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Scott Morrison

I only know one work by Ranjbaran -- a Cello Concerto -- from a recording with cellist Paul Tobias which I've reviewed at Amazon.com. I was really taken with it as you'll see if you read my review.

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Barbara Nissman is noted to be a Prokofiev specialist. Her original set of complete Prokofiev sonatas was made for Newport Records [60092, 60093]. I'm not sure if these have been reissued on Pierian (her new label) or if Pierians are newly recorded, however, the Newport-issued sonatas are highly pr...

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I am very fond of the complete set played by American pianist Barbara Nissman, on the Pierian label. Unfortunately as listed at Amazon it costs an arm and an eyebrow.

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I seem to recall that it was said that Silvestre Revueltas drank himself to death.

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British conductor Sir Edward Downes(and his wife) at a Swiss suicide clinic.

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What's great about her is that she has no idea when she has her foot in her mouth.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. - H. L. Mencken

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josé echenique wrote:I will be at the matinee December 11th.

And a group of us from Middlebury, Vermont, will be going down to hear a tenor, Yonghoon Lee, make his Met debut as Don Carlo. He sang both Don José and Cavaradossi with our Middlebury Opera Company in our first two productions six and seven years ago.

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Thanks for the review. Now I'm really looking forward to hearing Fellner present the same program in Philadelphia on October 19th. Ivan Moravec was originally scheduled to perform on that date, but cancelled for medical reasons. From all reports, including yours, it appears that Fellner is a worthy...

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The outstanding young Austrian pianist, Till Fellner, was heard last night in the concert hall of the Mahaney Center for the Arts on the campus of Middlebury College. He presented a somewhat unusual program that comprised the last three Beethoven piano sonatas, Opp. 109, 110 and 111. These are, of c...

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It does my heart good to hear reports from my old 'hometown opera'. I miss the Lyric.

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karlhenning wrote:Perhaps Gould was homophonophobic.

Cheers,
~Karl

Go to your room!

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I, too, recently visited Stephen's shop in Brandon, Vermont, only thirty minutes from my home. Here's its website: http://www.brandon-music.net/. And the page for his record label, Divine Art: http://www.brandon-music.net/DA/DAhome.htm I bought a marvelous recording of one of the 20th century's grea...

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Fascinating article about Glenn Gould by Anthony Tommasini link

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Naxos has just released a recording of a symphony by a composer I'd never heard of, Marcel Tyberg, one of those tragically killed at Auschwitz. The musical style is quintessentially late romantic in style, an interesting amalgam of Mahler and Bruckner. The story of how it came to be found and premie...

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I've been listening to a delicious new release: Louis Lortie playing Chopin (on Chandos). The program is neatly laid out: four Nocturnes each followed by a Scherzo in a related key, and then the great B Flat Minor Sonata. All of it on a magnificent Fazioli grand that is somehow both mellow and brill...

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I've finally gotten around to listening to a bunch of the Lieder in this collection and am thrilled with the sound of and the artistry of Fischer-Dieskau and Edith Mathis. And lots of songs I'd never heard before. More and more goodies in this collection!

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We have a international student from Turkey, who is back home in Istanbul for the summer, and he too predicts Germany/Netherlands and is rabidly in favor of Germany. I finally figured it's because of Germany's Mesut Özil who is a German born of Turkish immigrants. Well, I'm for Germany, too. So that...

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I just listened to Schumann's never-before-heard 'Zwickau' Symphony and find things in it that are beautiful. So much to discover yet in this box set from DG.

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Well, today Germany certainly showed what they're capable of. I found myself a little sorry for one of my heroes, Diego Maradona, Argentina's coach. I am predicting an all-European final. But then what do I know?

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Today was the best day yet. And both my teams won, although I wound up rooting for Ghana toward the end and couldn't believe the way it ended. That hand ball by Suarez was unbelievable.

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I have them all, purchased for a marvelously low price some years ago from Berkshire Record Outlet. I just checked, though, and they no longer offer it. As I recall, the word got out immediately back then and a feeding frenzy resulted.

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[slofstra, I just appended a little explanation to my original post. Thanks for suggesting it.] I just finished listening to Paradise and the Peri and although the text is pure codswallop the music itself is gorgeous. Barbara Bonney is marvelous and even Christoph Prégardien, whom I'd not been parti...

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I knew I should have looked to see if anyone else had posted about this incredible box set. But I was so excited about it I just plunged in with a new thread. Thanks, Lance, for consolidating them.

As I write this I'm listening the incomparable Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing Dichterliebe. Heaven!

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[I submitted this post not realizing there was already a thread about this box-set. Lance, bless him, has consolidated the two threads.] I just ran across an amazing bargain if this sort of thing appeals to you. 35 discs of music by Robert Schumann, all done by major artists on Deutsche Grammophon, ...

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Thanks to all for their recommendations. I'll have to think about what I'm going to get. (Or get them all. Naaahh!) I am intrigued by Lance's list. I've always loved Radu Lupu's Schubert. And Schnabel's. The recommendation of Serkin has me intrigued. Hmmm. What to do, what to do.

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I've just discovered that through some unexplainable oversight my CD collection does not include any of Schubert's Moments Musicaux! Sonatas, yes, Impromptus, yes, Klavierstücke, yes, even four-hand music. But Moments Musicaux, no! Any recommendations?

