What are you listening to now?

[prémont]

Som i tidigare dagar, då Vikingar var ett hot mot det fria!

Utmärkt. Jag var inte alls medveten om att du hade lärt dig svenska.

[prémont]

Have you seen this? You can hear quite a bit of the set on it for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/v/7K3tHXF3tuk

I wonder, what Böhm's organ music and the four seasons have in common.

[Marc]

Utmärkt. Jag var inte alls medveten om att du hade lärt dig svenska.

Google Translate ("you don't say, Marc!").

When I was in Sweden about 25 years ago, I carried this small 'swedish for holidays' dictionary with me all the time, and I tried to ask questions and speak as 'Swedish' as I could.
And... it worked! It really did. The problem was though, that I did not understand a word of their Swedish answers to me.
So I had to say, with a red face: "Ursäkta, jag förstår inte svenska. Talar du engelska?"

And I performed this pigheaded shameful act each and every day. Silly me.

[Karl Henning]

When I was in Sweden about 25 years ago, I carried this small 'swedish for holidays' dictionary with me all the time, and I tried to ask questions and speak as 'Swedish' as I could.
And... it worked! It really did. The problem was though, that I did not understand a word of their Swedish answers to me.

I feel ya, entirely!

And:  Nothing shameful in trying to be a good guest!

[cilgwyn]

Elgar's swaggering,and very rousing,1923 recording of In the South. Yes,it's cut,but not so severely that it isn't very enjoyable (which it is). I'm listening to the Pearl set. The cd's are bronzed,but all still playable......so far!! The Viola solo is lovely. The sound is amazingly good,considering. So much so,I was joking that it had to be faked (which it isn't!). The image shown here is a bit 'chopped'!

[Marc]

I feel ya, entirely!

And: Nothing shameful in trying to be a good guest!

I feel ya!

What I did not mention though, was that I also wanted to impress my fellow traveller a bit with my 'knowledge' of Swedish... which of course became rather useless after a day or two.

[cilgwyn]

I have quite a soft spot for Arnold's 2nd Symphony, actually. It's his "lightest" symphony overall, but the slow movement is darkly powerful, rising to a terrifying climax. The outer movements (particularly the finale) are more rendolent of the light-hearted world of the English and Scottish dances, and sport some great tunes! As for the 1st Symphony, it strikes me as a bit too derivative of Sibelius, but it's still a fine work. I particularly like that grandiose, Waltonian ending!

Yes,the slow movement is every bit as good as you say it is. I have to admit,I'm not so keen on the remainder;but it's obviously full of colourful orchestration and great tunes. Just not my cup of tea! It's the sort of jauntiness that sometimes has me sympathising with Arnold's critics. But then I put on his 1st symphony and,incidentally,enjoyed everything I heard on that cd.

[Madiel]

Notice:

Luckily the internet connection at "my" Swedish lake... 



worked well enough to redirect the ensuing HIP debate to its proper thread:

The Historically Informed Performances (HIP) debate

Q

Gee, thanks. And now I will be permanently subscribed to a thread I didn't actually post in, on a topic I actually didn't have that much interest in but which is the kind of topic that could rage on endlessly.

One day this message board might actually get some software where this doesn't happen. But today is not that day.

Why is that the moderators can never actually redirect ensuing debate without rewriting past history in the process? I've never encountered another message board where this is the method employed. I've actually worked as a moderator on a board where we quite happily moved future debate without pretending that the past was different.

[vandermolen]

I'm enjoying the first movement of this symphony,now. I took off the Handley recording of his Second symphony the other day. The jaunty,St Trinian's high-jinks,particularly of the finale,got a bit much for me!  No 2 has never been a favourite!

I like this CD very much. Arnold's recording of his First Symphony is much slower than the alternative recordings but I like it. I had this performance in its original LP manifestation.

[Florestan]

Gee, thanks. And now I will be permanently subscribed to a thread I didn't actually post in

Actually, there is an older post of yours there. 

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,3920.msg673414.html#msg673414

[cilgwyn]

I like this CD very much. Arnold's recording of his First Symphony is much slower than the alternative recordings but I like it. I had this performance in its original LP manifestation.

Yes,one of the best Arnold cd's. I rather like the 'artwork' too,for some reason. (Nice,simple and minimalist!). It's the best recording of the Concerto,too! I also,like the Sarabande and Polka from Solitaire (not listen on the front).

[Que]

Gee, thanks. And now I will be permanently subscribed to a thread I didn't actually post in, on a topic I actually didn't have that much interest in but which is the kind of topic that could rage on endlessly.

One day this message board might actually get some software where this doesn't happen. But today is not that day.

That is regrettable,  but as you point it out - it cannot be avoided.

Why is that the moderators can never actually redirect ensuing debate without rewriting past history in the process? I've never encountered another message board where this is the method employed. I've actually worked as a moderator on a board where we quite happily moved future debate without pretending that the past was different.

Gee, thanks..  I'm actually offended by this accusation. None of the posts has been altered or deleted.

I guess as a moderator you are an easy target, as you might know from experience....

Q

[Madiel]

Actually, there is an older post of yours there. 

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,3920.msg673414.html#msg673414

I stand corrected.

[Florestan]

I stand corrected.

Had Que not merged the discussions, I'd have never stumbled upon it. 

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A^b, Op.55
Philharmonia
Sinopoli

This just gets right in amongst me every time.

[Traverso]

One of my posts is deleted,it was a harmless joke ,I'm not happy with it.

[Mandryka]

I've been eyeing that set - could be a winner....

When you're ready, I'd very much like to hear your overall assessment! 

Q

I wouldn't like to say that it's more a winner for a complete set than Sluys. Both are in different ways careful to make the contrapuntal element in the music clear. Both tend to be more like small ensemble  music than like a big symphony orchestra. Both use attractive characterful organs. Sluys may be more exuberant, it's hard for me to say. Davidsson is well recorded, but Sluys is very listenable.

[Que]

I stand corrected.

Twice.... Maybe you should consider getting off your high horse once in a while? 

Q

[Traverso]

Not by me. And I can't find in the system any act of moderating aplied by any other moderator to any of your posts EVER....

I can't offer any other explanation than a technical glitch or you accidentally deleting your post yourself.

Q

more posts are vanished,not only mine

[Madiel]

Twice.... Maybe you should consider getting off your high horse once in a while? 

Q

No, once.  Moving posts to a thread that they weren't in DOES constitute rewriting history, Que.

The moderators here, and you in particular, seem addicted to mucking about with things in a way that on some other message boards would be regarded as unthinkable. You seem to think that I'm only concerned with deletion of posts. I'm not. Moving posts still causes abrupt breaks in conversation and non sequiturs, and still means that the board no longer reflects what actually happened.

You happily provide a link to where you've moved the material, but anyone coming along in the future will still come to a point in THIS thread where you suddenly reference a conversation that isn't actually here anymore. And anyone reading the OTHER thread will find that it abruptly restarts 5 years later without knowing quite how that came about.

You'd be far better off providing the link at the other end, not here, or copying posts, and on either strategy leaving posts where people actually chose to post them. You can then direct people where to put future conversation on a topic, instead of retrospectively deciding that we all got it terribly wrong.