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« Reply #15 on: 22:47:57, 07-04-2007 » |
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In the post today: Donizetti Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal recorded at the ROH by Opera Rara last September..well, anything with a Grand Inquisitor in the cast has got to be worth investigating!  (especially when I found it at a very nice price). |
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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« Reply #16 on: 22:50:53, 07-04-2007 » |
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Ubiquious, Bryn?
Not sure that you've got that word down to a 't'....
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Bryn
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« Reply #17 on: 23:44:41, 07-04-2007 » |
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Probably the result of my being T'ed off with Hurwitz's infamous 115 page diatribe. The more I read of it, the less weight it carried. I will necessarily treat his reviews with much greater circumspection in the future. So many words spent on such little real supporting evidence.
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« Reply #18 on: 19:01:51, 10-04-2007 » |
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Well, not so much just bought, as delivered in the post today, having ordered and paid for it last week:
Alter Ego performs Philip Glass, and the Morgan and Dullea CD, "Opera".
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« Reply #19 on: 19:37:11, 10-04-2007 » |
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...delovered... is that legal? |
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« Reply #20 on: 20:27:02, 10-04-2007 » |
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The surname is Harris. I refer you to the Peter Sellers recording, "Common Entrance" re. the use of a crowbar.
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« Reply #21 on: 18:53:18, 13-04-2007 » |
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On a whim I bid on four volumes of Vivaldi's cello concerti on ebay and just won them... for 99p each  No idea what they will be like but at 99p per disk I'm willing to risk hating them |
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« Reply #22 on: 19:04:56, 13-04-2007 » |
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Do let me know what you think of Norrington's Mahler, Bryn. My CD of 4 arrived over a week ago and I was impressed; some swift tempi and 'authentic' orchestral layout - divided violins, basses along the back - and a much better soprano soloist than I've heard for a while, especially compared to Renee Fleming whose efforts unfortunately somewhat undermine Abbado's Berlin recording.
Renee Fleming in Mahler 4 ?!?!? what a hideous notion Did you hear her massacre Debussy's Ariette oubliees a year or two back? A disgusting travesty. |
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« Reply #23 on: 19:51:25, 17-04-2007 » |
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arrived today:
Janacek Piano Works (complete), Hakon Austbo, Brilliant Classics.
Marvellous Sonata 1.X.1905 with great clarity between the various musical ideas, and pulsating inner ostinati. Looking forward to hearing the rest later. Was going to get Andsnes or Firkusny, but this was dirt cheap, so may have to investigate the others later.
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« Reply #24 on: 19:53:34, 17-04-2007 » |
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Do let me know what you think of Norrington's Mahler, Bryn. My CD of 4 arrived over a week ago and I was impressed; some swift tempi and 'authentic' orchestral layout - divided violins, basses along the back - and a much better soprano soloist than I've heard for a while, especially compared to Renee Fleming whose efforts unfortunately somewhat undermine Abbado's Berlin recording.
Renee Fleming in Mahler 4 ?!?!? what a hideous notion Did you hear her massacre Debussy's Ariette oubliees a year or two back? A disgusting travesty. even *worse* than that... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w3ADto7kDM |
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« Reply #25 on: 23:11:34, 17-04-2007 » |
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Been away for a couple of days. When I got back this evening, on the door mat were "La Toavola Cromatica", "Soviet Avant-Garde 2" (Lourié, Mossolov, Polovinkin and Roslavetz piano works played by Stefen Schleiermacher), and Liszt's "Beethoven-Kantate" with Beethoven's "Chorfantasie" (Komen/Weil).
Now which to spin first?
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« Reply #26 on: 23:15:47, 17-04-2007 » |
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Personally I'd be spinning La tavola cromatica at this time of night rather than Mossolov and Roslavetz but chacun à son goût...
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« Reply #27 on: 23:26:26, 17-04-2007 » |
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Well, Ollie, sinc ethe Amazon Marketplace supplier who sent it, enclosed a a little note entreating me to "Enjoy the music :-)", and hoping for positive feedback, I will follow your suggestion.
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« Reply #28 on: 11:15:29, 19-06-2007 » |
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Should be arriving in a few minutes: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Janet Baker James King Concertgebouw Haitink eBay should be good  in fact it's just arrived. so, here goes... |
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« Reply #29 on: 11:21:34, 19-06-2007 » |
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How did you know it was about to arrive, eruanto? |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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