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karlhenning · by **karlhenning** on 19 Jun 2009, 09:08

Meanwhile, back in Cambridge . . . .

I’ve now enjoyed two rehearsal hearings of stars & guitars complete. It is one wild ride. I feel a bit about it, as Maria at times seems to feel, fresh from finishing a canvas: not completely sure what I think of it, but at this point, I cannot (nor would) change a note of it. Overall, I think I like it a good deal. What is gratifying (setting aside my own je ne sais quoi) is how enthusiastic the flautist is for the piece, and his infectious excitement for performing it next week. The harpist is (simply by temperament, I think) more reserved. Before they started to play it last night, Mary Jane asked me if she was playing her solo cadenza all right (and sure she is). I returned that it was entire cheek on my own part, as someone who doesn’t play the harp, to compose such a cadenza. But then, Peter and I immediately followed with the observation that many composers must have written harp cadenzas, who were not themselves harpists.

Cheers,
~Karl

maestrob · by **maestrob** on 19 Jun 2009, 09:50

jessica:

No, I haven't heard it yet, but I'm sure it's a great recording that I must have...

karlhenning:

Somebody has to tell you to quit harping on it...~g~

ACD:

Are you taking bets: if so, I'll bet they knew about it, all right.

lulu:

Welcome back!

Listening this morning to Richter's 1986 live recording of the Diabelli Variations: very natural and honest playing, much more down-to-earth than the virtuosic version by Stephen Bishop. Each has it's thing to say, and I admire both performances immensely.

eddobbins2 · by **eddobbins2** on 20 Jun 2009, 10:23

LuLu!

Good to see you back!

Walter is a favorite conductor of mine & I never tire of his Columbia recordings of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner, Mozart, Dvorak .... Enjoy! -Ed

eddobbins2 · by **eddobbins2** on 20 Jun 2009, 10:30

Jessica!

I love Liszt's piano music & Berman was a great interpreter. I saw him in the early 1980s (?) at a soldout concert at Carnegie Hall. Oh my gosh, what a great performance! I distinctly remember Berman playing Liszt's Nuages & muttering to myself that Liszt had invented Impressionism with that piece! What excitement Berman created in those days!

Re: Rautavaara, he is a prolific composer with a plethora of recordings on Ondine. He's worth listening to! -Ed

karlhenning · by **karlhenning** on 20 Jun 2009, 10:50

Of trios, a quartet & a sextet.

[ link ]

Cheers,
~Karl

cliftwood · by **cliftwood** on 20 Jun 2009, 11:53

Jess..

Just returned from the West Coast and saw your post on the Transcendental Etudes.

I do have the Berman recording you pictured and it is indeed a fiery performance.

There are quite a few other recordings of it that I suggest you look into:

Jeno Jando, Russell Sherman, Cziffra, Kissin, Richter and Bolet are superb interpreters of this work.

I was fortunate to hear Sherman and Bolet playing the Etudes live and the Bolet was so staggering , it almost made me quit the piano and try some other instrument. One of the most memorable experiences of my musical life.

YHM.

A.C. Douglas · by **A.C. Douglas** on 20 Jun 2009, 14:18

A New Find (For Us)

Link

ACD

cliftwood · by **cliftwood** on 20 Jun 2009, 14:24

I'm sorry I missed this one.

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainm ... uiem_.html

kashania · by **kashania** on 20 Jun 2009, 17:01

I hope to hear the Transcendental Etudes in a live recital one day.

bricon · by **bricon** on 20 Jun 2009, 17:58

ACD wrote:A New Find (For Us)

Link

ACD

previously unknown to us: pianist Friedrich Gulda

Man, you REALLY must get out more often.

maestrob · by **maestrob** on 21 Jun 2009, 09:38

Wow! What happened to all our excellent formatting? Is this temporary? Is there a problem we can solve here?

lulu · by **lulu** on 21 Jun 2009, 10:15

dobbsey:

Walter/Dvorak?

Gotta check that out. Love both of them. Thanks for spending my money! :lol:

mogliettina · by **mogliettina** on 21 Jun 2009, 10:22

maestrob wrote:Wow! What happened to all our excellent formatting? Is this temporary? Is there a problem we can solve here?

Huh?

Admin · by **Admin** on 21 Jun 2009, 11:01

maestrob wrote:Wow! What happened to all our excellent formatting? Is this temporary? Is there a problem we can solve here?

It's called "Quick Response", and it's in addition to, NOT a replacement for, the regular response form. I've just disabled it. True to their noxious habit of adding new "Mods" (optional modifications) to the board in an enabled state rather than disabled so that each board owner can make the decision to enable it or not, FreeForums added this Mod along with several other new ones in an enabled state. I've disabled them all as they're of no use to the CM&OF.

ACD

maestrob · by **maestrob** on 22 Jun 2009, 10:52

A.C. Douglas (Site Admin) wrote:
maestrob wrote:Wow! What happened to all our excellent formatting? Is this temporary? Is there a problem we can solve here?

It's called "Quick Response", and it's in addition to, NOT a replacement for, the regular response form. I've just disabled it. True to their noxious habit of adding new "Mods" (optional modifications) to the board in an enabled state rather than disabled so that each board owner can make the decision to enable it or not, FreeForums added this Mod along with several other new ones in an enabled state. I've disabled them all as they're of no use to the CM&OF.

ACD

Thanks for staying on top of things, ACD. That was really annoying while it lasted. It looked to me like "back to the basics," and was a real pain to navigate.

NEW CD DEPT:

Have just finished listening to Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Debussy (Volume 3 of the complete 4 CDs), and am happy to report concurrence with the overwhelmingly positive critical reaction to his playing. This young man has a magical touch, with deep sensitivity and feeling: he knows how to make these pieces sing, and does so without the slightest maudlin emotion. Very, very satisfying:

Steve Hicken · by **Steve Hicken** on 22 Jun 2009, 20:23

In C and Me

ScottMorrison · by **ScottMorrison** on 23 Jun 2009, 05:50

maestrob wrote:Have just finished listening to Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Debussy (Volume 3 of the complete 4 CDs), and am happy to report concurrence with the overwhelmingly positive critical reaction to his playing. This young man has a magical touch, with deep sensitivity and feeling: he knows how to make these pieces sing, and does so without the slightest maudlin emotion. Very, very satisfying.

It's no surprise that I agree completely with maestrob, whose opinions I don't take lightly, about this disc by Bavouzet. (Even though I still disagree with him about the merits of Kovacevich's Diabellis CD.) I wrote a laudatory review of Bavouzet's CD here.

ScottMorrison · by **ScottMorrison** on 23 Jun 2009, 05:54

Steve Hicken wrote:In C and Me

Steve wrote: "a shiny Kronosified gleam to the surface" :lol:

A wicked and lovely phrase!

lulu · by **lulu** on 23 Jun 2009, 07:51

dobbsey:

Thanks for your Stravinsky recordings. I love Printemps and definitely hope to get at least one of the recordings. Been on a book buying binge but will eventually get those cds (or at least some of them).

karlhenning · by **karlhenning** on 23 Jun 2009, 08:10

ScottMorrison wrote:
Steve Hicken wrote:In C and Me

Steve wrote: "a shiny Kronosified gleam to the surface" A wicked and lovely phrase!

Nicely done, Steve!

Cheers,
~Karl

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