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Madiel

#360
May 12, 2015, 03:28:15 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on May 11, 2015, 08:17:30 AM
I wonder why the booklet mentioned a complete Monteux version with the LSO? Perhaps it has been extinguished in some old vault...

Or perhaps whoever wrote the booklet just got their facts wrong. It would hardly be the first time.
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Karl Henning

#361
June 15, 2015, 06:53:02 AM
Anyone know anything of Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison?
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[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

San Antone

#362
June 15, 2015, 07:04:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 15, 2015, 06:53:02 AM
Anyone know anything of Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison?

Here's roughly translated page from the Italian Wiki.

A better description.

Karl Henning

#363
June 15, 2015, 08:29:19 AM
Merci!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Bogey

#364
July 07, 2015, 05:29:45 AM


Any reflections on these performances appreciated:



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Drasko

#365
July 07, 2015, 08:44:57 AM
Quote from: Bogey on July 07, 2015, 05:29:45 AM

Any reflections on these performances appreciated:



I find it a bit ponderous, but many obviously disagree as it was released in EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series.

Bogey

#366
July 07, 2015, 12:16:30 PM
Quote from: Draško on July 07, 2015, 08:44:57 AM
I find it a bit ponderous, but many obviously disagree as it was released in EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series.

EMI's opinion of their own body of work does not hold much here.  Yours does.  Thanks!
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Ken B

#367
July 07, 2015, 01:14:58 PM
Quote from: Draško on July 07, 2015, 08:44:57 AM
I find it a bit ponderous, but many obviously disagree as it was released in EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series.

La Mer ponderous? Do tell ...

Sergeant Rock

#368
July 07, 2015, 01:37:37 PM Last Edit: July 07, 2015, 01:41:22 PM by Sergeant Rock
Quote from: Ken B on July 07, 2015, 01:14:58 PM
La Mer ponderous? Do tell ...

Nah, Giulini is a sprinter compared to the conductor of my favorite La Mer:

De l'aube à midi sur la mer: Giulini LA 9:26, Celibidache 12:42.

Now that is taking the très lent marking seriously  8)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Christo

#369
July 07, 2015, 01:40:37 PM Last Edit: July 08, 2015, 09:56:49 AM by Christo
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 07, 2015, 01:37:37 PM
Nah, Giulini is a sprinter compared to the conductor of my favorite La Mer:

De l'aube à midi sur la mer: Giulini LA 9:26, Celibidache 12:42.

Sarge

De  l'aube au soir?  ;D


Edit: oops, le soir. #ofcourse
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Sergeant Rock

#370
July 07, 2015, 01:44:07 PM
Quote from: Christo on July 07, 2015, 01:40:37 PM
De l'aube à la soir?   ;D

;D :D ;D   ....till damn near bedtime.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

EigenUser

#371
July 07, 2015, 03:23:31 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 07, 2015, 01:37:37 PM
Nah, Giulini is a sprinter compared to the conductor of my favorite La Mer:

De l'aube à midi sur la mer: Giulini LA 9:26, Celibidache 12:42.

Now that is taking the très lent marking seriously  8)

Sarge
Satie made a witty (as usual) remark "I really liked the part that was quarter past 10." or something like that.
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Sergeant Rock

#372
July 07, 2015, 03:31:47 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on July 07, 2015, 03:23:31 PM
Satie made a witty (as usual) remark "I really liked the part that was quarter past 10." or something like that.

That's great  ;D

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#373
July 08, 2015, 04:07:29 AM
That Satie was such a carte!  8)

La mer is one of the few Celibidache recordings I have heard, and it is revelatory.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

#374
July 08, 2015, 06:44:58 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 08, 2015, 04:07:29 AM
That Satie was such a carte!  8)

La mer is one of the few Celibidache recordings I have heard, and it is revelatory.

You haven't heard Celibidache's Bruckner, Karl?

Uhor

#375
January 29, 2016, 04:42:44 PM
As subtle as Mozart, unsurpassed in harmony, rhythmically rich, in his best a giant to stand on.

Jaakko Keskinen

#376
January 30, 2016, 08:57:55 AM
I think Debussy's musical language is among the most varied in history of music. Debussy uses so extremely rich colors in his compositions that I fall in love with them instantly. He always manages to surprise me. There is only one composer whose variety of musical language I place higher than Debussy's.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Madiel

#377
February 01, 2016, 05:06:59 PM
Curious if anyone has ever heard this?

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It seems to be the only recording. I looked on streaming sites and iTunes for a sample but couldn't find it. Only the CD.
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ritter

#378
February 02, 2016, 01:00:07 AM
Quote from: orfeo on February 01, 2016, 05:06:59 PM
Curious if anyone has ever heard this?

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It seems to be the only recording. I looked on streaming sites and iTunes for a sample but couldn't find it. Only the CD.
I have, some years ago (it wasn't easy to get). Unorchetsrated; it was done posthumously--very posthumously  :D--by Edison Denisov for the world première in 1993 (from which this recording emanated). Catulle Mendès libretto is not that great, and the opera is miles away from Pelléas or mature Debussy in general. A historical curiosity, not much more than that (but I must relisten sometime soon, as it's beeen a while).

Madiel

#379
February 02, 2016, 01:04:53 AM
Yeah, I knew Debussy didn't orchestrate it (true of quite a few of his works, it seems), but it was interesting because apparently he did complete quite a lot of music for it, unlike some of his other abandoned projects.
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