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- Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:36 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: I am creating a personal "list," - need your feedback!
- Replies: 175
- Views: 94940
Re: I am creating a personal "list," - need your feedback!
Muniini K. Mulera = First name is Muniini
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:02 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: So, who's going for the REINER EDITION?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18037
Re: So, who's going for the REINER EDITION?
I have almost all of Reiner's RCA LPs. Love his work. However, not sure whether I will purchase the CD box. Time! But I will not resist the temptation too hard.
- Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:18 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Voyager Spacecraft and the Golden Records
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4241
Re: Voyager Spacecraft and the Golden Records
Given that these were the 70s when Jazz was in purgatory, I am not very surprised that that genre was not represented. Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and Theloneous Monk should have been on there. No Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah? What will God up in the Heavens thisnk of us? :shock: Muniini
- Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:05 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Hey, where are all our CMGers ...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10995
Re: Hey, where are all our CMGers ...
Besides a very heavy work schedule, I have been deeply absorbed with listening [and re-listening at times] to JS Bach's cantatas in the hope that I might fulfil my ambition to listen to all 200 + of them. I had hoped to complete this late last year, but, alas! I fell behind my schedule. [Sidetracked...
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:10 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: equipment info requested
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5761
Re: equipment info requested
My old cd player is kaput. Please share any experince you've had with a single component that plays both cd & dvd. I've been viewing a denon product online for that. thanx dj Hi David: Next to music and photography, audio equipment is my third great hobby. The lesson I have learnt over the years is...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:20 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Blind / visually-impaired musicians
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6755
Re: Blind / visually-impaired musicians
In Jazz: Art Tatum [partially blind] George Shearing Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Rahsaan Roland Kirk was very unique, for he had the amazing ability to play several instruments simultaneously. He would play 3 saxophones together, playing complex chords and producing some of the finest music-making of his g...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:48 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem. I'd like another one...
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10511
Re: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem. I'd like another one...
My collection of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem consists of [in chronological order:] 1. Klemperer/Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra - Recorded 1961 2. Gardiner /Orch Revolutionnaire et Romantique/Monteverdi Choir [Philips] - Recorded 1990 3. Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Gent/Orchestre des Champs-Elysee...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:11 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Where do you think classics will be 500 years from now?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9342
Re: Where do you think classics will be 500 years from now?
500 years from now? Well I will let you know Lance, though I will probably be too busy to write. What with a sunny retirement on a crowded beach on Mars :)! Seriously though, my guess is that the great music will still be enjoyed by our descendants. After all we are enjoying music written more than ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
- Replies: 4710
- Views: 2502046
Re: What NEW discs/music are you adding to your collection?
G. F. Handel The People Shall Hear! Great Handel Choruses The Bach Choir with Carol Sampson and Robin Blaze/The English Concert/David Hill BIS 2009 SACD 1736 J.S. Bach Jesu, deine Passion Cantatas BWV 22, 23, 127 & 159 Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 2009 HMC 901998 J.S. Ba...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:37 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Lots of unusuals on CMG... This time: Granville Bantock
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8367
Re: Lots of unusuals on CMG... This time: Granville Bantock
Does this composer have any fans here? 8) Any particular work you like? Yes indeed! Vernon Handley turned me on to Bantock and I have since become quite a fan. I find in his music the evocation of the nature and beauty that I enjoyed during my stay in Ireland. When I listen to the Pagan Symphony, f...
- Sat May 30, 2009 12:49 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Are Live Performances Preferable To Recordings ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8231
Re: Are Live Performances Preferable To Recordings ?
A bad live concert performance is no substitute for an excellent studio performance presented on a well-recorded LP or CD and played through an excellent sound reproduction system. A bad studio or concert recording [poor performance or bad sound] is no substitute for a good live performance in a con...
- Tue May 12, 2009 10:29 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Marin Marais Pieces de viole - recommendations
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5423
Re: Marin Marais Pieces de viole - recommendations
Thank you all. My CD collection will grow and my bank account will shrink - thanks to your recommendations.
Muniini
Muniini
- Tue May 12, 2009 10:24 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Buying Classical Music Online
- Replies: 34
- Views: 12192
Re: Buying Classical Music Online
I am a very happy dinosaur - still buying and listening to brand new high quality vinyl LPs whenever I can find them [and there are plenty of them.] I am collecting 45RPM re-issues of Blue Notes [jazz] that do justice to the work of the great jazz musicians of the late 1950s and early 60s. It took m...
- Tue May 12, 2009 10:07 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What are YOU listening to today?
