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No.8 is the other notable absence, as it is in Pierre Boulez's series. I wonder if DG have any plans to finish these cycles at all?
I read recently in Diapason that the Boulez Mahler 8 has either recently been recorded in concert or soon will be, and that DG plan a release. Somewhere along that chain of transmission there may of course be a misunderstanding but my hopes are reasonably high. |
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« Reply #361 on: 17:29:44, 21-04-2007 » |
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I'm sure I've heard that too (about Boulez).
As far as Abbado goes, I can't see 1 or 8 being redone as they (along with 5) were already recorded with the orchestra and appear on the box set of Abbado's recordings of Mahler DG issued a few years back. I wonder though if he'll redo the 2nd in Berlin (as the recent issue came from Lucerne and was a bit disappointing, in my view).
As far as RCO Live goes, the sound is always very good. Of the releases I have, the Heldenleben was good (and has had some very good reviews) but I prefer Krauss, Rattle and Runnicles and recently parted company with it. The disc of Brahms and Beethoven 2 was an odd pairing that I don't think really worked, though the Beethoven was pretty good. There was also a not bad disc of Sibelius 2. The Mahler 6, as mentioned above, while fine, just didn't quite have the fire of his London account.
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« Reply #362 on: 18:05:30, 21-04-2007 » |
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No.8 is the other notable absence, as it is in Pierre Boulez's series. I wonder if DG have any plans to finish these cycles at all?
I read recently in Diapason that the Boulez Mahler 8 has either recently been recorded in concert or soon will be, and that DG plan a release. Someone somewhere along that chain of transmission there may of course be a misunderstanding but my hopes are reasonably high. he has performed it 2ce the past two years with the Berlin Staatskappelle, which were broadcast, and were spectacular. maybe DG have recorded those..there is, however, nothing on the DG website saying as such. I recall a recent interview in which Boulez said that he would definately finish the Mahler cycle. |
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« Reply #363 on: 18:23:36, 21-04-2007 » |
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The March Diapason has a little note in the En studios section: "In Berlin next month, Pierre Boulez will finally complete his Mahler cycle for DG with the 8th". So now at least I know that I actually read it.  |
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« Reply #364 on: 18:33:07, 21-04-2007 » |
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The March Diapason has a little note in the En studios section: "In Berlin next month, Pierre Boulez will finally complete his Mahler cycle for DG with the 8th". So now at least I know that I actually read it. Hurrah! Thanks for the info, Ollie. |
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« Reply #365 on: 22:04:21, 21-04-2007 » |
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An apparently extremely-hard-to-find recording of Sibelius 5th with the Swedish RSO and Celibidache. I got it recently from a bloke in a pub with a dodgy scarf and a haunted look. It's far and away the best performance of this work I've heard - and it's a piece I know well, having written a masters paper on it! Brilliant.
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« Reply #366 on: 23:23:46, 21-04-2007 » |
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John Ogdon playing Opus Clavicembalisticum. By heck, that fellow had a massive dynamic range, Ogdon I mean. Some of the more intense moments get a bit approximate-sounding (unlike Madge's recording, which is like that more or less all through) and there's certainly room for someone (no prizes for guessing who that might be) to come along and give the piece its due, but the performance is an astonishing example of what the piano can do. I last heard it some years ago and somehow didn't manage to hear what an achievement it was.
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« Reply #367 on: 00:26:00, 22-04-2007 » |
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As I toil away erasing stray pencil marks from a fair copy of a score - yes, boys and girls, composing is a glamorous occupation - I am entertained by Ensemble PAN: Ars magis subtiliter; arresting performances of some of the most beautiful and visionary music ever, from the late 14th-century Chantilly Codex. At the moment: a particularly wonderful performance of Medée fu. |
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« Reply #368 on: 00:37:19, 22-04-2007 » |
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Oliver,
Thanks for your message. The evening's activity has made a wayward student of me so I will try it at a steadier moment,
thanks,
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« Reply #369 on: 11:22:43, 22-04-2007 » |
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Giving "Vesalli Icones" by Peter Davies a first listen - quite funny when what appeared to be a brighton-type organ riff came out of nowhere, some hard-edged stuff as well.
Last night I played Kagel's "Music for Renaissance Instruments", quite a contently messy piece, then Kurtag's "Scenes from a Novel".
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« Reply #370 on: 12:41:39, 22-04-2007 » |
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Some of the music of Theodor Adorno, specifically his Zwei Stücke für Streichquartett Op. 2 and his Sechs kurze Orchesterstücke Op. 4. Whilst not on a Schoenberg/Berg level (the obvious comparison), still well worth hearing. Imagine you would like these, actually, Richard - do you know any of Adorno's compositions?
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« Reply #371 on: 12:50:27, 22-04-2007 » |
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Heard the Pellegrinis play the op. 2 once - as far as I could tell from one hearing (and a fair bit of perusal of the first page of the score, which was in a display cabinet at Schloss Solitude during the time I was there) it seemed very fine indeed.
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« Reply #372 on: 22:43:14, 27-04-2007 » |
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Just commenced a long slowing spin chez Sudden:  Hervé Niquet's joyous recording of the Waterworks Music. ... Try before you buy but I suspect open ears will love it. I do! I do! Wonderful recommendation. Historical correctness gone mad!  |
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« Reply #373 on: 22:54:47, 27-04-2007 » |
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Brahms Violin Sonatas played by Josef Suk and Julius Katchen. I heard Suk play live at Wigmore (that's The Wigmore Hall, for the benefit of Radio 3 announcers  ) in the mid-80s. Marvellous playing, no ego; just consummate artistry. He played a programme without any fireworks or lollipop pieces, nothing flashy, just the best playing. When I bought this disc recently I knew I wanted a performance without any flashiness which might go out of fashion in years to come, so no young pretenders were in the running . This fits the bill completely. Oh, and btw, I love that Handel disc: the horns' out of tuneness is immensely satisfying. |
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« Reply #374 on: 08:43:58, 28-04-2007 » |
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has herve niquet broken the record for most pictures of the artist on a cd?
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