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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Recordings That You Are Co...

Last post by pjme - Today at 12:32:15 PM

This I found (many years ago...) on the site of the Koechlin family:

https://archive.ph/DTzso#selection-945.1-1013.3

Vous l'avez compris, le nom Koechlin se prononce donc : "Kéklin". Vous voilà informé : vous n'avez plus aucune excuse pour écorcher notre beau nom de famille !

#2

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: CPO diaries

Last post by Brian - Today at 12:20:23 PM

Upthread, I enjoyed Robert Kahn's clarinet trio. Here the focus is two cello sonatas and three collected miniatures, all of then written from about 1902-1912 in a very, very Brahms-inspired mood. The booklet recounts how Kahn spent his youth trying to add himself to the Brahms circle - slowly befriending all the composer's friends until they finally introduced him, then being adopted by Brahms in a father/mentor type relationship.

The Brahms influence is best felt in Kahn's fondness for some of the same chords and harmonic progressions, and particularly his adaptation of the great Brahms habit of closely alternating major and minor keys to create emotional complexity. The thing that's not so complex is Kahn's melodic material: the first movement of No. 1 and the finale of No. 2, especially, are rather simplistic short motifs that are repeated just too many times. But the music is unfailingly attractive if you can handle that repetition, and Kahn only drifts from his idol's musical language once, in the last minute or so of No. 2, when the cello briefly wanders through some more modern harmonic territory.

All in all, it's a very pleasant album but non-essential unless you are a hardcore Brahmsian - in which case it probably is essential. For me, I'm happy to use this as background music for reading a book on a weekend morning, or keeping cozy in winter weather. Thedeen and Triendl are such accomplished musicians that their playing adds to the interest.

#3

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Purchases Today

Last post by nico1616 - Today at 12:18:34 PM

Kossenko is a great baroque conductor and amazon.fr had good prices for these.

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

Last post by Bachtoven - Today at 12:18:33 PM

A very enjoyable new release.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Recordings That You Are Co...

Last post by MickeyBoy - Today at 12:12:44 PM

How do you actually pronounce his name?  Does the first syllable rhyme with peu? And the second rhyme with vin?  Does the  ch sound like cheval?

I always thought it was like Kechlin (French way) or Keshlin (English) both with nasalised 'lin'

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

Last post by nico1616 - Today at 12:11:09 PM

Found this cd in the local Oxfam shop for 2 euros. You can't go wrong with Arrau in Beethoven.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Recordings That You Are Co...

Last post by Spotted Horses - Today at 11:59:54 AM

How do you actually pronounce his name?  Does the first syllable rhyme with peu? And the second rhyme with vin?  Does the  ch sound like cheval?

les heures persanes -- faut pas sommeiller. C'est plutôt la douce rêverie.

I assumed it was originally German, with hard ch and oe approximating o with umlaut.

I found this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/m42l71/whats_the_etymology_of_the_french_surname_koechlin/?rdt=60047

#8

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Recordings That You Are Co...

Last post by ritter - Today at 11:45:19 AM

How do you actually pronounce his name?  Does the first syllable rhyme with peu? And the second rhyme with vin?  Does the  ch sound like cheval?

...

I previously thought it was something like what you say, i.e. "Keushlan" (kinda), but apparently it's "Keuqlan". The "oe" does indeed sound like the "eu" of peu...

https://es.forvo.com/search/Koechlin/

#9

Introductions / Re: How many here were partici...

Last post by Archaic Torso of Apollo - Today at 11:42:12 AM

And the hits just keep on coming:

ER Bostonides: He was a classics teacher at a private school, originally from Boston (hence the nick). When I moved to NJ, he invited me over to listen to his monster stereo. I went back several times, because there was jack to do in Central Joisey on a weekend and it was a fun thing to do.

Randall Wetmore: Young man with "the confidence of youth" (i.e. dogmatic opinions, fervently held). A nice guy when I met him. Was influenced by Anstendig, and became a proponent of vinyl, and later SACD.

Heck: Bassoonist with an orchestra in Massachusetts. Generally an OK guy, but if you criticized the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in any way, he was likely to spit venom at you.

David Orea: I only remember him because he was from Mexico, at a time when there wasn't much non-Anglophone participation.

Andy Linkner: Another modern music fan; gave me some useful recs for Nordic composers.

Jean Wysocki: Another of those fun people who were exploring classical music and open to all kinds of experiences, which they then reported on.

Bryon Gunsch (Phrodeau): Apparently he ran a theater group in Minnesota, or something like that.

#10

The Diner / Re: Cato's Grammar Grumble

Last post by Karl Henning - Today at 11:38:46 AM

The BBC wouldn't give him a job speaking in that non-inclusive manner nowadays! And he said "Scotch" and "Hebrew" .

The joke I heard when in Ohio:

— Are you Scotch?
— Only by absorption.