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What an interesting article and food for thought. Indeed, Mussolini playing the violin would be something to behold. The fact that he never knew his precious violin was not an Amati, but was still able to make music thinking that his violin was a true masterpiece would not have changed his love for ...

I continue to be amazed at the hatred expressed by so many people for their fellow human beings. Did those of you still carrying this hatred, actually READ the book for possible explanations and insights you might not otherwise thought possible? I'm not one to follow the crowd myself, but here it is...

Another great announcement! Welcome!!! Now how announcing MY new role!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, dear Ralph - one of our most favorite people here - we just figured you would keep on being one of our Resident Lawyers - and help us to get cancered CDs replaced by good ones! Kidding aside, yo...

Announcing Mark G. Simon as CMG's Winds Specialist The Classical Music Guide is proud to announce that Mark G. Simon is our new Winds Specialist. Clarinetist, composer, arranger, performer, teacher, and critic, Mr. Simon received is Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State Univeristy where he st...

TWO PIANOS from different periods grace this excellent Brilliant Classics two-CD set [92457] , a present day Yamaha concert grand for the Czerny and an 1842 Erard for the Liszt. Fred Oldenburg is the pianist. How thrilled I was during the LP era when the Musical Heritage Society issued recordings o...

Is there any reason why Spahr can't operate his business from a country in which the copyrights have already expired? Maybe I asked this before, but what is going to happen to these great restoration people like Ward Marston or Mark Obert-Thorn, Michael Dutton, Bryan Crimp, and several others? This...

Erlkönig - Gretchen am Spinnrade - Gretchen's Bitte [3 songs] Composers: Bachmann, Schröter, Schneider, Zelter, Tomaschek, Mathieu, Mounsey, Schlottmann, Loewe, Spohr, Schubert, Wagner and Verdi. Performers: Andrea Meláth, mezzo-soprano; Anatoly Fokanov, baritone; Katalin Kokas, violin, and Eva Sch...

I would have said viola and oboe, but why quibble? Well, I love both in no particular order. But I put a quote up on one of my daily posts on births/deaths what the viola meant to one great conductor ... let me see if I can find it ... "The instrument of mixed sex ... this hermaphrodite of the orch...

The man who spat on her in Kansas City should be awarded some sort of medal. "Activist," as far as her anti-Viet Nam war actions are concerned, is an inadequate word. "Traitor" would be a better one. She denigrated our country and, especially, our military while we were at war. Dissent is one thing...

Doing some traveling recently, I've been able to take the time to read a 600-page book by Jane Fonda, My Life So Far . It's pretty graphic offering some intimate details of all her relationships, including her father, mother, husbands, and children. I've always had a "fondaness" for Jane Fonda (and ...

APRIL 23 Births and Deaths Born 1876: Aïno Ackté, soprano, died 08-08-1944 Died 1986: Harold Arlen, composer, born 02-15-1905 Born 1941: Judith Blegen, soprano [probable birth year: 1940] Born 1882: Albert Coates, conductor/composer, died 12-11-1953 Born 1883: Armand Crabbe, baritone, died 07-24-19...

APRIL 22 Births and Deaths Died 1844: Henri-Montan Berton, violinist, composer, born 09-17-1767 Born 1932: Michael Charles Colgrass, composer Born 1935: Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano Died 1953: Max Dawison, bass-baritone, born 02-17-1869 Born 1952: François-René Duchable, pianist Born 1906: Eric...

APRIL 21 Births and Deaths Born 1933: Easley Blackwood, composer Born 1871: Leo Blech, conductor, died 08-24-1958 Died 1991: Willi Boskovsky, violinist/conductor, born 06-16-1909 Born 1923: Arthur Custer, composer Died 1984: Ania Dorfmann, pianist, born 07-09-1899 Died 1982: Jean Doyen, pianist, bo...

APRIL 20 Births and Deaths Born 1884: Ruth Deyo, pianist/composer, died 03-04-1960 Born 1943: John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Died 2001: Irene Joachim, soprano, born 03-13-1913 [granddaughter of violinist Joseph Joachim] Died 1959: Edward Johnson, tenor, born 08-22-1878 Born 1887: Virgilio Lazzari, ...

Anne l. wrote:http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=25418

Hi Anne, thanks for posting, but I couldn't get there via your URL. Can you double-check it? I'd enjoy reading this one.

Announcing CMG's Cello Specialist: Peter Schenkman The Classical Music Guide warmly welcomes PETER SCHENKMAN as our Cello Specialist. Born in New York, Mr. Schenkman now makes his home in Toronto. An impressive musical background, Schenkman studied with Leonard Rose at the Curtis Institute and spen...

