Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by bluemooze, Feb 22, 2017.

  1. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    Big snow here early this morning.
     
  2. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    It's the kind of thing people like Bill Gates should finance. I'm a big Biggs fan. They should issue a big box. Bill Gates could underwrite it so it could be sold very cheaply.
     
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  3. Bachtoven

    Bachtoven Forum Resident

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    He only plays a fragment of the fugue. Here's a complete performance played on a classical guitar. I'm learning this guy's transcription:



    No tapping or other gimmicks...just flat-out virtuosity! ;)
     
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  4. Wes H

    Wes H Forum Resident

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    :righton: I'll sign the petition if you start it!

    It's a shame that Biggs does not get the recognition today for the great work he did. The liner notes for those Gabrieli albums firmly credit Biggs for their existence, as he was very insistent on recording music in the locations where it was originally performed.
     
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  5. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    I have this recording on CD ...

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  6. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    Listened to 100-102 from this 1992 reissue. Recorded 10/31/62 (102), 2/12/70 (101) & 10/20/70, all in Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center. Produced by John McClure (102) & Richard Killough (100, 101). Bernstein was a fine Haydn conductor.
     
  7. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Maybe Jeff Bezos, the Amazon's founder and boss, who is now wealthier than Bill Gates, should underwrite this project ...
     
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  8. scompton

    scompton Forum Resident

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    While wandering around old town Zurich, I thought I heard an organ playing Bach as we were walking up to what looked like a church. Instead, it was an old guild hall with a patio under the building between the narrow street and the river. A guy was playing Bach on an accordion. The patio was so resonant that it sounded like an organ as we were walking up.
     
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  9. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    Bezos should underwrite US, all of us on this thread. Subsidize us, Jeff. It's your duty.
     
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  10. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    So someone posted a Naxos Historical CD with this cover picture on the Classical Corner thread & I made the same observation about Melton. I added the remark that "maybe I shouldn't say that on this thread." Apparently this was taken as a taunt & my post was removed as a Thread Crap. Makes me even more glad we have this thread.
     
  11. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Goldberg Variations performed on violin? anyone? It is transcription that has gone too far. I listened to this CD a number of years ago when I first got the CD out of curiosity but that was too much for me to tolerate beyond the first listen ... :thumbsdow

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    Dmitry Sitkovetsky - Wikipedia

    Well, it turns out Dmitry Sitkovetsky is the son of Bella Davidovich, my favorite Russian pianist from the 80's ...
     
  12. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    I have that Naxos Historical CD by Backhaus ...
     
  13. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    @Wes H, Looks like you have more open-reel decks than anyone else on this thread. I only have three.
     
  14. ShallowMemory

    ShallowMemory Classical Princess

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    They sure did. Mine was the 62 as I preferred twin track although for a period I also had a series 3300x solid state four track machine for those occasions people would loan me quarter track tapes. If you used tapes likes Agfa's PEM even at 3 3/4 ips (9.5 cms for metricated souls) it did sound surprisingly well although as a rule I always recorded at 7 1/2 ips which was one reason I'd always bulk order 2,400 ft reels, picking up the 1,800 ft ones as needed as those two covered most needs because as you'll know we used nearly all the tape for both the left and right channels so had no side two!
     
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  15. ShallowMemory

    ShallowMemory Classical Princess

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    :agree: Intent is the bigger thing when it comes to stuff like that. Look at it this way: Quite a number of us are experiences challenges such as health etc so micro aggressions and the kind of situations where you feel you're walking on eggs shells isn't something we're needing cos we're here to talk about stuff and maybe take our minds away from such everyday challenges.
     
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  16. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    Wow. I like the tapping arrangement on electric guitar, but this arrangement is way beyond that as far as difficulty is concerned. Good luck with learning this transcription!
     
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  17. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    My remark was more of an afterthought than a brazen challenge, but I guess it don't matter nohow. I ain't even gonna look at that thread no more.
     
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  18. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    Marriner & Son. My wife thought this was more Mozart clarinet music. An excellent release from 1992, recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, July & October 1990.
     
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  19. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    I heard about this recording but do not own it. IIRC, Alfred Brendel and his son also made a recording on Philips (or Decca) together ...
     
  20. Wes H

    Wes H Forum Resident

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    I quite honestly don't know how many RtR decks I have -- but clearly I have too many!
     
  21. Wes H

    Wes H Forum Resident

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    I used to make live recordings where there was no opportunity to flip the tape, so I would use a 2,400 ft. reel, or even a 3,600 ft. reel-- not wanting to compromise on quality by using a lower speed. The 2,400 ft. and 3,600 ft reels had drawbacks, with thinner tape being more susceptible to print-thru or stretching. Eventually I started using decks with 10-1/2" reels for live recording with thicker tape.
     
  22. Mowgli

    Mowgli Runs with scissors

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    Mine's on the way from .de
     
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  23. crispi

    crispi Vinyl Archaeologist

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    I have that as well. I prefer Gardiner’s Venice recording, though.

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  24. Mowgli

    Mowgli Runs with scissors

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    16" of heavy wet snow here in Clinton Mass.
    2 driveways & over 25' of walkways
    and a shovel
    Glad my cardiologist said my stress test was textbook perfect last week
    I like shoveling but only so much already
    Ibuprofen's my friend

    I played some Haydn Symphonies earlier.
    Now I'm watching the 3rd episode in a row of Britannia on Amazon Prime (71% on Rotten Tomatoes)
    Hurdy Gurdy Man is the intro song.
    Strange choice for a brutal historical show but I'm not complaining.

     
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  25. Mowgli

    Mowgli Runs with scissors

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    There are a couple of RTR players advertised in the AK thread re: the Frankenfest in Sutton Mass this coming Saturday 3/10/18.
    PM for details if you're interested.
     
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