The Classical Chat Thread

[jlaurson]

An organist buddy introduced me to this yesterday. Can you even believe it?

http://www.youtube.com/v/QApu6Xk5w28

In which direction do you mean our disbelieve to go??

There's little of his that I like, but nothing that doesn't amaze me.
And as long as he looks (looked) like Pee-wee Herman came in out of a glue-storm and was rolled around in the Svarovsky factory reject bin, there will  be (were) a lot of people that won't even allow themselves to be amazed by him. And he talks, for all the unbridled enthusiasm, like someone typing in All-CAPS. At least he's thrown away the white rhinestone costume... so he seems to be on the right track! 

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For Winter's Rains and Ruins Are Over
Music in celebration of springtime
http://www.listenmusicmag.com/feature/for-winters-rains-and-ruins-are-over.php

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: jlaurson on Today at 05:36:28 PM

In which direction do you mean out disbelieve to go??

 
You are at perfect liberty.

[Karl Henning]

Approaching two years late, I find out that the blog, Dial 'M' for Musicology has shuttered up.

[Leo K.]

as long as he looks (looked) like Pee-wee Herman came in out of a glue-storm and was rolled around in the Svarovsky factory reject bin, there will  be (were) a lot of people that won't even allow themselves to be amazed by him.

I am one of those people 

[Ataraxia]

Er...didn't Classics Today used to get updated...I dunno..like daily? 

[DavidW]

Er...didn't Classics Today used to get updated...I dunno..like daily? 

Yup that's why they have today's new reviews... boy I can't remember how long it's been since I used that site.

[Ataraxia]

Those reviews have been out there for at least three days.

[DavidW]

You should write them a letter!

[Ataraxia]

 

[Ataraxia]

You should write them a letter!

It appears they've changed the look of the site.

http://www.classicstoday.com/

[eyeresist]

Wow, ClassicsToday's new search function is a load of shit. Instead of simply selecting categories from a drop-down list, you have to type, and get those annoying autocomplete prompts. I ignored them, searched for "shostakovich" and "quartet", and got f-all. Genius. Oh, I did get a warning about a script threatening to cause a memory leak, so I guess that's something....?

[eyeresist]

On Sunday afternoon, ABC TV showed the second half of 2011 last of the proms. (They showed the first half a few weeks ago.) A horrible experience. The audience was blowing those cheap plastic horns and also employing other noisemakers, even during the music; Britten's Young Person's Guide was ruined by mediocre poetry recited by a mediocre, crowd-baiting actress, there was a singalong of "You'll never walk alone", and all the prommers bobbing in time to P&C1 looked like twats. I sat there watching all the Champagne Charlies and Hooray Harrys, thinking "If a bomb went off now would it really be so terrible? True, it would take out the orchestra, but London has so many who would notice?"

[Brian]

Digging through MDT's clearance sale, I found something really surprising. The 23-year-old Emmanuel Pahud recorded a Marco Polo CD just as he was joining the Berlin Philharmonic.



Looks pretty tempting at US $3.60.

[Papy Oli]

oh dear... one was not impressed 

[Lethevich]

Things I want to see #28: an orchestra playing an opera where each instrumentalist whose mouth is not occuped by an instrument also fills the role of the of the singers and choir members.

[Opus106]

Things I want to see #28: an orchestra playing an opera where each instrumentalist whose mouth is not occuped by an instrument also fills the role of the of the singers and choir members.

I've witnessed something like that in a small and much less straining work: Berio's Opus Number Zoo.

[TheGSMoeller]

Things I want to see #28: an orchestra playing an opera where each instrumentalist whose mouth is not occuped by an instrument also fills the role of the of the singers and choir members.

What a concept!
Here's your chance to write an original opera about an orchestra, the staging is a full orchestra tuxedos and all, it takes place during a performance and while certain musicians aren't playing their instruments they are singing...of course the difficulty is creating a plot that would be interesting...some love triangles, political disagreements...a slightly similar concept was done by the great Fellini...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra_Rehearsal

[eyeresist]

An amusing review teaser at MusicWeb today:

Pyotr Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) The Nutcracker Marie Lindquist, Anders Nordström, Jens Rosén, Alexandra Kastrinos, Royal Swedish Opera O/Renat Salavatov rec. 1999 ARTHAUS MUSIK [RMay]  Not a first choice but certainly an interesting supplement for anyone seeking a new slant on a popular old favourite or intending to cast a vote for the Social Democratic Party.

[Ataraxia]

I have a $25 iTunes gift card burning a hole in my wallet.

HELP!!!

[TheGSMoeller]

I have a $25 iTunes gift card burning a hole in my wallet.

HELP!!!

Just PM me the gift card code, thanks.