Lani lives in New Hampshire whose motto, ironically is:…”Live free or die”…I know Lani fairly well and reading between the lines my guess is that the issue has done its trip through the New York Appellate Court its probably only a matter of time before it hits other states and who, particularly if ...

This may have been asked before, but I have a question. Why is it that there aren't any piano concerti for the RIGHT hand alone? (At least, well-know concerti) I assume that the left-handed pieces aren't really playable on the right hand? Hi David ... good to see you here! Welcome back. I suppose w...

I received the following from Lani Spahr. For those who don’t know or know of Lani or his label “Locked in the Vault” it is something of a tragedy. Lani started off by taking material, out of copyright and not slated for reissue by what ever company had initially brought it out and remastering and ...

Here is a list of stamper numbers for the Complete Rachmaninoff Disc 1-11/93 3DA2 Disc 2-12/93 3DA4 Disc 3-12/93 1DA3 Disc 4-12/93 2DB1 Disc 5-11/93 2DA1 Disc 6-11/93 2DB1 Disc 7-12/93 2DB7 Disc 8-12/93 1DA4 Disc 9-12/93 1DA3 Disc 10-11/93 2DA1 For the Complete Caruso Disc 1-6/93 3DA4 Disc 2-9/93 2...

One possible quick fix salvation. While they may not play on your CD player it might be possible to save the recordings by burning them to CD-R. I had an APR disc of a Solomon recital which started to bronze so that the last couple of tracks wouldn't play. I burnt a copy (using Feurio) and found th...

Getting ready to do a radio tribute to the legendary choral and orchestral conductor, Robert Shaw (1916-1999), whose would-be birthday will be celebrated on April 30th, 2005. He was a prolific recording artist, working with baton, and whose many records for RCA are still available. But perhaps his c...

I've seen some of these going for as much as $10-$12 per disc, so 50c is a bargain and a half! I started out with the BBC Magazine and petered out after a couple of years, but I managed to acquire the magazine with the Menuhin/Brahms, which Cheniston refers to! That is a winner for sure! Some excell...

Me too! I haven't played one of those discs in a long time and I just checked. Every disc is clouded with corrosion on thesilvber side. I will contact BMG and see if they'll replace them. Pretty discouraging to find this. Do you have the Rach set too? Rumor has it they will replace with the new box...

I am very interested in this issue. I have long admired Cortot along with Elly Ney, the celebrated German pianist. I have heard the rumors of Cortot having Nazi connections, and also Walter Gieseking. I was pointed to a book by Michael H. Kater, Twisted Muse - Musicians and Their Music in the Third ...

You wouldn't expect this from RCA Victor or any CD label or manufacturer, but upon returning home from a trip this past week, I found an e-mail from a fellow record collector in Oregon who recently tried to play his "The Complete Rachmaninoff" [RCA 61265, 10 CDs]. He is totally unable to play discs ...

If only he had made a banjo we could assemble the best sounding Blugrass band ever! What? Stradivari didn't make a banjo? http://www.schickele.com/images/Scanned/pdqrecs/grass.jpg Rumor has he did, but it was kept secret because he only played it when not making his other famous stringed instrument...

Hungaroton 32067-68 [2 discs, 1-72:58; 2-57:21, DDD] Ignaz Pleyel Cello Concertos [Volume 1] Péter Szabó, cello Erdödy Chamber Orchestra Leader: Zsolt Szefcsik Péter Szabó, conductor [World Premiere Recordings] _______________________ Having a few recordings of Ignace Pleyel's music on LP and CD ov...

Where can I get this set from? What are my options? Is there an Australian distributor? Someone mentioned $15 for the set! My interest has been piqued. [snipped] If I'm correct all the Brilliant Classics set are recorded in Moscow so there is very little chance of a double up. You are correct. The ...

KWOON - delighted to see you back in our presence!

Not sure about the downloading feature. I never used it myself.

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A great article, and well written - to make us think . After listening to many Saturday afternoon Met broadcasts of late, I have been appalled at the quality of singers I've been hearing in the last couple of years or so. I spent a couple of broadcasts listening with a well-known now elderly Eastman...

I agree that the two Reiners are the best with the Cliburn getting the nod over the Rubenstein. I also like Bronfman/Salonen. The Graffman/Bernstein is very ordinary. Hmm ... GK, I sit here smiling as I read your response, sipping my "green tea" at this late hour. (A clue, however: I think we share...

Here is a publication that cannot be called your average "coffee table" book. A full-colour publication of 88 pages with three CDs built into the back cover, a book you will find difficult to put down once it is opened. Based on the subject line, we're talking about two of the greatest violin maker...

There's no problem ordering from another country. I'll try to get these NAXOS releases soon. Well, go for the Serge Koussevitzky releases as well, and a 3-CD set of the complete Beethoven violin/piano sonatas with Fritz Kreisler and Franz Rupp in the best transfers I've heard to date. There's actua...

