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I saw the Symphony do the Nutcracker a few years ago. The orchestra was able and conductor followed the dancers perfectly. I think the pit was miked, but not in an obnoxious way. How they'll sound on stage I don't know. ...
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After listening to Bruckner many many times,, And professionally recording his compositions,, I am compelled to make this auwfull statement,,, I feel that he is a second rate composer,,,He,s done a large body of work,,But his overall statement,,,TO ...
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It is James Levine and it is BSO at their best and it is the glorious Lorraine Hunt Lieberson recorded LIVE right here in Symphony Hall. This performance is a wonderful reminder about a great singer, the beautiful women, one of the greatest contempor...
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http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2008/11/alessandro-bariccos-lesson-21-or.htmlI strongly, definitely invite everyone loving Music and Beethoven's 9th Symphony, to go and see this very film... it's a challenge, it's Kurosawa and Greenaway... Alessandro...
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… and now I have already just a few minutes into the Orff (boring so far) but have already two calles about how good the Prokofiev Classical Symphony was. BTW, the WCRB looks like dropped compression a bit now I have very ugly reception…. Watch tomo...
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Romy, have you listened to Kubelik with VPO? It's been a while since I listened to this, and as I recall the electricity was not good enough to judge the strange 3rd movement, but the 3rd movement in this version at least generally makes a complete ...
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...(and it repeats tonight) under von Dohnanyi. The Fifth Symphony was middle-of-the-road mittel-Europaenisch, but the Third Concerto with Lars Vogt was decidedly different and very tasty! The pianist, instead of just doing runs and spinning not...
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I'll never forget... although it wasn't that long ago...Twenty years, maybe.Symphony Hall, the Leipzigers under Masur.And only an encore: The Egmont Overture.After it was over I turned to my buddy and said, "I think I've just heard Beethoven for the ...
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Yes, I do know what you mean about Asahina. I have DVDs of a Brahms symphony cycle - 4 is good (not wonderful), 2 not bad, 3 is just plain boring (and it is one of my favourite symphonies). I haven't gotten around to 1 yet - t...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Amphissa wrote:Mats, I agree with you. The recording of the cello concerto by Natalia Gutman with Svetlanov conducting is the best overall performance of this beautiful concerto. It is unfortunate that she never toured i...
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I heard her play Schnittke's First Cello Concerto with the SF Symphony two years ago. It was one of the most devastating and searing (in a good way!) live performances I have ever heard! She put's 120% into her performances. Gutman has her own series...
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The Levine’s Mozart was not exiting, the last week and this week… I hope today on Saturday, the last convert of the series with the most famed Mozart symphony the BSO will show off something more interesting.
However, today was something very remark...
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A couple of weeks ago I heard a superb perfomance of the Lutoslawski Concerto performed by the Boston Symphony. I do not have a recording of this work in my library. Looking on Amazon there were quite a number of available offerings. Can someone a...
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[quote user="op.9"]Well, I found Janacek strange and unfathomable. I was brought up on Haydn-Beethoven-Schubert-Brahms-(Mahler)-Schoenberg route... so I had no entering point for Janacek. I also loved Dvorák and Smetana... but this was no help ei...
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Interesting, thanks, Jessie. I am not familiar with this one if I would not look under normal circumstances for London Symphony from 50-60s. As I understand 1958-59 it was after Krips lead LSO and moved to US, interesting… Another interning fact the ...
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I agreed with everything until it got to, "The Golovanov’s version is hardly Tchaikovsky’s symphony but rather Golovanov’s own re-composition…"Yet not a note was changed! (Was it?...)Therefore what Golovanov did was shuck decades of sentamentalism to...
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I have been listening to and greatly enjoying a rather tired and worn vinyl copy of this piece with Leonard Bernstein playing with and conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra on Philips. I'm unlikely to find another copy. Can anyone rec...
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The 1962-62 recording cycle of Karajan’s Beethoven were probably the best among few others that Karajan undertook. The 62’s cycles are Ok but nothing extraordinary. There were many-many other more interesting attempts by the different conductors to p...
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Hi Romy,Is this date right? Simon Rattle was 22 in 1977 and was appointed assistant conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in that year. I didn't think he joined the CBSO until 1980.Coming originally from Birmingham, I've been lucky enough to ...
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I admit tat I ma kind of a freak of nature in my pursuit to the abstract absolute tone of orchestra. Attending life performances I practically never hear “tone” that satisfies me. In the Mecca of my tonal satisfaction there was 3 years ago a vi...
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George Balanchine’s made ballet around the Tchaikovsky’s Sixth symphony. This is a photograph is taken during the Balanchine’s performance of the last movement of the Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique”… Do anyone know anything about this performance? Are any...
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[quote user="zako"]What would I do if I lost every thing in a fire ?? I reflect back, when I was a youngster...care free with no possessions,,,I,m much older than you,,Life was much simpler,, What would i do different ??....I would not rebuild any ...
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I hope you had a great B7 in Boston!Today we await the arrival of Zubin Metha to play the 8th symphony.Here in Chicago, it will be on the 17th.A Master takes his orchestra, and plays for peace.Meanwhile, today, we send F16's to Poland.I play and pray...
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[quote user="steverino"] Romy says "Listen, or even better THINK about Sound of first movement of the Bruckner 9th Symphony as an answer.Thinking about this did not give me the answer to the question I'm afraid. However, I therefore do agree that " I...
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As the year coming to the end I would like to nominate the best 3 live musical events from 2010. Here they are and without any particular order: 1) Martinu Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani by Discovery Ensemble last n...
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Thanks you very much Nic. It was alt of B4 this year for us, and this is good. I am not familiar with Stamford Symphony. Have you heard them, are they any good. Do the hall they play is comparable with Bruckner music?...
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my 6 year old has been my main listening partner since birth. One of my proudest moments as a father is when I put on tchaikovsky's 5th symphony and she said at 4 years old: "it's the Nutcracker guy." She could discern that the same composer created ...
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You mention ,,,What interesting GUEST ? ,,,RUDOLF SERKIN,, One guest concert ( St Louis Symphony) playing one of the Beethoven piano concertos...He asked me where he could audition a BOZAK Concert Grand speaker in St louis,,,, I set up an appointme...
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Well, as I said – you never know. I was listing the live Friday WGBH broadcast over internet from my work (very bad quality) and when I got home I listen my recording. The Brahms Double Concerto I did not like, but the Bruckner 7 was very-very good. ...
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I love the way Janowski develps this symphony, and the WDR deserve recognition and praise for their remarkable abilities. They even have nice instruments!Paul S...
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