- Replies: 16255
- Views: 5359954
Re: What are YOU listening to today?
Haydn Piano Sonatas - Marc-Andre Hamelin on Hyperion CDA 67554
Outstanding! No 41 in B flat major is especially uplifting.
Muniini
Outstanding! No 41 in B flat major is especially uplifting.
Muniini
- Tue May 12, 2009 9:59 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: My Meet-Up Photos
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7542
Re: My Meet-Up Photos
Very good composition and lighting. They tell a story of folks having a good time. Thank you for sharing.
Muniini
Muniini
- Sun May 10, 2009 10:13 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: CMG Meet-Up 2009: 3 Groups of Photos by Lance
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12848
Re: CMG Meet-Up 2009: 3 Groups of Photos by Lance
Muniini, perhaps you will make the trek to New York with your wife and join us next year. Will you think about it? It would be grand to have you amongst us. [/quote] Would love to, Lance, and let us plan this. Any ideas re: dates for next year? We plan our on-call work schedule a good 6 months in a...
- Fri May 08, 2009 10:52 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Why doesn't anyone talk about choral music around here?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11679
Re: Why doesn't anyone talk about choral music around here?
Choral music is the dominant music in our house because that is what my wife loves most. And I share her passion for it. Mine is a love that is rooted in the church music of my childhood and youth. To this day, English Hymns enjoy a special place in my musical enjoyment. Then there are the choral wo...
- Fri May 08, 2009 10:29 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Marin Marais Pieces de viole - recommendations
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5423
Marin Marais Pieces de viole - recommendations
The music of Marin Marais [1656-1728] brings me a unique aural joy and beautiful emotions that I cannot describe with words. It was through his music that I discovered the Viole da Gamba, an instrument with which I have fallen in love the more I have listened to it under the terrific bow of Jodi Sav...
- Thu May 07, 2009 5:54 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: My Classical Music Group Loses A Cherished Member
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4457
Re: My Classical Music Group Loses A Cherished Member
That is very sad news. Though one cannot know how you feel, one can imagine the pain and loss of such a friend. The work you are doing is the kind that we never read about in the newspapers and magazines, yet that, in my humble opinion, is what ought to be on the news networks, on Larry King etc. It...
- Thu May 07, 2009 8:44 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: CMG Meet-Up 2009: 3 Groups of Photos by Lance
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12848
Re: CMG Meet-Up 2009: 3 Groups of Photos by Lance
What a great post, Lance! I love moments like you all seem to have had... nice folks.....shared interest..... having a good time. I wish I had been there. Thank you!
Muniini
Muniini
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:16 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: In Memory of He Who Died on 14 April 1759 ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5041
Re: In Memory of He Who Died on 14 April 1759 ...
There was a performance of the Messiah at Westminster Abbey today [Tuesday April 14, 2009] to commemorate Handel's death 250 years ago. I listened to it live on BBC Radio 3 via the Internet. Besides the beauty of what I heard, I coudn't but marvel at the great technological advances that humanity ha...
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:35 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Article : The pianist who is more famous than the Beatles
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11147
Re: Article : The pianist who is more famous than the Beatles
I have not been impressed by Lang Lang. BUT, he might help rescue classical music from its perilous slide. If his celebrity can bring the young folks to the concert halls, perhaps...just perhaps he will deserve the accolades. As for me, I have taken a pass on his 2 appearances in Toronto, and I do n...
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:08 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Article: Mozart and "Papa" Haydn by Agnes Selby
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9578
Re: Article: Mozart and "Papa" Haydn by Agnes Selby
Thank you Agnes! That was a very enjoyable and informative essay. Now, how do I get hold of your book? Please send me a PM with instructions.
Muniini
Muniini
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:51 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: In Memory of He Who Died on 14 April 1759 ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5041
Re: In Memory of He Who Died on 14 April 1759 ...
Yesterday, Sunday April 12, I listened to Messiah - Suzuki and the BCJ on BIS CD-891/92. An outstanding performance. Monday April 13: Judas Maccabaeus - Sir Charles MacKerras/ECO/Wansworth School Choir on Archiv. Glorious music! Tomorrow, April 14: I plan to listen to SAUL - Rene Jacobs/Concerto Ko...
- Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:33 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: REVOTE! Ranking VIOLINISTS by YOUR standards.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 22357
Re: REVOTE! Ranking VIOLINISTS by YOUR standards.
Hi Barney:barney wrote: No doubt these violinists are amply represented in your collection, but Szerying and Grumiaux dominate the new ultra-budget 35CD Violin Masterworks. (price, 3 full-cost CDs).
