The Classical Chat Thread

[starrynight]

It needs to be quoted better here then.

[starrynight]

On emotion and how the listener perceives it...

In the case of the Romantics or the Moderns, by studying the composer´s biography, particularly the events surrounding, or triggering, the beginning of the creation of that given artwork. In the case of the Classical composers, by studying the musical rhetoric of their time. In the case of the Baroque composers, by studying the Affektenlehre. In the case of the Renaissance and Medieval composers, by understanding the texts being sung.

Surely it's all about rhetoric.  And some of that rhetoric does still get passed down to us, even if heavily modified over time.

[jlaurson]

Dip Your Ears, No. 198 (Mahler Transcribed)

Mahler Doubling Down on Ivory

What do you give the Mahlerian who already has everything and of each Symphony
five or twenty recordings? Why, piano transcriptions of those symphonies—in this
case of Symphonies One and Two, arranged by ...

[kishnevi]

http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/arts_culture/2015/07/now_playing_harpsichord_of_columbus_era_sounds_again

[jlaurson]

Fresh from Forbes:



JUN 12, 2015
Simply The Perfect Box Set: "Maria Callas Remastered"

...Then again, for every trend there is a counter-trend. One could look at the modest but steady rise of vinyl.
Silly, if you look at it from a high-fidelity point of view, but perfectly understandable if you think of music as a
sensual experience, rather than a commodity. Listening to vinyl will never, ever get you a better sound quality
than digital reproduction can (but need not necessarily) produce. But it gives you an experience that might
be likened to the ceremony involved in opening a good bottle of wine, decanting it, and enjoying it in a huge,
mouth-blown glass. Or think of vinyl as the magisterially stuffed pipe over the CD or mp3's thoughtlessly
puffed cigarette....

[starrynight]

But you could say a record is more of a commodity than say a digital format.  It's a physical material object.

[jlaurson]

But you could say a record is more of a commodity than say a digital format.  It's a physical material object.

stop pointing out my logical inconsistencies.   

Yes... hmmpf.

[Karl Henning]

I'll never thoughtlessly puff an mp3 again! 

[jlaurson]

Dip Your Ears, No. 199 (Mozart from Tetzlaff & Vogt)

Mozart Melt

Mozart at once old fashioned and intellectually fresh comes courtesy of
Lars Vogt and Christian Tetzlaff. The title of their album reflects refreshing
honesty:...

[jlaurson]

Remembering Charles Mackerras



TODAY, FIVE YEARS AGO, CHARLES MACKERRAS DIED. WELL WORTH RE-
SUSCITATING THIS REMEMBRANCE WHICH WAS INITIALLY WRITTEN FOR
WETA 90.9 WHERE IT HAS SINCE BEEN CHUCKED.

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2015/07/remembering-charles-mackerras.html

(apologies for the caps.)

[jlaurson]

Fresh from Forbes:



AUG 2, 2015
Turandot and Offenbach At The Bregenz Festival

...It might merit confessing that I'm not all that hot about Puccini and that I suffer from a general deficiency in appreciating Italian opera. That said, I consider Turandot the best compromise as far as quality and popularity is concerned.....

[Sergeant Rock]

Jens, the links take us to the Callas box set review.

Sarge

[jlaurson]

Jens, the links take us to the Callas box set review.

Sarge

Goshdarnit. Thanks!!!

[jlaurson]

Now:

Fresh from Forbes:



AUG 2, 2015
Turandot and Offenbach At The Bregenz Festival

...It might merit confessing that I'm not all that hot about Puccini and that I suffer from a general deficiency in appreciating Italian opera. That said, I consider Turandot the best compromise as far as quality and popularity is concerned.....

[Sergeant Rock]

Turandot and Offenbach At The Bregenz Festival

"auto-operatic asphyxiation" 

Sarge

[jlaurson]

"auto-operatic asphyxiation" 

Sarge

Hehe. Thanks. Quite pleased, I was, with that one. 

[Karl Henning]

Sometimes, "thread drift" sets in practically at the outset.

[jlaurson]

Fresh from Forbes:



AUG 5, 2015
The 2015 Bayreuth Festival Ring: Das Rheingold

...The Rhinemaidens were a terrific trio, extremely even and very good and saucy
actresses all, svelte blondes, sexed-up lascivious bombshells with ankles to which
no English critic could object....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2015/08/05/the-2015-bayreuth-festival-ring-das-rheingold/

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[jochanaan]

Fresh from Forbes:



AUG 5, 2015
The 2015 Bayreuth Festival Ring: Das Rheingold

...The Rhinemaidens were a terrific trio, extremely even and very good and saucy
actresses all, svelte blondes, sexed-up lascivious bombshells with ankles to which
no English critic could object....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2015/08/05/the-2015-bayreuth-festival-ring-das-rheingold/

What?  No pictures of these sexy Rhinemaidens?

[jlaurson]

What?  No pictures of these sexy Rhinemaidens?

Just for you, I shall have some forthcoming (on ionarts)!