On Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 10:46:46 AM UTC-4, Frank Berger wrote:
> On 8/30/2023 8:51 PM, mswd...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Mark Stenroos reports it in Steve Hoffman Forums.
> Couldn't find it there.

Annoying for those of us who bought the Beethoven and Brahms sets.

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Subject: Re: Just for fun: your favorite recording of anything (ex aequo or not)
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Various operas I listen to a lot:

L'Enfant et les Sortileges - Maazel
The Cunning Little Vixen - Prague Nat Theatre, Gregor
Die Meistersinger - Solti second recording.
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Subject: Re: Critics name their best orchestras and conductors
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On Monday, September 25, 2023 at 12:57:12 AM UTC+10, Frank Berger wrote:
> On 9/23/2023 8:02 AM, Herman wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 10:24:03 AM UTC+2, Herman wrote:
> > Alternatively we could check the hilarious hypothesis that orchestras are being kept running to provide critics with a living.
> You are the only one here that doesn't know that was said tongue-in-cheek.. Oh, tongue-in-cheek is not meant to be literal either.

Speaking of hilarity, Mr Norman Lebrecht reports that the Opening Gala of the Seattle Symphony was poorly attended, with only about 890 attendees in a hall built for 2,500. Right figure, wrong concert - this was the first concert of the subscription series, and not the Gala, which (a) hasn't been held yet and (b) is almost booked out. But one American commenter suggests another and more direct link between urban blight and the economics of the local Symphony, viz. that the streets around the Seattle concert hall itself may have become unpleasant to go through.

Perhaps, like Louis Jordan, they need to move way on the outskirts of town?

Andrew Clarke
Canberra
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On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 10:33:43 AM UTC+1, raymond....gmail.com wrote:
> https://youtu.be/PSlAv0b2WRc?si=giF_FErfbh3rY-jZ
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> Here is a 25 min video clip of a rehearsal given by Leonard Bernstein of Elgar's Enigma Variations with the BBC SO, a performance recorded c.1982. The recording took over 6 minutes for Nimrod, and it rests with others as to whether the tempo pushes the limits.
> Anyway this a look at a great conductor, and he was, and of which we are relatively poorly off with the crop waving batons around today.
>
> Ray Hall, Taree

Bernstein's "Nimrod" was extracted from his concert performance and can also be seen on YouTube. It has attracted well over 300 comments under the video, ranging from "ridiculous" to "just glorious" and "definitely the best version ever" to "this is horrendous!" ... Is it just a case of "one man's meat is another man's poison"? ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8NOVGHJmRs

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On Saturday, 4 November 2023 at 21:33:00 UTC+11, Andy Evans wrote:
> On Saturday, 4 November 2023 at 04:40:59 UTC, Dan Koren wrote:
> > Enjoy!
>
> Myfanwy sung in Welsh, one of the world's most beautiful languages.
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> If this doesn't move you you're not human.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj3D1wQb0cA

Welsh and Russian choral is akin, but similarities end with the emotional language used, Russian being melancholic whereas Welsh is more enigmatic to these ears. Russian also more modal and strong in the lower registers, whereas Welsh stronger in the alto register. Both capable of strong emotional feeling.

ps: reCAPTCHA is being used to block posters to this newsgroup, and people should be aware of this. It will not succeed.

Ray Hall, Taree
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In article <38c2ddfe-ef67-41c5-80ff-7748ee88425fn@googlegroups.com>,
cheregi <elirkerry@gmail.com> wrote:
>Cut Circle is among the early music groups I'm most excited about
>right now, and of course the Josquin motets especially seem deserving
>of more 'contemporary' (lol) treatments.

Yes, they have a modest handful of recordings so far, and all have
merits. I also feel as though it's a group that strives for more,
and is improving their ideas & command. (The most comparable group
is probably Blue Heron, pace another recent thread here, also from
Boston, and also doing some great work.)

And yes, the complete motets alone (i.e. from a consistent
perspective...) is something I've really wanted....

>From the 30-second samples on their site it seems like they've
>backed away a bit from some of the timbre/phrasing ideas on the
>Ockeghem release, does that seem true to you?

I would characterize it more as they've continued to develop. And
on the Josquin disc, they also delve more into pronunciation, and
those aspects of timbre, so it seems to be a very ambitious rethinking
overall.