Manuel's Broadcasts corner.

[Manuel]

Thanks Papageno and Lilas Pastia for the links.

Keep them coming. 

[Lilas Pastia]

Those Scherchen Beethoven 4 and 5 are just amazing. Recorded in 1955 in excellent mono sound (wide dynamic range and very good definition). Scherchen chooses tempi that are very fast, but never sound rushed. Timings are almost identical to Zinman's (6:50 in 5:I, exposition repeat included!) but the similarity ends there. Zinman's interpretations are formulaic and completely predictable. Scherchen's are manic, angry, impulsive, unsettled and unsettling. Never a dull moment, but it's always Beethoven. Actually, that pretty much sums it up: I hear Beethoven, not a conductor's view on his music. And the London orchestra is really amazing. I've NEVER heard the introduction to 4:I sound so menacing and crepuscular. The low winds and brass are simply astounding.

Rolf von Otter's downloads are cd copies form vinyl lps. Some surface noise is to be heard. They are not issued commercially. I urge everyone to download them while they're still available. rolf should replace them in a few days.

[Manuel]

Saturday 19 August 2006

Prom 48
18.30 - 20.55
ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Lyadov
From the Apocalypse (9 mins) 95MB
 
http://rapidshare.com/files/16093321/GergievProm48Lyadov.avi.html

Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor (33 mins) 365MB
 
http://rapidshare.com/files/16096935/GergievRepinSibelius.zip.001.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/16099892/GergievRepinSibelius.zip.002.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/16102340/GergievRepinSibelius.zip.003.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/16104312/GergievRepinSibelius.zip.004.html

Vadim Repin violin


Shostakovich
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, 'Babi Yar' (60 mins)
File size: 604MB


http://rapidshare.com/files/15784507/GergievShostakovitch13.zip.001.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/15786754/GergievShostakovitch13.zip.002.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/15788750/GergievShostakovitch13.zip.003.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/15790606/GergievShostakovitch13.zip.004.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/15792716/GergievShostakovitch13.zip.005.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/15794742/GergievShostakovitch13.zip.006.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/15796789/GergievShostakovitch13.zip.007.html

Mikhail Petrenko bass
Chorus And Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera)
Valery Gergiev conductor

Excellent picture and sound quality
Stereo
Digital Satellite TV
AVI format DivX codec

[Manuel]

Charles Wuorinen

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Based on the novel by Salman Rushdie
Libretto adapted by James Fenton

Conductor, George Manahan
Director, Mark Lamos
Set Designer, Riccardo Hernandez
Costume Designer, Candice Donnelly
Lighting Designer, Robert Wierzcl
Projections Designer, Peter Nigrini
Choreographer, Sean Curran
Supertitles Celeste Montemarano

Cast
(in order of appearance)

Soraya, mother of Haroun, Heather Johnson
Haroun Khalifa, son of Rashid, Heather Buck
Rashid Khalifa, a story-teller Peter Strummer

Mr. Sengupta, a measly weasely clerk, later Khattam-Shod, the prince
of silence James Schaffner
Oneeta, wife to Mr. Sengupta Edith Dowd
Announcer Matt Morgan
Men in mustachios and yellow check pants
Javier Abreu
Lawrence Long
Butt, the bus driver, later the mechanical Hoopoe Ethan Herschenfeld
Snooty Buttoo, a politician, Joel Sorensen
Iff, the water genie, Ryan MacPherson
Rescue Princess, later Princess Batcheat
Kathryn Friest
Mali, a floating gardener, later the King of Gup
Wilbur Pauley
Bagha, a plentimaw fish Andrew Drost
Goopy, a plentimaw fish Robert Mack
Prince Bolo, beloved of Batcheat Christopher Jackson
General Kitab, Michael Zegarski


Chorus and Orchestra, New York City Opera, 3 November 2004

http://rapidshare.com/files/16037556/Haroun_3November_1.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/16039406/Haroun_3November_2.mp3.html

[Siedler]

If only I could find a way to get rapidshare premium account for free (you think I'd pay for that service? Yeah right!  ).

[Lilas Pastia]

Rolf has found a sonically revamped version of the great van Otterloo Beethoven overtures record. Sizzling stuff.

http://www.geocities.com/oudeopnames/leftover.htm

[Papageno]

www.freewebs.com/greatrecordings

[Lilas Pastia]

Not to be missed: a download of Brahms' first concerto with Curzon and van Beinum (1953 Decca). I believe it's from an original lp, not a cd reissue.

http://homepages.ipact.nl/~otterhouse/

[gab1279]

Thanks for all the links! Great stuff.  I'll join in here -

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Piano Concerto - World Premiere

Yefim Bronfman, piano
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Avery Fisher Hall
1 February 2007

New York Philharmonic commission
Dedicated to Yefim Bronfman

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SMCHP0MX

Link to Program Notes

LA Times Review of Concert

A must-hear. Fantastic piece! Another strong work from Salonen. Can't wait until the LAPO records this next season. Bronfman is a monster, just unreal playing.

This is a ZIP file, about 100 MB. The "Introduction" is a 10 min interview with Bronfman and Salonen about the piece, apparently Yefim teased that it wasn't hard enough in the first draft - so Salonen revised it and made it fiendishly difficult! 

[~George]

Thanks gab!!!

Here's Pogorelich/SFO playing Rachmaninov's Second PC (live):

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=T2dkTXRXcWZKV00wTVE9PQ

[Lilas Pastia]

I downloaded it, will listen soon. Any details on the orchestra, conductor, recording venue and date ?

[~George]

I downloaded it, will listen soon. Any details on the orchestra, conductor, recording venue and date ?

I asked the person who sent it to me, he said it was the SFO. Beyond that, he didn't know. Sorry. 

[Lilas Pastia]

Thanks. I googled left and right and couldn't find anything other than a mention that he has toured the world with that concerto. I suppose that with his very particular kind of tempi (he runs it close to 50 minutes) there's no chance we're being pulled a Hatto !

[~George]

Thanks. I googled left and right and couldn't find anything other than a mention that he has toured the world with that concerto. I suppose that with his very particular kind of tempi (he runs it close to 50 minutes) there's no chance we're being pulled a Hatto !

Nope! 

[MrOsa]

Is anyone else having trouble downloading the Salonen PC? I've been clicking that link something like once an hour for the past two days, and I keep getting all sorts of "server busy" messages. For istance, right now, they tell me: "All download slots assigned to your country (Poland) are currently in use. Please try again in a few hours" (sometimes it's also a message saying that all download slots are currently taken by subscribers). ARGH!