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Hector

#820
September 25, 2007, 06:06:57 AM
Ernst Toch?

Anybody know him or his music?

I read an article about him and have decided to take advantage of yet another CPO sale and buy a disc of his symphonies, written late in life (he died in LA in 1963).

He won the Nobel prize for music.

I'm sure somebody, other than Harry, had good things to say about him (I'm not knocking you,Harry, just seeking another opinion :)).

Florestan

#821
September 25, 2007, 06:11:56 AM
Quote from: Hector on September 25, 2007, 06:06:57 AM
He won the Nobel prize for music.

:o :o :o 

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"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

longears

#822
September 25, 2007, 06:13:23 AM
Quote from: Hector on September 25, 2007, 06:06:57 AM
He won the Nobel prize for music.


Who won for gardening?

karlhenning

#823
September 25, 2007, 06:49:16 AM
Quote from: Hector on September 25, 2007, 06:06:57 AM
Ernst Toch?

Anybody know him or his music?

Not nearly well enough!  My ears made an initial pass through his symphonies, which I well remember enjoying, but I need to go back and listen again.

Cato is your man here!

Que

#824
September 25, 2007, 09:01:09 AM
Quote from: masolino on September 25, 2007, 12:53:35 AM
The set by Vogel is here - TO ME first hearing of the first disk (recorded earliest in 1987) appears to be giving a very positive impression.  Not to say that the Foccoroulle set can be in any way inferior, but this is solid and good.

Thanks! :)

Q

bhodges

#825
September 25, 2007, 01:13:11 PM
Berg: Wozzeck (Bruno Maderna/Hamburg State Opera, 1970, DVD) - I just stumbled across a review of this on Classics Today, and it sounds totally terrific.  It was filmed on the grounds of an old deserted castle, which sounds perfect for this opera.  By chance, has anyone else here seen it?

http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=11165

--Bruce

Lilas Pastia

#826
September 25, 2007, 03:55:09 PM
Well, I thought Hector was just pulling our leg, but Toch did win a prize for his music. It's the Pulitzer (1956, for his third symphhony).

But it brings to the surface the absolutely incredible fact that music has never been considered worthy of a Nobel  >:(.

Bogey

#827
September 25, 2007, 06:54:07 PM Last Edit: September 25, 2007, 06:59:01 PM by Bogey
Quote from: longears on September 25, 2007, 06:13:23 AM
Who won for gardening?

Line of the day.  :D

But then again, there was of course Norman Borlaug in 1970. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Hector

#828
September 26, 2007, 06:19:29 AM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 25, 2007, 03:55:09 PM
Well, I thought Hector was just pulling our leg, but Toch did win a prize for his music. It's the Pulitzer (1956, for his third symphhony).

But it brings to the surface the absolutely incredible fact that music has never been considered worthy of a Nobel  >:(.

You are right, there is no Nobel prize for music, more's the pity. I think this was misinformation on Wikipedia but I may be wrong about that (it was a busy day ::)).

Thanks everyone but I have dove in and ordered one CPO disc!

Hector

#829
September 26, 2007, 06:22:02 AM
Quote from: longears on September 25, 2007, 06:13:23 AM
Who won for gardening?

George W. Bush for ignoring the maxim that when you are in a hole you should stop digging.

George

#830
September 27, 2007, 06:39:02 PM
Guess this thread didn't get thumbtacked.  :-\

Anyway, I am considering this one:



Lilas Pastia

#831
September 27, 2007, 06:51:43 PM
As always: if the price is right... :D

Joke apart, Ogodon is one of the most honest artists of the past century. If you buy, please share impressions!

George

#832
September 27, 2007, 06:54:38 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 27, 2007, 06:51:43 PM
As always: if the price is right... :D

Joke apart, Ogodon is one of the most honest artists of the past century. If you buy, please share impressions!

I know he was great up to a point, but I forget where that point is.  :-\

I sure love his Scriabin on EMI and his Rachmaninov Etudes on Testament.  8)

Lilas Pastia

#833
September 27, 2007, 07:00:42 PM
Quote from: George on September 27, 2007, 06:54:38 PM
I know he was great up to a point, but I forget where that point is.  :-\


You know a whole PHD thesis could be made on that subject?? It's actually THE point everybody argues about on this forum...

George

#834
September 27, 2007, 07:24:10 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on September 27, 2007, 07:00:42 PM
You know a whole PHD thesis could be made on that subject?? It's actually THE point everybody argues about on this forum...

I must have missed those discussions.  :-\

Dancing Divertimentian

#835
September 27, 2007, 08:57:52 PM
Complete Scriabin symphonies. Recordings from 1996.


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Grazioso

#836
September 28, 2007, 03:49:27 AM
Quote from: donwyn on September 27, 2007, 08:57:52 PM
Complete Scriabin symphonies. Recordings from 1996.




Haven't heard it, but note that Muti's EMI set is available dirt cheap licensed on Brilliant records.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Dancing Divertimentian

#837
September 28, 2007, 07:11:05 PM
Quote from: Grazioso on September 28, 2007, 03:49:27 AM
Haven't heard it, but note that Muti's EMI set is available dirt cheap licensed on Brilliant records.

Thanks, Grazioso!



Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Drasko

#838
September 28, 2007, 07:28:42 PM
I have that Svetlanov Scriabin box. It's excellent, broad and lush. He adds few minutes to each work compared to his previous Melodiya cycle but that doesn't change the fact that Svetlanov rarely (if ever) puts foot wrong in Scriabin. Recorded sound is much better than Melodiya's earlier efforts, no spotlighting, natural balances, strings lose some of the edge but gain warmth and somewhat darker sound. If I were to nitpick I'd say that his earlier principal trumpet is better than the one in newer box who tends to somewhat force the tone in manner that I don't like.
Very good choice overall, even if I prefer his volcanic live '68 London Le Poeme de l' Extase (BBC) and Peter Izotov is no Richter in Promethee.

George

#839
September 28, 2007, 07:30:17 PM
Quote from: George on September 27, 2007, 06:39:02 PM
Guess this thread didn't get thumbtacked.  :-\

Anyway, I am considering this one:





I just read elsewhere that all of the performances in the above set are pre-breakdown. Good News!!
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