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[Beethoven - Piano ClassicsDubravka Tomsic102 SONGS • 10 HOURS AND 56 MINUTES • MAY 01 2009]

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Last post by prémont - Today at 01:42:55 AM

Technically it actually only lists Tomsic on one track. And then proceeds to list nobody at all on all the other tracks.

This is the heading, hinting at Tomsic for all the tracks:

Beethoven - Piano Classics
Dubravka Tomsic

102 SONGS • 10 HOURS AND 56 MINUTES • MAY 01 2009

#2

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Last post by Madiel - Today at 01:39:07 AM

@Todd, Amazon offers a complete Beethoven set for download in mp3 format, all attributed to Dubravka Tomsic. If this were true, it would be sensational, which is why I'm skeptical. Given your extensive experience with Beethoven sonata collections, can you determine the actual performers?

https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Sonata-Flat-Op-Hammerklavier/dp/B002ZFMQLO

Technically it actually only lists Tomsic on one track. And then proceeds to list nobody at all on all the other tracks.

The same thing is on YouTube by the way.

[A Dance in the Garden of Mirth.Music from the Middle Ages.See back cover for details.The Dufay Collective.Recorded: 1993.]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Harry - Today at 01:21:11 AM

A Dance in the Garden of Mirth.
Music from the Middle Ages.
See back cover for details.
The Dufay Collective.
Recorded: 1993.

Every bit as fascinating as the previous two recordings I have listen on the same label. The performances are exemplary and SOTA sound. A forgotten ensemble but well worth exploring. There are even more recordings of them to explore, which I will.

#4

The Diner / Re: The football (soccer) thre...

Last post by DaveF - Today at 12:34:15 AM

I like your manager (ex Man U). Arteta he ain't, thankfully.

He's not for sale either   I think (hope) he's sensible enough to realise that if he went to a "big" club, and if he didn't get at least 13 points out of his first 15, he'd be packing his bags again soon enough.

#5

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by prémont - Today at 12:21:38 AM

Almost always put in an international order this will happen to me.  After I confirm it, I'll have to redo the checkout as the card denied first time.  I prefer the system where it just asks for a two factor authentication instead of immediately rejecting it.  But eh it is a small inconvenience to pay to avoid fraud.

Interestingly, I'm directed to use two-factor authentication by Amazon.de and can place orders without any issues. However, Amazon.com, Amazon.fr, and likely other Amazon sites do not prompt me for two-factor authentication.

#6

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...

Last post by Florestan - Today at 12:17:57 AM

I'm familiar with this Hanslick comment, with which I agree.

Well, I find Hanslick's comment particularly inept in view of the fact that the main theme of the finale has more than a vague resemblance to that of Mendelssohn's VC, and Felix certainly was not a vodka-drinking, unkempt, cursing muzhik.. I wonder what Hanslick may have said about Mussorgsky, who in his late years probably literally smelled like vodka. 

#7

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by vandermolen - Today at 12:13:03 AM

Walton: Symphony No.1
Philharmonia Orch. Haitink
I'd forgotten what a fine performance this is. Haitink treats it a bit like Bruckner or Mahler - the slow movement is especially impressive given this treatment, however I was gripped throughout.

#8

The Diner / Re: The unimportant news threa...

Last post by Jo498 - Today at 12:07:32 AM

I've known that for years. 

I think everyone in Europe knew this. Here even the homeless with some pride left prefer to drink beer from bottles.
Even disregarding beer, I was basically brought up to view cans as for "emergencies" only (like on a road trip). This might partly have been because children could easily cut their lips on the old style openings that were replaced only in the late 80s? or even later with the safer ones.
That people would buy dozens of cans for home consumption of soda pops and drink from the can at home (instead of pouring into a glass) was completely unknown to me and I was quite surprised when I saw this in the US among middle class people...

[Elizabethan Consort Music 1558-1603.See back cover for details.Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall.Recorded in 1997.]

#9

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Harry - Today at 12:05:20 AM

Elizabethan Consort Music 1558-1603.
See back cover for details.
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall.
Recorded in 1997.

One of the finest recordings by Savall. And almost SOTA sound. I always puts a smile on my face, when I hear the Galliards, Pavans, and Allemandes.

[a finale that transfers us to the brutal and wretched jollity of a Russian holiday. We see plainly the savage, vulgar faces; we hear curses, we smell vodka.]

#10

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 12:03:11 AM

I am reminded of Eduard Hanslick's criticism of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto:

    "The Russian composer Tchaikovsky is an inflated [talent], without discrimination or taste. Such is also his long and pretentious Violin Concerto. For a while it moves musically, and not without spirit. But soon vulgarity gains the upper hand. The violin is no longer played; it is pulled, torn, shredded. The [second movement] Adagio is on its best behavior. But it breaks off to make way for a finale that transfers us to the brutal and wretched jollity of a Russian holiday. We see plainly the savage, vulgar faces; we hear curses, we smell vodka. Friedrich Vischer once observed, speaking of obscene pictures, that they stink to the eye. Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto gives us for the first time the hideous notion that there can be music that stinks to the ear."

(emphasis mine)

FWIW, this VC is one of my Top 5 favorites. As for Hanslick's own music, as we Romanians say, not even the devil has heard of it. 

I'm familiar with this Hanslick comment, with which I agree. By the way, I have long loved the Violin Concerto, especially the middle movement. I don't listen to it anymore.