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I'm not afraid to report that my favourite version of the aforementioned Bach Chaconne, now spinning, is played on the accordion by one Alexander Kornev, whom I heard playing on a street in Krakow in 2004. 13' 22", since you ask.
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« Reply #2926 on: 21:15:23, 30-05-2008 » |
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Appetite whetted. Any chance of a 'snatch' of that, auto?
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« Reply #2927 on: 21:25:00, 30-05-2008 » |
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Viktoria Mullova played the Chaconne on BBC4 this evening. Programme repeated at 02.40 Saturday morning, the Chaconne would be on at about 03.15 if anyone wants to catch it !
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« Reply #2928 on: 23:48:16, 30-05-2008 » |
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Now spinning: Medtner: Sonata Romantica. The last movement (and, to a lesser extent, the second movement) has enough (of the right sort of) syncopation that parts of it wouldn't be out of place in Fame  Actually, here is a performance of said movement for those who might want give it a spin. |
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« Reply #2929 on: 14:47:05, 01-06-2008 » |
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Josef Matthias Hauer. Salambo. The second opera I've listened to in the last couple of days - and it's a busy time. Rather more favourable than I usually am to this composer's works - less contrived sounding than usual. And what a lot of xylophone.
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NS Franck, Symphony in d minor
Cluytens, Orch della Svizzera Italiana
This piece, which I've never heard before, I find quite nauseating so far (just the first movement). Am I just an ignoramus, or do other members have misgivings about it (the piece)?
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« Reply #2932 on: 20:38:13, 01-06-2008 » |
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Turfers, my name is martle and I am a Franckophobic. You are not alone. I've felt nauseated by the harmony of that piece in particular since first hearing it 25 years ago.
(Quite like the violin sonata, though.)
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« Reply #2933 on: 20:45:21, 01-06-2008 » |
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Am I just an ignoramus, or do other members have misgivings about it (the piece)?
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #2934 on: 20:51:18, 01-06-2008 » |
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Debussy certainly did, IIRC - didn't he describe it as resembling "a turd floating down the Seine"?
Then why is it still performed? Do EU environmental regulations carry any weight whatsoever? I too like the Violin Sonata, but I recently heard it arranged for Double Bass and Piano. Definitely a thought-provoking, beautiful version and idea. I forget who prepared the arrangement, but I think he was a former principal of the NY Phil (?) |
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« Reply #2935 on: 20:54:12, 01-06-2008 » |
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didn't he describe it as resembling "a turd floating down the Seine"?
This piece I must hear. |
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« Reply #2936 on: 21:09:16, 01-06-2008 » |
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NS Franck, Symphony in d minor
Cluytens, Orch della Svizzera Italiana
This piece, which I've never heard before, I find quite nauseating so far (just the first movement). Am I just an ignoramus, or do other members have misgivings about it (the piece)? I've heard many recordings of this beautiful symphony, but only one recording really captures the exact atmosphere of the piece: Pierre Monteux conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #2937 on: 21:28:49, 01-06-2008 » |
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Debussy certainly did, IIRC - didn't he describe it as resembling "a turd floating down the Seine"?
A major or a minor turd? |
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« Reply #2938 on: 21:52:27, 01-06-2008 » |
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Just finished listening to last week's Book of the Week off Radio 4, which was Bearded Tit written and read by Rory McGrath. Very enjoyable and amusing - I only picked up on it because someone alerted me to it. It's not actually a tit at all, it's more properly known as the Bearded Reedling (but that gets fewer laughs)  Also very relevant to the story is the Long-Tailed Tit  |
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« Reply #2939 on: 22:16:06, 01-06-2008 » |
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Debussy certainly did, IIRC - didn't he describe it as resembling "a turd floating down the Seine"?
A major or a minor turd? Or perhaps a Picardy turd? (this one could run and run) |
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