I have not made the acquaintance of the new Box. Which label has issued it?
Muniini
- Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:29 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: REVOTE! Ranking VIOLINISTS by YOUR standards.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 22357
Re: REVOTE! Ranking VIOLINISTS by YOUR standards.
Heifetz, Szeryng, Oistrach, Milstein and Kogan are in town at the same time. They are all playing tonight, at the same time, at different venues. The tickets cost about the same. And Lance wants me to choose which one I am going to see and listen to? What cruel punishment this is! :) I may simply ha...
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:32 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: One of the nice things about CMG's boards ...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5622
Re: One of the nice things about CMG's boards ...
It is an honour for one to be part of this very friendly group of people who share one's passion for great music. And a lot of the credit goes to you, Lance, and Corlyss for maintaining the high standards of this great forum.
Muniini
Muniini
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:21 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Chalkie's Wife recovering well 12/7/09
- Replies: 386
- Views: 55639
Re: Chalkie's Wife is Very Sick, Updates when he can...
Hello Chalkie:
I just returned from a weekend in Montreal a few hours ago, and logged on to CMG onl to find the news of your wife's illness. My thoughts are with you and your wife, and we are praying for her.
Best wishes.
Muniini
I just returned from a weekend in Montreal a few hours ago, and logged on to CMG onl to find the news of your wife's illness. My thoughts are with you and your wife, and we are praying for her.
Best wishes.
Muniini
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:08 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Anne-Sophie Mutter-Great or Not So Great?.......
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5476
Re: Anne-Sophie Mutter-Great or Not So Great?.......
Excellent violinist. And watching the DVD of her do the Mendelssohn and the chamber work with Previn & Harrell has consolidated my admiration of her musicianship. Now is she my # 1 violinist? No. Heifetz, Kogan, Oistrakh, Szeryng ............ that generation, still unsurpassed to my ears. Muniini
- Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:55 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Conductors Live Longer: Why?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11380
Re: Conductors Live Longer: Why?
Indeed it would appear to be true that conductors are a long-living breed. The physical exercising; the music itself; the social-economic status; access to very good health care - these are all factors that conspire to keep them alive longer than their peers. I am not cetain of this but I suspect th...
- Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:41 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: A Tribute to WARD BOTSFORD, CMG's founder
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7929
Re: A Tribute to WARD BOTSFORD, CMG's founder
I think it was from you, Lance, that I learnt of Ward's death 2 years after the fact. I was stunned. I was numbed, not only by the news of his death, but by the emptiness that seemed to engulf me, moments after I had discovered [from you] that the old MSN Classical Group had been resurrected as the ...
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:32 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Lance's PIERRE MONTEUX Program I, Sat., 4/4/09
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4253
Re: Lance's PIERRE MONTEUX Program I, Sat., 4/4/09
Monteux is one of those conductors whose works on RCA Living Stereo & Victrola LPs I collect as a matter of course. Interestingly, I don't think I have any of his CD reissues. His version of Beethoven's Overture to Egmont is both beautiful and truthful to the tragic play by the same name. That Monte...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:31 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4350
Re: What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
Tell me, Muniini, do you have or listen to recordings by Glenn Gould, our favourite Canadian pianist? You will find lots of extraneous noises by that master, including bobbling hammers on his piano, a noise chair, not to mention his constant humming! Still, I'll listen to Gould any old day. He's te...
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:36 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Addinsell' Warsaw Concerto
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10745
Re: Addinsell' Warsaw Concerto
I quite enjoy listening to the Warsaw Concerto, especially when I am in the mood for a pleasurable piece that does not tax my concentration. I also play it for friends whom I am secretly hoping to attract towards classical music. I have the Jean-Yves Thibaudet/BBC Symphony/Wolff version on DECCA 460...
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:41 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4350
Re: What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
They certainly are, Muniini. I don't know what the date is of the recording, or when it was made. But you could have heard the rumblings of moving earth! I don't have the recording you refer to, but I have heard train/subway noise in recordings made in London and New York. If it's a live recording,...
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:03 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: “Thomas Quasthoff and his giant voice”
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4094
Re: “Thomas Quasthoff and his giant voice”
I have only heard him singing Bach and I loved his voice and diction. Fortunately, that was before I learnt about his physical disability, meaning that my attraction was subconsciously driven by this. I will need to listen to more of his singing before I can form a firm opinion. But I consider his B...
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:41 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4350
Re: What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
That is very interesting, John. As I was thinking about the rumble in the Japnese recording, I wondered whether the mike may have picked up an earthquake. Isn't Japan earthquake prone?
