. Appologies if this is well known here. It was new to me.

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Sound And The Story (1956)
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Some thread, somewhere online lead me to Marcelle Meyer, and I listened to some works performed by this French pianist of the first 1/2 of the last century on you tube. I'd like to solicit some opinions and to know about any other french pianists, particularly woman, whose performed Debussy in the e...

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A lot of good comments in the thread. How the mighty have fallen, HvK placed on a level with the over exposed Ormandy. One of the first records I ever bought was his early seventies recording of Symphonie Fantastique (bought in the afore mentioned early seventies as a new release). Now having more F...

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Individual artists within this region are circles Thank you for the explanation. I had thought it might have been a dam metaphor (i.e. modern composers filling in the cracks in the barrier created by great composers to prevent...?) and I was curious to know what you thought was being held back. An ...

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jbuck919 wrote:
I am sorry, said the guru, but this must remain a mystery.

My spiritual growth stifled again....
Well I'll just make something up and say you said it, great religions have been built on less.

GD

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Corlyss_D wrote:
Very rich reasons to think so. Andy Warhol is a great example. So is Roy Lichtenstein. So is John Cage. And Glass. Their whole careers are just one big joke on the bourgeoisie.

Why?

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jbuck919,

What do you mean "filling in the cracks?"

I am intrigued.

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It won't work. These people are so indignant they're impervious to humiliation, or reason, for that matter. There is something that I identified when I was an art student in college, forgive me if I'm going over well trod ground here, and it does not pertain to the those in any of the arts who have...

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That's great Lance, if you ever take the show on the road to NYC give me some advance word, please.

Starting up a non-profits is no picnic.

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As long as the symphony boards have to make some money, that means they have to cater to the tonal neanderthals like me. I refuse pay to be annoyed and nobody is going to make me feel guilty for my reactions on the basis that critics didn't like Beethoven's 4th sym. Hell, I don't like Beethoven's 4...

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".... a crass monster, a hideously writhing wounded dragon, that refuses to expire, and though bleeding in the Finale, furiously beats about with its tail erect," Are your sure that wasn't written about Boléro ? It seems accurate. Actually, I'd be indignant too. If I made the effort to sit through ...

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Happy Birthday Lance,

And thanks again for fighting the good fight
with the site!

Hey it's poetry too, in your honor!

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Corlyss_D wrote:Greg Sandow.

Greg is a busy guy, he's working on his own stuff., but it's a good idea. I might need to look far afield, but there is something about the image of academe that I am hoping might be fruitful.

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I'd like to toss one contemporary in the mix, Lars Vogt. A very good solo collection particularly the Fantasias. I might like the collection he does in twenty years, my one criticism is that he needs a little more variety in the ways he speeds up and speeds down (if you know what I mean), but it's a...

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What's happened to most of the classical review mags? That is the question. I say this a lot when I am talking about my point of view, it's obvious but bear with me. My farther, for decades, has subscribed to Smithsonian and Natural History magazines. Every year they have civil war covers and monke...

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Seriously, one of the things that most annoys me about the NY Times Sunday Arts section is that it used to list virtually every concert taking place in New York, and then they eliminated this page. More demoting of the importance of classical music! If there is one thing that steams New York musici...

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John F wrote: Lincoln Center's "Great Performers" concerts in 2007-8 are online at

I thought I could find them on line, but I just finished my summer listings but I did not want to be disappointed....

Elgar in the wilderness again!

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No, since the mono era begins with the invention of the phonograph. Thank you that goes in to the permanent repertoire! Though I am not an Ansermet cultist I bought a 2 CD set with Ansermet recordings from 1916, the second CD has 30's and 40's recordings. I won't pass judgement, this is a we love A...

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There is a lot of Ansermet out there, and several recordings of a lot of important works. I have some early 50's monos that I like, but I also remember hearing a rehearsal recording of Stravinsky done with the LSO in his last year (or close to it, if my memory serves me right) a fantastic performanc...

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jbuck919 wrote:A fat black cow with a viibrato as wide as the New Jersey Turnpike between exits 14 and 8A, when approximately ten thousand sopranos in the world can sing Donna Anna adequately. Nothing poliically correct going on here.

Would you mind telling me how you came to have this information?

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Elgar will be featured at this summer's Bard College Festival I wish there was more Elgar in New York. In January I had some one who was willing to write about Elgar, if there was a performance that I could tie it to - but there was nothing to be found. Maybe when the LSO comes in September? I thin...

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jbuck919 wrote: and the most likely explanation of the fate of those works is that they have been destroyed.

What makes you think they were destroyed, I always assumed that it was a targeted theft and that the works are in someone's art hideaway somewhere in the world?

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...still his era has passed, along with the shade of Toscanini..... Or so it might be said. And in his place we have Haitink. I'll offer no editorializing, having in my youth been a Haitink fan. He was my first exposure to Bruckner, and several other composers. I rarely listen to his recordings now,...

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Just to spread gossip.... I believe that he was infamous for his temper, which I am told, kept him from being considered for the Concertgebouw after van Beinum's death.

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I could not resist the chance to tie two of the threads (in this thread) together for New Yorkers. YOU are the soloist and chorus! Spring 2007 Sunday, June 24th, 2007, 3PM David Bernard, Conductor Alan Moverman, Piano BEETHOVEN SING!!!! For this performance of the Choral Symphony, the Park Avenue Ch...

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in these days of jet-set guest conductors , and short term music directors, this function is severely abridged or eliminated...often the orchestra "teaches" the conductor - << this is how we play it, you can change a few things if you address them specifically, otherwise, this is how we do it >> Ve...

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Ok, ok, you beat me down, I'll listen to it again, and I won't think of Liszt (much).