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We live fairly close to Montréal and have heard him a number of times with the Orchestre Métropolitain. I've been very impressed. He is particularly good, I think, and not surprisingly, in the French repertoire. I remember a stunning Daphnis et Chloé, for instance.

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I may have missed it but I don't recall anyone mentioning the extraordinary film of Weissenberg playing the Three Movements from Petrouchka . It's utterly stunning, not only his playing but the film itself which uses very unusual editing to show Weissenberg playing from all angles. It was only after...

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Naxos of America, based in Franklin, Tennessee, is making available for download from Amazon.com for 99 cents a 40-track mp3 album of classical selections, all 'water-themed'. 100% of the proceeds go to flood relief for flood-ravaged Nashville. Sounds like a super idea to me. Go to the link to see w...

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American record companies do record American music just like the Brits and other Europeans do their own music. Just off the top of my head I'd suggest you might try the Albany, Delos, New World (formerly CRI), Dorian and Nonesuch labels, as well as the burgeoning Naxos American series. I'm sure othe...

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A live performance of the Liszt B Minor Sonata by Marc-André Hamelin from the studio of Boston's WGBH. There's also an interview with Hamelin and he plays two of his own charming Etudes in all the Minor Keys (shades of Alkan!). link

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It was both and I can't say it was more one than the other.

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Paul Lewis was due to give a recital here at Middlebury College (and play, among other things, the Schumann Fantasy). But he wasn't able to get out of Europe due to the volcanic ash disruption of air travel. He was replaced by a fellow artist from the Ingpen and Williams agency of London, Hong Xu. ...

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Thanks for informing us about the 'other' Diotima, of whom I had known nothing. The things one learns here!!

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I can't get over how much I'm taken by this music by George Onslow. I wrote a review at Amazon.com for this recent CD . This is what I wrote: Wowee wow!! I had little expectation for this CD. I'd never heard of Quatuor Diotima and had heard previously heard enough music by George Onslow to believe t...

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Gould's perfectionism comes across as coldness to me, now that I've heard many other great Bach interpreters, from Richter to Anne-Marie McDermott. I agree with you about McDermott. I've reviewed her Bach disc here . There appear to be some readers who don't agree with me, but what do they know? :l...

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Apart from having a marvellous wife & son, and good physical health, I'm fortunate to live in a special place, and now have a job as tour guide in a whisky distillery. Here's what I mean: http://www.arranwhisky.com/Home.aspx I truly hope that you have at least some of the good luck that's come my w...

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Moi aussi. I don't think I've ever hard any recording of Richter doing Debussy, but the idea of it is intriguing.

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Ooh, I hadn't heard about the ruptured aorta. I guess she's lucky to be alive.

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As a former Kansas Citian -- for more than forty years -- I heartily agree with what you say about that fair city, Donaldopato. And I appreciate your review of the recital given by Hamelin. I envy you, especially for the Alkan and the delicious Haydn F Minor Variations. I was fortunate to hear him, ...

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A major, major talent, Ms Brueggergosman. And it looks, from the picture on the cover of this CD, as if she has slimmed down considerably.

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I am looking to elicit recommendations for Bizet's Pearl Fishers please. What is your favourite recording? I am not sure whether or not versions come sung in English but the one stipulation that I have is that it must be sung in French :D As it happens, our local opera company -- Opera Company of M...

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ch1525 wrote:
josé echenique wrote:If only Palin had been that lucky.
Hey, José, when's the last time you got paid $100,000 to give a speech. Yeah, she's doing pretty well for herself.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. H. L. Mencken

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I'd never heard it before. But there's a new recording. The CD also includes Steuermann's piano trio version of Verklärte Nacht. My review here.

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Up here in balmy northern Vermont we're scratching our heads about your weather down South. Not that we mind. Still, our planned snowshoing tomorrow will require heading up into the mountains to find enough snow.

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karlhenning wrote:What did you think of the Pulcinella, Scott? Fellow elsewhere was unenthused by this reading.

Cheers,
~Karl

Apparently you didn't follow the link to my review.

I loved it.

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A really special hybrid SACD from Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony. Live performances of Stravinsky's Pulcinella, Four Études , and Symphony in Three Movements . I am more and more impressed with Boulez as a conductor. And, my god, he's now 85!! I remember when he was the hot new thing back in...

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stenka razin wrote:
jbuck919 wrote:
Scott Morrison wrote:Julius Röntgen
Didn't he discover X-rays?

His cousin, Wilhelm discovered the X Ray.

I'm a physician, and when I wrote my original comment in fact I DID write Wilhelm and but only on proofreading realized I'd inadvertently slipped categories from music to medical science.

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And we are living in an absolute golden age, as regards recordings, of worthwhile but virtually forgotten music now being played, recorded and distributed. Just look at what the wonderful cpo label has done for the likes of Julius Röntgen, Otto Nicolai, Felix Weingartner, Johan Wagenaar, Ferdinand R...

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I'm not actually weary of this piece of music, but I'm weary of its being a persistent Uhrwurm since the HD broadcast of Carmen several weeks ago. It's the Card Scene. Oy, everytime I replace it with something else by listening to, say, Schubert (violin sonatinas) or Bartók (some of Mikrokosmos ), o...

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