Muniini
Muniini
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:33 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4350
What is that noise in Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantatas?
If you have Vol. 32 of the Suzuki Bach cantata series [BIS -SACD-1501], please listen to cut # 4 [So geh ich mit beherzten Schritten.. of BWV 111]. There is a rumbling noise at 4'17" - 4'20" that sounds like a train. I am sure it is an artefact of some kind. It reminds of the London Transport tube t...
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:42 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Our Favourite Record Shops
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10475
Re: Our Favourite Record Shops
For me, the joy of terrestrial music store shopping is almost gone. Why? There are very few that remain, and those that do are way more expensive than the cyber-stores that are a mouse click away. It is not unusual to find as much as a $10 difference between the price of a CD in a Toronto store and ...
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:05 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Collecting Beethoven's 5 Piano Concertos by same pianist
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13518
Re: Collecting Beethoven's 5 Piano Concertos by same pianist
What a beautiful thread, Lance! You have just relieved me of my guilt. :) Until now I thought I had too many complete sets of the LvB pno concertos. I have only 3 complete sets, and several recordings of each of the single concertos [on LP and CD] by different pianists/orch. The complete sets I have...
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:38 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16574
Re: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
I have been wondering which single disc would be the best to represent this category in my collection. Hm? That's a tough one. Dozens, nay, hundreds of possibilities. I find each one of Bach's cantatas to be uniquely beautiful. If you do not have any of them, you can literally close your eyes and p...
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:20 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16574
Re: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
Hi Corlyss,Corlyss_D wrote:To the extent I listen to Bach cantatas at all, any with Paul Esswood or Ernst Haefliger or Helmut Krebs.
With whom have they sung? It would help me to find the CDs faster.
Muniini
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:09 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16574
Re: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
If you have the opportunity and its is available, I implore you to purchase the Harnoncourt/VCM recording of this work. It is one of the very best of his entire Bach cantata project. I don't think there could be a better illustration of the difference between the Harnoncourt set and the Gardiner se...
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:21 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16574
Re: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
Hello to you all, I thank you for your great responses and contributions to my knowledge of Bach cantata recordings that are out there. Given rather ambitious goal to actively and critically listen to ALL of the cantatas [209 are known to exist], the only way I will get them all will be to acquire d...
- Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:49 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16574
Re: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
Hi Guys...............regarding Bach's Cantata's, what particular pieces would you recommend to somebody approaching them for the first time? Hi Dave: I would start with Cantata BWV 147, then follow it with BWV 20, then BWV 39 .... and you are off to Leipzig, circa 1723! :D A good performance and r...
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:50 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16574
Bach Cantata Series - your favourite & why
Of late I have been revisiting Johann Sebastian Bach's Church Cantatas which, to my ears and heart, constitute the Everest of His great contribution to humanity. I have set myself the joyful "task" of actively listening to all of his ~200 cantatas [that are known to exist] over the next 12 months or...
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:43 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What are YOU listening to today?
- Replies: 16255
- Views: 5359954
Re: What are YOU listening to today?
Marin Marais [1656-1728]: La Reveuse, & autres pieces de viole Sophie Watillon [basse de viole] & company Alpha 036 Bach: Sonates BWV 1027-1029, Chorals & Trios Bruno Cocset & Company [strings, organ, hapsichord] Alpha 139 Both of these are gems for a Baroque lover. Splendid. And the sound is very ...
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:14 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What are YOU listening to today?
- Replies: 16255
- Views: 5359954
Re: What are YOU listening to today?
Bach: Cantata BWV 147 [Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben] Masaaki Suzuki/BCJ Bach Cantata Series Vol. 12 BIS 1031 This is the cantata that has the famous chorus "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", a very lovely one, of course. But for me the opening Chorus [First Movement/title chorus] is the highlight of ...
- Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:23 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Lance, a question regarding tomorrow's radio broadcast.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3168
Re: Lance, a question regarding tomorrow's radio broadcast.
Listening to the Paul Tortelier tribute right now. Excellent selections. Does your FM signal reach Toronto? If so, on what frequency #? Would love to get hear this via my tuner.
Muniini
Muniini
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:42 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Finest music written for ballet
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10010
Re: Finest music written for ballet
My personal top choice is La Fille Mal Gardee by Ferdinand Herold , a masterpiece of non-stop memorable melodies. The recording I recommend is: John Lanchbery/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Decca (2 CDs 430 849-2) = full-length ballet or John Lanchbery/ Orchestra of the Royal Oper...