The Classical Chat Thread

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Parsifal At The Vienna State Opera: A Set In Lieu Of A Production

A portmanteau of Otto Wagner visuals and works of his Viennese Secession friends, the Vienna State Opera's Parsifal is often gorgeous to look at, and offers nothing to remember, except that vague sense of frustration and an opportunity widely missed.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2018/04/05/parsifal-at-the-vienna-state-opera-a-set-in-lieu-of-a-production/#54ef3377705a

Classical CD Of The Week: Krystian Zimerman's New Schubert

Like a decennial musical Santa, Krystian Zimerman drops a solo record every ten-ish years. The anticipation is understandably great, the result, in this case, too!

[Baron Scarpia]

Is it considered cheating to use both hands when playing Ravel's Concerto for the left hand?

[Karl Henning]

Great question.  I await enlightenment.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Classical CD Of The Month:
Mariss Jansons And Sibelius In Shostakovich's Clothing

In the Sibelius desert that is Central Europe, this is an oasis – generally excellent and especially noteworthy for its absolutely astounding Finlandia.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2018/04/14/classical-cd-of-the-month-mariss-jansons-and-sibelius-in-shostakovichs-clothing/#38b1e79055f9




Classical CD Of The Week:
Murray McLachlan, The Early Weinberg-Champion, Still Shines

...my Weinberg-boat is most clearly rocked by wonderfully gruff McLachlan.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2018/04/11/classical-cd-of-the-week-murray-mclachlan-the-early-weinberg-champion-still-shines/#ef59236cec01

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Classical CD Of The Week: Baermann -- A Clarinet Miracle Out Of Nowhere

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2018/04/18/classical-cd-of-the-week-clarinet-miracle-out-of-nowhere/#405cbdfe2fb5

[Cato]

Here is my comment on one of the recent Pulitzer Prizes for Music  going to a "rapper": DACHAU DITHYRAMB!   0:)

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22661.msg769734.html#msg769734

[Ken B]

Here is my comment on one of the recent Pulitzer Prizes for Music  going to a "rapper": DACHAU DITHYRAMB!   0:)

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22661.msg769734.html#msg769734

Hmmmm. 

Philip Glass, Music in 12 Parts

[SurprisedByBeauty]

latest on Surprised by Beauty:




Curtain Up For Decca Gold
Ludwig and the New Yorkers

https://surprisedbybeautyorg.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/curtain-up-for-decca-gold/

Change must be affected if classical music industry doesn't want to be enwrapped in a golden cocoon, but ideological fumes will not likley help and quotas only do harm.

Certainly going with Beethoven is going against the grain, somehow, in a time where critics and social media Zeitgeist-surfers all around are clamoring for classical music to become something, anything, else...

Beethoven 5 & 7? This is so full-throttle anachronistic, it's almost provocative. It must be a deliberate choice:

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Classical CD Of The Week: "Elgarcıoğlu" - Elgar Goes Atatürk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2018/04/25/classical-cd-of-the-week-elgarcioglu-senfoni-elgar-goes-ataturk/#2f990a56e169


Thanks for all the clicks and the support. Alas, Forbes has decided to discontinue cultural and classical music coverage. This is the anteprepenultimate such post on Forbes.com.

[Mahlerian]

Classical CD Of The Week: "Elgarcıoğlu" - Elgar Goes Atatürk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2018/04/25/classical-cd-of-the-week-elgarcioglu-senfoni-elgar-goes-ataturk/#2f990a56e169


Thanks for all the clicks and the support. Alas, Forbes has decided to discontinue cultural and classical music coverage. This is the anteprepenultimate such post on Forbes.com.

Quick, publish a clickbaity post on the recent Pulitzer decision!

[Baron Scarpia]

Thanks for all the clicks and the support. Alas, Forbes has decided to discontinue cultural and classical music coverage. This is the anteprepenultimate such post on Forbes.com.

Sorry to hear that. I couldn't imagine a person producing more informative or attractive classical music coverage. A sign of the times, I suppose.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Sorry to hear that. I couldn't imagine a person producing more informative or attractive classical music coverage. A sign of the times, I suppose.

Wow. You're pouring it on thick, but I love it. I'm still a bit raw about it, but I hope that something better will emerge... or at least a descent new home for the column...

[Baron Scarpia]

Wow. You're pouring it on thick, but I love it. I'm still a bit raw about it, but I hope that something better will emerge... or at least a descent new home for the column...

Not a bit, I think your "production values" are very high, and you've avoided the stuffy/snooty vibe. I hope you find a new home for your column.

[North Star]

Not a bit, I think your "production values" are very high, and you've avoided the stuffy/snooty vibe. I hope you find a new home for your column.

+1, a real shame.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks for all the clicks and the support. Alas, Forbes has decided to discontinue cultural and classical music coverage. This is the anteprepenultimate such post on Forbes.com.

Very sorry to learn so, Jens.

[Karl Henning]

Not a bit, I think your "production values" are very high, and you've avoided the stuffy/snooty vibe. I hope you find a new home for your column.

+1, a real shame.

+1

[Sergeant Rock]

Thanks for all the clicks and the support. Alas, Forbes has decided to discontinue cultural and classical music coverage. This is the anteprepenultimate such post on Forbes.com.

Jens, this news literally hurts. I will dearly miss your Forbes articles. I honestly think you are the greatest classical music critic we have today, and the most amusing. I mean who else would end a review this way: First Beethoven One through Nine and now a cow, snout to tail—what an evening, what a week!

You are one of a kind, and irreplaceable.

Sarge, whose bad week just got worse

[aukhawk]

Very sad.  Your links and writings have led me down some interesting roads, for which I thank you.

[Florestan]

Not a bit, I think your "production values" are very high, and you've avoided the stuffy/snooty vibe. I hope you find a new home for your column.

You are one of a kind, and irreplaceable.

+ 3

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Wow, this thread is quickly becoming my new favorite!!!    

It looks like I might have found an outlet for part of my output, namely some of my CD reviews. Not going to jinx it, so I'll wait until I see my own on-line, before I blurt.