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Just because Franck "quoted slightly" Liszt's "Les Préludes" doesn't lower the quality of spiritual value of the symphony. It's pure César Franck----through and through.....and stands with the finest contemporary symphonic creations of Bruckner, Brahms and Tschaikowsky. Well, I was being a little t...

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Well, if you are going to pick on Wagner, then the late-Romantic French are sitting ducks - and it's hunting season - as per Chuck Jones. Actually I really like some of those composers, particularly in chamber music. As Lance said, the "concerto" really is a great work. But if one does have to pick ...

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The notes indicate they were recorded throughout the '80s and as late as '91. The symphonies are performed by the USSR Ministry of Culture SO, and some of the orchestral works are by the Moscow Phil. O. and Leningrad PO. Some are DDD and others ADD. Sorry for the delay... I hate to presume, but som...

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Two cents to add: His recording of the Walton concerto made me love his playing and particularly his cello. I recently found a box set of LP (mono) of the Beethoven sonatas with Solomon (a real surprise for me). As soon as I get a new mono cartridge they will be on deck. I seem to remember that anot...

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Pizza, Are those the same as the early 80s digital recordings? I look for the early JVC/japan issues. I've seen the other ones but I have not bought any. 15 is indeed great, it was the first one I bought. 5 is also good... I think he gets the bombastic humor just right. In fact I like all that I hav...

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Seeing a repeat of Lost in Space in the 70s. There was a particularly awful episode with a space Valkure, and whenever she appeared the Ride was on the soundtrack. I never did get it out of my head. By the time I started high school I found out what it was and started down the long dark path of art ...

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Gulda set of the Beethoven piano sonatas. Really great music. But I don't have a favorite for complete (BTW) One thing I like about the Gulda recordings, is that he brings out a "dance" feeling in many of the movements, and ( pace HIP) I think that gives aspects of the pieces a feeling of "original ...

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Not to worry, Gregg ; none of the audience can plot where a composer will go after such-&-so a piece. Only the artist himself can discover his path. Cheers, ~Karl Untrue! There was an audience poll taken directly after the first performance of the Rite of Spring , and the overwhelming response of t...

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Thanks Piston,

I like 15, but if he continued in the direction he was going in, I don't know if I could imagine (or possibly sit through) the pace and sparseness of a quartet No. 30.....

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I should add that I assume he was not serious.

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I for one would like to hear your story. Thank you for asking. But I'll spare everyone the details. I've spent the weekend re-tooling some funding applications and I am spent... I think my site has a great potential, it's up to me to reach out for sources of funding. I have a great resource for the...

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What I want to know is "how did a businessman with an understanding of markets and pricing ever get into an arts organization?" Speaking as someone who left the profit world to embrace the non-profit. Any businessman who exhibits aesthetic feeling is some one to be embraced. I have over 12,000 peop...

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Another reason why he composed so many of them later in life is said to be his friendly competition with Moshei Weinberg for who completed the greatest number of string quartets I should spend some time looking it up, but I can't. Didn't he plan on 24, one for every key, similar to a set of etudes?...

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It's not the NYP's style, it's so - New York City Opera....

On the other hand, a million dollar grant to lower ticket prices, I wonder how the math works...

In true NYP style, they raised the price of rehearsal tickets to $15.00.

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Shostakovitch, Schönberg, Webern, Bartok, Ravel, Hindemith, Reger, Alban Berg, Dutilleux, all composed splendid masterpieces. Totally agree, sometimes I think the quartet is primary musical idiom for the 20th C.. I do mean the string quartet since no one would dispute the dominance of the pop/rock ...

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pardew wrote: a rousing final, a surprise considering the Conductor,Tchaikovsky Symphony No4.

That is one of my favorite lines of the week.

I've seen Davis a couple of time in NYC, with the NYP, but never with his traveling bands.

Happy birthday,

Gregg
edit for spelling, darn spell check

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Yes, I'll take a double dose of 15. One of my fondest musical memories was when I first heard the symphony, via recording. As I was taking a few seconds to try to figure out the symphony's first movement, when the second movement began - I was jolted into changing mental states, back in to my genera...

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Nos. 4 and 15 for starters.

I think 4 runs second to 8 in popularity, nothing wrong with that.

Also well said, like Beethoven 5, Shostakovich quartet no. 8's popularity doesn't diminish the work's power or importance.

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My favourite set is DG Tokyo for their unmatched finesse and concentration, aided by the razor sharp sound Hi Hangos, Thanks for the tip. I just have the second series Juilliard LPs and the CD set with recordings across the five decades of JSQ incarnations. I can't listen to their Beethoven any mor...

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The Hatto hoaxers had good taste. The Bronfman/Salonen recording of Rachmaninoff's second concerto is the best I ever heard. And if anyone finds out who made the Rachmaninoff solo CD reviewed on the BBC, please let me know they were great. I'd still buy the forgeries just to have them. At reduced p...

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I saw them at Barbes, a tiny bar/club in Brooklyn, last year. Pretty good, but there is so much competition. They are named after the Parker House in Boston. So are some sort of bread rolls if I remember correctly. I heard a little of the Calder quartet at the Chamber Music America conference. They ...

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most of the really serious musicians I've met or have ever known have all unanimously liked Brahms & JS Bach, HOWEVER, not the case with regards to both Beethoven and especially Mozart... most of the women i know or have known, (heck, could extend that to MOST PEOPLE I know), don't really like musi...

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Aimard is great in Debussy/Ravel, a tonic for my over reliance on Gieseking. I agree he should have stayed away from Beethoven.

I'm familiar with his Messiaen connection, I'd like to compare his recordings of Messiaen with Yvonne Loriod's.

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