The Classical Chat Thread

[Moonfish]

I like mine with salt on the rim.

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[EigenUser]

Late Romanticism is indeed a disease. Its Latin name is margaritas ante porcos.   

...and its common name is Mahleria -- carried by mosquitoes, of course!

[king ubu]

So, is being in love a disease?

Put another way: that dude Fibich ... anyone knows if there's any (far) relation between him and the Fibich family of Strasbourg? The one that had a daughter called Cleophe, object of amorous whatever (thoughts, dreams, desires, maybe even actions?) first one a dude called JWvG and then the great unsung JMR Lenz?

Probably not, but I just want to know.

[Moonfish]

Which Opera Character Are You?

[Florestan]

Which Opera Character Are You?

Figaro

Figaro is here, there, everywhere; he's the man for the job not matter what.
He cuts your hair, fixes your love problems, he creates the perfect schemes and is witty and nonchalant while doing it. Using cunning and creativity to get through life,
he is the prime example of the self-made man of the Age of Enlightenment.
He needs no fortune or titles to be happy, and lets nobody mess around with his right to be a free man. A true revolutionary and idealist!

[Ken B]

Which Opera Character Are You?

Sarastro. Why is the question underlined? 

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Azucena. I did not see that coming.

[Florestan]

Azucena. I did not see that coming.

Dear Madam,

As per Jochanaan´s suggestion, you are hereby officially invited to take part in the Men Right´s Movement debate. 

[jlaurson]

ARTS & LETTERS 2/04/2015
Munich Bungles Concert Hall Plans

[Wanderer]

Which Opera Character Are You?

Wotan. Cool.

[jlaurson]

ARTS & LETTERS 3/04/2015
Munich Philharmonic Responds To Concert Hall Controversy

[Todd]

I received notice that Gramophone has open voting for it Hall of Fame.  I perused the list, saw Annie Fischer's name, and decided to vote.  Good, pointless fun.  (That Ms Fischer is not in the Hall already, and Lang Lang is, sort of tells me all I need to know about entrance standards.)

[jlaurson]

This might be of interest to Sarge and other Hobbit-Haydn fans.

The Hobbit is about to be driven out of the Shire!

(Albeit in German)

Heidelberger Sinfoniker sind in ihrer Existenz gefährdet

Heidelberger Orchester muss ohne Chefdirigent Thomas Fey durchs Jahr kommen - Keine Erwähnung im Haushaltsentwurf der Stadt

[jlaurson]

Well, not quite. The Hobbit fell and is recovering. The Symphony gets no money... and the Haydn recordings fell through even earlier: http://www.rnz.de/kultur-tipps/kultur-regional_artikel,-Aus-fuer-Haydn-_arid,3263.html

Apparently didn't sell well enough, so Hanssler nixed them. Bit short-sighted, it seems... though obviously I was not part of the negotiations. Hard to figure out who was being boneheaded. But wouldn't the label have had incentive to get to the finishing line? How are they going to market an incomplete Haydn Symphony Cycle?

Apparently Frieder Bernius will perform (and record?) some of the remaining symphonies while Fey is recovering from his fall... if it isn't Fey, I find that to be a very good choice, on paper.

[Ken B]

I received notice that Gramophone has open voting for it Hall of Fame.  I perused the list, saw Annie Fischer's name, and decided to vote.  Good, pointless fun.  (That Ms Fischer is not in the Hall already, and Lang Lang is, sort of tells me all I need to know about entrance standards.)

Some of those names are surprising. Piatigorsky and Mitropoulus are out? Anyway I voted for Hogwood and Leonhardt and Bylsma, who got so little love on the Bach cello thread.

[Pat B]

Apparently didn't sell well enough, so Hanssler nixed them. Bit short-sighted, it seems... though obviously I was not part of the negotiations. Hard to figure out who was being boneheaded. But wouldn't the label have had incentive to get to the finishing line? How are they going to market an incomplete Haydn Symphony Cycle?

The same way Decca does?

[kishnevi]

I received notice that Gramophone has open voting for it Hall of Fame.  I perused the list, saw Annie Fischer's name, and decided to vote.  Good, pointless fun.  (That Ms Fischer is not in the Hall already, and Lang Lang is, sort of tells me all I need to know about entrance standards.)

I voted for Leonhardt, Flagstad, and Isaac Stern...one conductor, one singer, one instrumentalist.

But half that list should already be in such a HoF.

[jlaurson]

The same way Decca does?

You mean: Shortly before Fey dies, 20 years after the fact? 

[Pat B]

You mean: Shortly before Fey dies, 20 years after the fact? 

I was just thinking "with general ineptitude." Though most of Decca's ineptitude was in cutting it off where they did (after paying to record 3/4 of the cycle, but leaving out several that didn't yet have PI recordings, and also most of the most popular ones).

Hänssler's timing is less illogical, though I would think they would still want to do 91 and 101.

[jlaurson]

ARTS & LETTERS 4/01/2015
The Vienna Symphony's Path Out Of The Shadow