APRIL 18 Births and Deaths Died 1995: Florindo Andreolli, tenor, born 09-24-1925 Born 1899: Zenek Chalabala, conductor, died 03-04-1962 Born 1868: Irene von Chavanne, soprano, died 12-26-1938 Born 1950: Jane Coop, pianist/teacher Born 1913: Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer Born 1888: Frieda Leider, so...

Incredible. This is much more than I ever expected to see. Thank you, Cheniston! Indeed, some of this information will be lent to my program. We really DO appreciate your knowledge and experience with so much that has to do with one of the "kings" of instruments - the violin (the other being the pia...

... with Gary Graffman, the NYP and Leonard Bernstein stack up with other recordings you know of this work, either from an emotional point of view or from a technical - or both? I have always been an admirer of Graffman, from his early long-deleted LPs for RCA and right into those he did for Columbi...

APRIL 17 Births and Deaths Born 1904: Josepn Ahrens, composer, died-?? Died 1978: Ethel Bartlett, pianist/duo-pianist, born 06-06-1896 [Bartlett & Rae Robertson duo] [possible birth year, 1901, doubtful] Died 1998: David Blum, conductor/author, born 1935 Born 1900: Willy Burkhard, composer, died 06...

If you are a Horowitz fanatic , you never give up trying to find the best possible transfers of his old recordings, particularly those on 78s. Well, look no further. But given the plight of Naxos on recent court findings, nobody knows for sure what is going to happen with their continued availabili...

My set was $27.95. I haven't found a bad set in the Brilliant catalog yet. Not every one is great but all are excellent additions to my library. Yes, generally top or outstanding artists, and quite a diversified catalogue. Among my "discoveries" of artists on this label are Bart van Oort, the forte...

I've been slow getting on to any of Vanska's recordings. He does appear in the Minnesota Orchestra's big box 12-CD commemorative set in Grieg's Peer Gynt excerpts. Interesting too, the balance of opinions on this conductor ... either very fine, or not so fine.

Lance: I just checked my catalog and find that Remington LP. Haven't looked for it yet physically, but I assume it should be here - I generally don't lose of misplace that sort of thing. Another odd recollection: on my 21st birthday I took part in a recital with a soprano in Paterson, NJ, in which ...

APRIL 16 Births and Deaths Died 1982: Anatol Alexandrov, composer, born 05-25-1888 Born 1918: Carol Brice, contralto, died 02-15-1985 Died 1979: Maria Caniglia, soprano, born 05-05-1905 Died 1858: J. (Johann) B. (Baptist) Cramer, pianist/pedagogue/musicologist, born 02-24-1771 [founder of the 'mode...

APRIL 15 Births and Deaths Born 1891: Karl Alwin, pianist/accompanist/conductor, died 10-15-1945 [husband of soprano Elisabeth Schumann] Died 1937: Nikolay V. Artsÿbushev, composer, born 03-07-1858 Died 1993: Lucette Descaves, pianist, born 04-01-1906 Died 1988: Youri Egorov, pianist, born 05-28-19...

Hello Cheniston: I'm just preparing a radio broadcast and tribute to OSSY RENARDY (Oskar Reiss), who died so tragically in an automobile accident in December 1953 at the age of only 33. Is there anything "unique" about this violinist you might tell me so I may report it in my biographical sketch of ...

Lance, how well does he perform the last 3 sonatas? I've got at least one recording of every sonata in Richter's repertoire but my Opp 109-111 are from the early 90s and Richter was not on good form by then. Can you also buy the discs separately? Holden Hi, Holden: Richter is in top form on all the...

Ralph wrote:This I will look for tomorrow (which is almost here).

Wonderful! I think will truly enjoy the music in this set, especially if you can get it at the low price, which means you can buy something else, too!

EARLY SONGS BY LAURIE CONRAD Figaro Recordings, 00546, ADD, 46:08 Louise McConnell, soprano Graham Stewart, baritone Laurie Conrad, piano _____________________ I shan’t profess to be an aficionado of contemporary music, however, two recordings of music by composer Laurie Conrad arrived many months ...

Donald Isler wrote:It's great to see Cheniston back here! He's one of the people who makes this place special!

Gee Donald, who are the others!

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MARK G. SIMON enlisted as CMG's Winds Specialist

Czerny's Etudes, Op. 740 and Liszt's Transcendental Etudes

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Jane Fonda's new book: "My Life So Far"

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Robert Shaw, your most inspiring recording of his?

CD "rot" - I've got it - first time this bad!

REVIEW: Neglected CELLO concertos by Pleyel

The Miracle Makers: Stradivari-Guarneri-Oliveira

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