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A surprise recording of Saint-Saens's 'Carnival of the Animals' by Andre Kostalanetz & his orchestra; long since unavailable, but sounding spruce in its remastering when played on Radio 3 Requests this afternoon. Ogden Nash's verse spoken with a rhythmic spring and clarity by Noel Coward. Well worth the dash to press the record button on my MD player.
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If that sounds a bit hmm ... that's the kind of hmm we don't hear often enough. Re Vingt Regards, I used to have Béroff on LP and got to know the piece through it. I like Aimard very much though I'm not always in the mood for his emphasis on the virtuosity. I think Loriod would have to be my first choice. There hasn't been much spinning here in the last couple of days owing to studio work and social engagements (some with amphibians) but I've just been listening to this  which if you can't read the title is David Sylvian's 1999 album Dead Bees on a Cake, spun as a result of the mention of his group Japan here a little while ago. Eclectic (tablas and bansuri flute, Kenny Wheeler guesting on trumpet, Tom Waits-inspired production techniques) but at the same time distinctive (DS's voice, one of my favourites in pop music now I come to think of it), sophisticated sound textures, spoilt only by my having been simultaneously busy with the first tentative steps into the hell of my tax return. |
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« Reply #2837 on: 00:17:45, 12-05-2008 » |
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« Reply #2838 on: 00:57:03, 12-05-2008 » |
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James Erber Music for 25 Strings
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« Reply #2839 on: 01:47:28, 12-05-2008 » |
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Uploadable? NS: Sweet, sweet silence. Earlier: the Metzmacher EMI Prometeo, so I could pretend I was in London with the cool kids, followed by Mendelssohn quartets w/ Hausmusik. |
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« Reply #2840 on: 23:55:31, 12-05-2008 » |
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have been listening to Shostakovitch 15th Symphony conducted by Bernard Haitink (LPO)= Earlier listened to Nielsen 6th Symphony on Performance on three and got to thinking how similar in mood they are if not in style - two composers nearing the end of their composing life and both works have a kind of quirky uncertainty as if they are not sure what they are trying to say - well thats how i feel about it anyhow!
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You're by no means the first to notice a similarity in quirkiness between the two symphonies, offbeat.
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« Reply #2842 on: 02:52:40, 13-05-2008 » |
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I am agog.  The Rapsodie a sept is one of the most imaginative pieces I've heard in a long time. A good dose of the Épithalame for "vocal orchestra" in 12 parts as a remarkable follow-up. Have we had a Jolivet thread? Has anyone else heard this disc? Does Rarissimes mean 'most rare' as well as 'most strange' (as the Latin might suggest), or does the French word not include that connotation? |
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« Reply #2843 on: 08:59:27, 13-05-2008 » |
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Have we had a Jolivet thread? No, I believe we hadn't. A nice opportunity to explore the works of this composer. I don't know much about him and I only have a few of his works on CD. |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #2844 on: 09:34:31, 13-05-2008 » |
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I'm not very well up on this composer either. This looks as if it might be a good place to start, however, especially at the offer price.... |
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« Reply #2845 on: 20:33:46, 13-05-2008 » |
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Sorry for my lateness -
Messiaen Vingt Regards - I know a few of these and there are several which I return to from time to time for individual pieces (especially Aimard for the more virtuosic pieces such as VI and X but also Ogdon and Hind for I (unlike Loriod they take the written metronome marking and the stillness is really quite stunning) and Loriod's very first recordings in the EMI rarissimes set) but the only one I ever listen to complete is the earlier Loriod set on Adès. That's a cumulative experience unlike any other I know and in the proverbial fire it's the one I'd save.
TF, I'm not aware of the current French usage of 'rare' including the nuance of 'strange'. I can check with some native French expertise if you're curious although not before tomorrow morning Vienna time.
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« Reply #2846 on: 20:39:09, 13-05-2008 » |
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I'm not very well up on this composer either. This looks as if it might be a good place to start, however, especially at the offer price.... Ron, wouldn't be surprised if you took a liking to't The above disc is on Berksh Rec Outl, I think, still, to be had. |
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« Reply #2847 on: 21:22:27, 13-05-2008 » |
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Ogdon Oh yes, Ogdon, very fine, haven't heard that for years. The Ogdon/Lucas Visions de l'amen is excellent too, particularly once again the first movement which nobody else to my mind has really equalled. It is however a beautiful thing is it not that there are so many beautiful recordings of Messiaen's music; in fact I wouldn't describe any I've heard as actually mediocre, apart from Salonen's Des canyons..., though, now I think of it, Ozawa's live recording of St François suffered from massive amounts of audible prompting, which made listening to it hard work. Now I've been and gone and ordered that Jolivet without even thinking about it. This must stop really. |
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« Reply #2848 on: 21:31:10, 13-05-2008 » |
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Ogdon's Vingt Regards isn't really one of my favourites; I'm very drawn to Beroff and Peter Serkin (has that been mentioned before?). Austbo is fine (I imagine Osborne is similar, doing 'everything right', but I haven't yet heard it), Aimard can be very exciting, Loriod's Erato recording isn't her at her best; I've heard a live recording that was on LP (not sure if it ever made it onto CD) during the 1980s, which was extraordinary; don't know the Ades one. Peter Hill is good, though I think his Catalogue recording is much stronger. Overall, I'm more drawn to those which really demonstrate personality - even if highly idiosyncratic - rather than those most meticulously playing by the book. Beroff, Aimard and Loriod in general are very striking in this respect.
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« Reply #2849 on: 21:41:11, 13-05-2008 » |
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Been overdosing on the new Anima Eterna Beethoven symphonies set this evening. Time for an antidote - Cage One^5, Schleiermacher.
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