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Gary

By the way, what do you mean by 'Madison Ave. skills'?

My guess is that she's referring to the marketing skills of Madison Ave., which I believe is the heart of the American advertising industry.

Gary

It's hopeless, and I've been way too patient. Now, I give up!

Gary

Incidentally, Christopher Fifield's book, Max Bruch: His Life and Works, has been reprinted recently by Boydell Press (July 15, 2005).

http://www.boydell.co.uk/43831368.HTM

Gary

I thought it’d be a good idea to provide some premiere information of Bruch’s compositions for violin and orchestra. So, here it is. 1st Violin Concerto First version Date: 24 April 1866 Location: Music Institute of Koblenz on the Rhine. Violinist: Otto von Konigslow, the concertmaster of the Gurzen...

Gary

Raising Salieri's status equals to reducing that of Mozart. When there are too many deities in the Pantheon it becomes less prestigious. Not too many, just one more... The idea of elevating Salieri's status was a suggestion to you , since you thought the composer had been maligned --which could ver...

Gary

Hi:

First of all after browsing these boards for a long time, I decided to register and participate.

Welcome, Trazom! Hey, better late than never, right?

was perfectly willing to make myself appear an idiot

Then there are real idiots like me perfectly willing to be seen as such.

Gary

JBuck,

Sorry for being absolutely clueless. Why were you teaching the U.S. Constitution, if you're in Germany?

Gary

Chopin

24 Preludes

Berceuse

Mendelssohn

Capriccio in A minor

Variations Serieuses

Pianist

Alicia de Larrocha

Series

Weekend Classics

Label

London/Decca

Gary

This is the consensus opinion of musical critics. I think that those works are good. I can't compose anything like that. In my abstract art quiz I could beat grand masters with my own drawings. However, with Mozart I needed the help of Salieri. Perhaps rather than demoting Mozart's status, you ough...

Gary

Actually, all but one of the Mozart's works used in the quiz are considered "great".

Do you consider them great?

Gary

Not that I'm calling Simkin a fool.

Maybe just misguided?

Gary

Simkin, I think I know what you are trying to get at. You are saying that great composers, artists, physicists, and what have you, do not always produce works worthy of their fame--you're hinting they may even create a few duds. I grant all that. No one turns out one masterpiece after another. But i...

Gary

Care to translate those articles into English, anyone?

Gary

Hey JBuck,

You found that out from the Good Music Guide?

Gary

Oh, okay. No problem then.

Gary

This came up on the other board (the Good Music Guide) before it came up here. Over there, the exchange was without rancor, and no suggestion that someone had an agenda. If I sound rancorous, then I apologize. I am genuinely interested in the point that Simkin is attempting to prove. Hence, I'd lik...

Gary

The 64% average score was based on 76 people who answered all of the questions (those who skipped even one question were not included in the analysis). Okay, let me ask you this. Are you able to guesstimate how many of the visitors that came to your site were from here? I'm assuming there was a "su...

Gary

then it must be an illusion Then it must be…since I may have inadvertently skewed the results. I actually had to retake the quiz just to find out what opera it was that I didn't get right. However, I did remember what number the question was, so, naturally, I just clicked the radio button (answer) ...

Gary

Katsaris has recorded transcriptions of all of beethoven's symphonies - these should still be available on EMI.

A bit confused here. I thought he recorded them for Teldec only.

Gary

Yeah, happy birthday, Springrite!

Or should I say "Happy anniversary of your birthday!", as there is really just one birthday for each of us.

Gary

What about David Hurwitz's online Classics Today? When it comes to Beethoven, he's a bit anti-Karajan.

Gary

Has Vox gone out of business? Their website is down and has been down for at least a month. If anyone has an update on them, please post the information. I just checked their Web site; it seems they forgot to renew their domain. Let's hope for the best. Visit the Berkshire Record Outlet, the Rosand...

Gary

Years ago, I subscribed to BBC Classical. But my favorite has to be Fanfare. Though I rarely buy it now.

Gary

Gary

You should pick up his Bach unaccompanied violin sonatas and partitas. Knock your socks off. Lance made a believer out of me - Rosand was playing in Fairfax several years ago and he urged me to go over my reservations. Rosand was on the program for Bruch's Scottish Fantasy. And he turned in a credi...

Gary

I'll bet I know which one it was too. The Parto, Parto from Tito?

Nope, I actually got that one right. Now, do you see how shameful it is?

Gary

why didn't they pronounce his name right?!

And how did you think they were supposed to pronounce it at the time?

Gary

Why is it embarrasing?

