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Author: neil97232neil97232
Date: Jan 26, 2008 23:36
addendum to Peter Serkin's 1973 Max Wilcox/Peter Serkin-superbly-
produced RCA Messiaen Vingt Regards, one of the great LP recordings,
finally superbly transferred to CD a few years ago..
I heard tonight in Portland, Oregon, at Reed College, Peter Serkin
with the original members of Tashi perform Messiaen's Quatuor Pour La
Fin Du Temps, an unforgettable experience, putting all recordings to
shame... historical and revelatory.... anyone else?
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Author: Thomas WoodThomas Wood
Date: Jan 26, 2008 23:14
I always liked the LP version by I Solisti Veneti on RCA, but I've never
seen a CD transfer of it. Presently I have the Ensemble Amati/Analekta CD,
and am very happy with it.
Tom Wood
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Author: A. BrainA. Brain
Date: Jan 26, 2008 21:52
"O" denofinequityx.com> wrote in message
news:260120082347377985%%owenx@denofinequityx.com...> In article
> bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, A. Brain
> NOSPAMatt.net> wrote:
>>>
>> I think Obama got it barack tonight.
>
> I think you're right -- but they called Hillary dead before, and she
> came back. Southern states are going to be tough for her.
>>
>> Looks like Bill Clinton's mischief may have
>> backfired.
>
> Probably. That looked like a political misstep to me, but I don't
> think it's a serious one.
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Author: A. BrainA. Brain
Date: Jan 26, 2008 21:52
"O" denofinequityx.com> wrote in message
news:260120082356159081%%owenx@denofinequityx.com...> Everyone seems to think the media decides things and promotes the
> candidates, but the media is a fickle sponsor. In truth, the
> candidates who know how to work the media get the media coverage,
> that's all there is to it. If you say you're a political candidate,
> but you can't wangle media coverage, then you're not a political
> candidate. Some people get the media thrown in their lap, like the
> Clintons, some people have to work it.
Well, surely you agree that Paul is mistreated in
the debates. Fox excluded him from a forum in NH
while allowing Thompson in. Paul led the candidates
in fund-raising at the time and had a fair base of support
in the polls.
Or maybe you think Fox Noise is "fair and balanced"?
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Author: A. BrainA. Brain
Date: Jan 26, 2008 21:52
"Daniel ONeill" hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A31CC834D00Agarudaazhotmailcom@216.196.97.136...>>
>> Bernstein recorded the Prologue on DGG, but I haven't
>> seen that CD around lately.
Thanks for the tip. Is there an alternative coupling
available somewhere, I wonder?
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Author: A. BrainA. Brain
Date: Jan 26, 2008 21:52
yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:45snp35hbcold7b8o08hljq5ogf343cf8n@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:39:44 GMT, "A. Brain" NOSPAMatt.net>
> wrote:
>>>, only
>>Ron Paul seems to understand the futility of this
>>"mission".
>
> In fact Dennis Kucinich understands the stupidity and futility of this
> war and has since the beginning but no one has been more marginalized
> than Dennis the Menace. Even leftists like Jeffie Powell, John
> Harrington and yourself have ignored him. Yet he is the one with the
> program that best fits your POV. Talk about the media and the PTB
> ignoring a candidate who really presents a choice.
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Author: david7gabledavid7gable
Date: Jan 26, 2008 21:35
On Jan 26, 3:22 pm, Johannes Roehl wrote:
> The Verdi Requiem
> is far more popular (although I am not sure if this is true in Germany),
> I personally have to admit that the Verdi is a piece I don't really get
> and do find mostly vulgar and boring at the same time (horrid
> combination, and it's certainly all my fault).
Ah, you don't share Brahms's high opinion of the Verdi Requiem then:
I'm not sure I can forgive you for that! Brahms made a spirited
defense of the Verdi Requiem after Hans von Bülow attacked its
operatic theatricality. (What kind of music do you Germans expect the
Italians to write?) If the Requiem is too much for you, you should
listen to the Quattro pezzi sacri and especially the Te Deum.
-david gable
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Author: david7gabledavid7gable
Date: Jan 26, 2008 21:17
On Jan 26, 9:44 pm, "A. Brain" wrote:
> Most of the CD buying guides are highly critical of [Mefistofele],
> typically calling it "uneven", that kind of thing.
That strikes me as a more than just opinion. Not only is it uneven,
but the forms in Mefistofele are very tiny. The arias in Mozart and
Verdi are Wagnerian in scope compared to those in Mefistofele, which
doesn't mean I don't love them. Time and again Boito relies on
strophic forms to fill out the space of an aria. Both of Margherita's
arias consist of two strophes, and they're still short. The "Lontano"
duet lasts about three minutes. Only in the Prologue is there any
real evidence that Boito could cope with more expansive forms.
> Lots of
> people think it inferior to Gounod's setting of the
> story. (I like them both.)
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Author: Sol L. SiegelSol L. Siegel
Date: Jan 26, 2008 20:57
Larry Rinkel wrote:
> "Eric Nagamine" hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:479b1e10$0$22836$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...>> New York is no longer the collector's mecca it once was. Don't know if the
>> Julliard Bookstore is back in quarters, but it used to have the widest
>> range of CD's in the City. Apart from that, just J&R and Academy. Virgin
>> is pitiful for a store in a major metropolitan area. The SF store was much
>> better last summer and so was the Boston store before its demise.
>>
>
> The Juilliard bookstore has taken temporary (i.e., for at least the next
> year or so) quarters in a large trailer on West 66th Street east of
> Amsterdam Avenue. It carries a goodly number of CDs, but it certainly
> wouldn't rival the capacity of Lincoln Center Tower in its prime...
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