Box Blather

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Ken B

Quote from: Moonfish on November 21, 2014, 06:56:57 AM
Nope, I haven't listened to 51 (Dukas, Ravel et al), but I will follow your lead!  :)

Definitely! The chamber box was/is charming and was ultimately responsible for me getting the other sets. I fell for the Schubert recordings quickly followed by the Haydn. Have you listened to Schubert's Octet?

Yes, a powerful Eroica! Why aren't Scherchen's recordings more widely available...? It seems like his legacy has melted away for some obscure reason.

Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?


kishnevi

Quote from: Ken B on November 25, 2014, 06:09:10 PM
Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?



If you see a sailor giving an emotional embrace to a female, yes.  Nice combination of the two symphonic titles.

Mookalafalas

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on November 25, 2014, 06:28:03 PM
If you see a sailor giving an emotional embrace to a female, yes.

  took me a while to see that, but you're right. First I was seeing something more like what Ken was >:D
It's all good...

Ken B

Quote from: Baklavaboy on November 26, 2014, 01:00:26 AM
  took me a while to see that, but you're right. First I was seeing something more like what Ken was >:D
Yeah. After Jeffrey posted then, after a second or two, I could see he was right. It's a sailor's cap not part of his collar, and the picture re-orients ...

Cosi bel do

A lot of these Westminster midprice covers were really strange. One of the most ugly and weirdly alluring is, I guess, the following :


Brian

Quote from: Discobolus on November 26, 2014, 07:04:10 AM
A lot of these Westminster midprice covers were really strange. One of the most ugly and weirdly alluring is, I guess, the following :


Yes. I spent years trying to buy this LP to put on my wall, but when one seller delivered it to me, they had sent a reissue with a different cover. Meanwhile, one of my college friends found it in a thrift shop. You can see his copy in the background of this almost-silent comedy - and hear his copy on the soundtrack!

http://www.youtube.com/v/SVAjLyv79go

Moonfish

Quote from: Brian on November 26, 2014, 09:21:01 PM
Yes. I spent years trying to buy this LP to put on my wall, but when one seller delivered it to me, they had sent a reissue with a different cover. Meanwhile, one of my college friends found it in a thrift shop. You can see his copy in the background of this almost-silent comedy - and hear his copy on the soundtrack!

http://www.youtube.com/v/SVAjLyv79go

Creative film!  :D
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North Star

Quote from: Moonfish on November 26, 2014, 10:44:13 PM
Creative film!  :D
Looks more like a documentary to me.  8) (not that I'm personally that bad with deadlines)
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Moonfish

Quote from: North Star on November 26, 2014, 10:48:06 PM
Looks more like a documentary to me.  8) (not that I'm personally that bad with deadlines)

Well, one can get a lot done in four minutes...... :P
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Jo498

I missed it the first time. Behind the protagonist's right shoulder at 0:56 f.
Which campus was that filmed on?
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Moonfish

Quote from: Jo498 on November 26, 2014, 11:34:30 PM
I missed it the first time. Behind the protagonist's right shoulder at 0:56 f.
Which campus was that filmed on?

Also at 5:00!  :)
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Brian

Quote from: Jo498 on November 26, 2014, 11:34:30 PM
I missed it the first time. Behind the protagonist's right shoulder at 0:56 f.
Which campus was that filmed on?
Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Pat B

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Quote from: Brian on November 27, 2014, 05:41:22 AM
Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Doesn't look like it to me. :-[

ETA: Well, it does when I actually play the video.

PerfectWagnerite

Quote from: Discobolus on November 26, 2014, 07:04:10 AM
A lot of these Westminster midprice covers were really strange. One of the most ugly and weirdly alluring is, I guess, the following :


I have this one from EMI that strikes me as a non sequitur:



I gather that either

1) Kennedy or Rattle or both are dog lovers
2) Kennedy or Rattle is so-called "Big Dog" in this music.

It is even more strange since Kennedy has another recording of this music with a much more traditional cover:


Gurn Blanston

Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on November 27, 2014, 06:19:04 AM
I have this one from EMI that strikes me as a non sequitur:



I gather that either

1) Kennedy or Rattle or both are dog lovers
2) Kennedy or Rattle is so-called "Big Dog" in this music.

It is even more strange since Kennedy has another recording of this music with a much more traditional cover:



I love that Westminster cover, which I only first saw in our own 'Horrible CD covers' thread!

I should have thought the bulldog (symbol of Britain for the last 100 years, at least outside of Britain) referred to the all-Brit repertoire. The Big Dog analogy seems a bit strained given those two subjects... :D

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Moonfish

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on November 27, 2014, 06:34:53 AM
I love that Westminster cover, which I only first saw in our own 'Horrible CD covers' thread!

I should have thought the bulldog (symbol of Britain for the last 100 years, at least outside of Britain) referred to the all-Brit repertoire. The Big Dog analogy seems a bit strained given those two subjects... :D

8)

A lovely landscape painting indeed!   8)
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Mookalafalas

My box-buying cash reserve has slowly grown.  Anticipating soon getting either the Seon big box or the new Decca "black chocolate" box.  Is it is a coincidence that since I stopped buying music I seem to have less energy and enthusiasm (in general)?
It's all good...

Brian

Quote from: Pat B on November 27, 2014, 05:56:41 AM
Doesn't look like it to me. :-[

ETA: Well, it does when I actually play the video.
That freeze-frame image is a new coffee shop pavilion they built around 2009. Campus reaction has been divided, to say the least.

Moonfish

Quote from: Baklavaboy on November 27, 2014, 06:54:47 AM
My box-buying cash reserve has slowly grown.  Anticipating soon getting either the Seon big box or the new Decca "black chocolate" box.  Is it is a coincidence that since I stopped buying music I seem to have less energy and enthusiasm (in general)?

Yes, it is life sustaining! You....have...to...get..........both....  *gasp* *puff* *acckk*...
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Ken B

Quote from: Moonfish on November 27, 2014, 08:52:52 AM
Yes, it is life sustaining! You....have...to...get..........both....  *gasp* *puff* *acckk*...

Dear god Al, your abstemiousness is killing Moonfish! Scrooge-by-proxy Syndrome!

The Seon box looks about half duplicates to me. Check it carefully.  :(