Because it's just the opposite of:

I mistook one of the arias for...Mozart.

Gary

Well, I got a 90!

I won't mention the one I missed...too embarrassing.

Gary

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999), Spain: Concierto serenata

Those who want more info on him should visit this site:

http://www.joaquin-rodrigo.com/indexf.html

Gary

Perhaps Gary was thinking of one of Heifetz's most famous recordings containing the Bruch Violin Con. #1 and Scottish Fantasy. The conductor was Sir Malcolm Sargent, never considered one of the greats and the orchestra was "The New Symphony Orchestra". Sorry to cause this confusion. My memory seems...

Gary

Another artist you want to watch for on Vox or any of the other labels he's recorded for is Ruggiero Ricci. You'll have much fun in collecting and hearing all this wonderful music. Funny you should say that, Lance. I've been saying to myself that the next violin CD I get would be one of Ricci's. At...

Gary

The Beethoven/Liszt just blew me away when I first heard it! Liszt's transcriptions of the symphonies are incredible to begin with, and then to have Katsaris give such pyrotechnic performances--quite a listening experience! I often listen to one of these versions of B's symphonies and the orchestral...

Gary

Besides Vox, Rosand's recordings appear on these labels: Artek, Artkor, Audiofon, Biddulph, and VAI. Rosand was the first to record many of the great Romantic masterpieces. Lance, Thanks for the list of labels! so you can't judge the artist by the cost of the disc. I agree...since I do think he's a...

Gary

although often he doesn't have first-tier orchestras playing with him.

A pity.

Then again, oftentimes, neither did Heifetz.

Gary

I'm surprised that you're unfamiliar with the famous tenor aria from Martha--"M' Appari tutt amor". Perhaps because it's usually sung in Italian rather than German. Like I said above: I don’t...know much about operas When it comes to listening to operas, and classical music in general, I tend to sk...

Gary

I went through a semi-Mendelssohn phase a while back. And I found this excellent DVD of a Mendelssohn gala performance with Kurt Masur conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus (Mendelssohn's own) Orchestra. Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" op. 21 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op. 64 S...

Gary

This is after Wagner, but any opinions about the opera Palestrina by Hans Pfitzner?

Dave

Nope...never heard of it.

Gary

Thank you all for the posts! And thank you, Dave and Haydnseek, for the links!

I'm anxious to see what other members might add to the list.

Gary

No deep thoughts here. The way I see it is that quality is not always equal to perceived value. Ultimately, the latter, which influences popularity, is what drives prices up or down. Of course, what's really "good" isn't always popular. Hence, the low prices of Rosand's CDs indicate that he is eithe...

Gary

Is the violinist, Aaron Rosand, a mediocre musician or just a bad marketer of his own recordings? Some of his CDs cost as little as $4.98. What's your opinion?

Gary

I'm trying now to secure a copy of the Berlin Classics 2-CD issue w/Edda Moser, Fischer-Dieskau, etc., with Masur conducting.

Lance,

One more thing, unfortunatly, in the Masur set there is no English translation of the libretto.

Gary

I didn't use any on-line dictionaries; I have an advanced degree in Latin. One of the first things you learn as you study a language is you need to know about language before using a dictionary. Felix comes from the same *fe root as fecund. Charles, As one who has a (retreated) degree (just a BA) i...

Gary

My interest is piqued in hearing a recording of Genoveva. Lance, As far as I know, there are two complete recordings. One is a Leipzig Gewandhaus (I think they premiered it) performance conducted by Masur on the Berlin Classics label. The other is a COE performance conducted by Harnoncourt on the E...

Gary

Welcome! A good topic.

I'll go with Weber's "Oberon."

Thanks.

I don't know if I have this right. I've not listened to Oberon, but I read that the original libertto was in English.

Gary

Sure, no less than the likes of Schubert and Mendelssohn had tried their hand at opera composition, yet so few of the works written in German between the time of Beethoven and the advent of Wagner have stood the test of time. Below I have listed* works of composers that I feel had made, at least, a ...

Gary

Hey, thanks for the warm reception! :D Yeah, I really should have included Orff's (in)famous Carmina Burana--at least, "Oh Fortuna"--shouldn't I? Unforgivable! :) Agentbad, you may recognize Carmina Burana's "Oh Fortuna" from the movie, Excalibur. Yeah, the Matthew Passion may be a little much for n...

Gary

im really into chorus stuff... i also like very hard hitting classical, something that rips your heart out and still you want more. any suggestions would be awesome. Hi agentbad, I guess you're new here. So am I. Tchaikovsky is always a good composer to start with for any classical newbie. For star...

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