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« Reply #495 on: 23:08:16, 11-05-2007 » |
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Oh, you've got it!  Could I have it back then please?  |
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« Reply #496 on: 23:19:33, 11-05-2007 » |
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Oh, you've got it! If only. It seems to be rather difficult to get hold of a copy. |
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« Reply #497 on: 23:38:58, 11-05-2007 » |
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O.K. Spinning now, the dvd of Boulez directing the Staatakapelle Berlin, et al, in Mahler's 2nd. wilf is right, it's not quite up there with his Vienna recording of the work, but it's still wonderful, and what a joy to see him in one of his 80th birthday bashes. Not tried the surround yet. Indeed, at the moment I am just using the television's speakers. Bed beckons, so I don't think I wil get past the first movement tonight.
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« Reply #499 on: 23:53:22, 11-05-2007 » |
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NS the Frescobaldi Capriccios, first on Stephan Hussong's accordion, then on a very old and rickety organ by John Butt.
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« Reply #500 on: 00:02:22, 12-05-2007 » |
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NS the Frescobaldi Capriccios, first on Stephan Hussong's accordion, then on a very old and rickety organ by John Butt.
(I'm quite fond of that recording, myself.) Which one? |
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aaron cassidy
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« Reply #501 on: 00:03:17, 12-05-2007 » |
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Oh, you've got it! If only. It seems to be rather difficult to get hold of a copy. Ollie - did get this yet? I'm off to a concert, but I could send it to you tonight/tomorrow a.m. Looking forward to hearing you play it in ... goodness, in about 2 wks, no? |
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« Reply #502 on: 00:03:46, 12-05-2007 » |
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The organ is onstage at Hertz Hall on the University of California, Berkeley, campus.
It's called "the Italian organ" in the O'Neill collection. It "was constructed in the middle of the eighteenth century by an unknown builder for a church near Verona. The earliest known repairs were made in 1936. After further repairs were made in 1969 by Bartolomeo Fermentelli, the organ was acquired by the University of California... The manual has a compass of four octaves, C to c''', and the pedal from C to a. All stops drawn on the manual play automatically on the pedal. The action is mechanical. The wind may be pumped by two rope-and-pulley hand pulls.
Do you want a stop list? Or should I stop listing?
the CD is on Harmonia Mundi: HMU 907178
Ahem. I meant "which civil war", actually. |
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« Reply #503 on: 00:04:54, 12-05-2007 » |
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NS the Frescobaldi Capriccios, first on Stephan Hussong's accordion, then on a very old and rickety organ by John Butt.
(I'm quite fond of that recording, myself.) Which one? (ha) The John Butt one. |
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« Reply #504 on: 00:11:20, 12-05-2007 » |
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The organ is onstage at Hertz Hall on the University of California, Berkeley, campus.
It's called "the Italian organ" in the O'Neill collection. It "was constructed in the middle of the eighteenth century by an unknown builder for a church near Verona. The earliest known repairs were made in 1936. After further repairs were made in 1969 by Bartolomeo Fermentelli, the organ was acquired by the University of California... The manual has a compass of four octaves, C to c''', and the pedal from C to a. All stops drawn on the manual play automatically on the pedal. The action is mechanical. The wind may be pumped by two rope-and-pulley hand pulls.
Do you want a stop list? Or should I stop listing?
the CD is on Harmonia Mundi: HMU 907178
Ahem. I meant "which civil war", actually. But the organ is much more interesting! Here is the stop list: Principale 8' Ottava 4' Quintadecima 2' Decimanona 1-1/2' Vigesimaseconda 1' Flauto in 12 2-2/3' Voce umana 8' I have played this organ myself: all stops pulled results in the most fantastic wheezing sound: provided you have someone pulling the bellows-ropes most fervently. That's a lot of vibrating air! The American Civil War. 1861 ff --but I was exaggerating anyway, so it could have been Your Favorite Civil War just as well. |
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« Reply #505 on: 00:14:45, 12-05-2007 » |
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The organ is onstage at Hertz Hall on the University of California, Berkeley, campus.
It's called "the Italian organ" in the O'Neill collection. It "was constructed in the middle of the eighteenth century by an unknown builder for a church near Verona. The earliest known repairs were made in 1936. After further repairs were made in 1969 by Bartolomeo Fermentelli, the organ was acquired by the University of California... The manual has a compass of four octaves, C to c''', and the pedal from C to a. All stops drawn on the manual play automatically on the pedal. The action is mechanical. The wind may be pumped by two rope-and-pulley hand pulls.
Do you want a stop list? Or should I stop listing?
the CD is on Harmonia Mundi: HMU 907178
Ahem. I meant "which civil war", actually. Oops, sorry Evan, I didn't notice that you'd already clocked that one. For those of a transatlantic persuasion, the English Civil War (actually there were three end-to-end, sort of) took place from 1642 to 1651, so any organs not maintained since then are liable to be at least slightly out of sorts. |
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« Reply #506 on: 04:44:41, 12-05-2007 » |
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Oh, Bless You, Herr Sudden! Bless rather Messrs Niquet (does anyone know if he pronounces the t? if not his name sounds a little bit rude, doesn't it?) and Handel. In that particular recording quite possibly in that order... And no, I haven't been able to find my copy of Armed Gangster's recording of Shoot the Carl. (Or La Chouffe de Carl. I haven't decided yet which alternative title I prefer.) Bother. I wonder where it is? Now spinning here: Tye's consort pieces because my usual rousing matutinal Baroque heart-starters would probably make my neighbours cross. Off to Valencia alarmingly soon... |
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« Reply #507 on: 11:30:30, 12-05-2007 » |
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Great sound from the horns, Aaron, eh? |
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aaron cassidy
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« Reply #508 on: 17:11:40, 12-05-2007 » |
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And no, I haven't been able to find my copy of Armed Gangster's recording of Shoot the Carl. (Or La Chouffe de Carl. I haven't decided yet which alternative title I prefer.) Bother. I wonder where it is?
One very fine guitarist by the initials SJ, staying on my couch here in Chicago for a few days, asks the following Trivial Pursuit question to Herr Sudden: Who coined the moniker Armed Gangster? He says hi, too, btw. (In other news, two recordings of Shoot the Carl are headed your way via email.) |
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« Reply #509 on: 21:01:40, 13-05-2007 » |
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Spohr's Septet in A minor op 147, played by Ensemble 360 on a CD I bought today. It also includes his Nonet. Very nice sound.
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