A few days ago I happened to be in Sun Valley, Idaho where I witnessed a riveting performance of Verdi's Requiem. Got to meet one of the soloists, Alfred Walker, after the concert too.
I have the following OOP BC Lazar Berman Edition box from the Historical Russian Archives, which includes a few CD's of Liszt works ...
Now playing the following CD from my Bach collection. This was the very first recording of the Brandenburg Concertos by Neville Marriner and the ASMIF - a 1971 Philips recording ...
Now listening: Festival Debussy (Concert of 4 April 1962) Orchestre national de la RTF Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht, conductor Debussy: Printemps Trois ballades de François Villon (Camille Maurane, baritone) Jeux Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans (Ensemble madrigal de la RTF) Images pour orchestre Inghelbrecht rearranges the order of Images, placing Ibéria last, as some other conductors do too.
I first heard it about 10 years ago at my Mother In Law's suggestion. It is somewhat popular I guess. IIRC the Philadelphia Orchestra played it at one of the concert series I attended about 7 years ago.
Indeed, once you have attended a live performance of a given work, it leaves an indelible impression on you. This reminds me of a piece by Handel that I heard the ASMIF with Iona Brown performing at a Carnegie Hall concert in the mid 1980's. After the concert, I actively sought out some of the best versions of that work out there ... Was that concert you attended in Philly conducted by Christoph Eschenbach?
IIRC it was a guest conductor although I did attend quite a few shows with CE conducting. The first shows I saw were with Ormandy in the 70s.
I attended the last concert conducted by CE in Houston in 1999 or 2000 before he decamped for Philly ... Many missed opportunities here: While I attended concerts by the likes of Iona Brown when she directed the ASMIF, John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock directing the English Concert, etc. I never attended any concerts by Neville Marriner or Christopher Hogwood. The biggest miss was of course the last US concert given by Karajan just a few months before his death. I did not know anything about Bruckner music then but felt most conductors seemed to last forever and that Bruckner music was for old people. I chose not to bother and thus missed out on an opportunity for a lifetime ... Review/Music; Karajan Leads Vienna In Heroic Bruckner 8th
Ouch.....I hate to say it but missing HVK was a missed opportunity. I never got the chance to see him conduct. I will have to make a list of conductors I have seen. It is not that big of a list.
I am only thrilled when I attend a concert directed by a conductor I admire. While I generally do not like the post-Bernstein NYPO, I attended a few of its concerts when it was conducted by Kurt Masur or Colin Davis ...
I have owned the following box for a number of years but have yet to find time for a second listen ...
Among the still living conductors, I would not mind attending concerts by Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt and Ton Koopman. But Jansons and Blomstedt have both retired ...
Now listening to CD 1 from "Le Manuscrit Du Puy" performed by Ensemble Giles Binchois led by Dominique Vellard on Veritas.
First listen to "Beethoven - Symphonies 5 & 7" with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra from "Bruno Walter - The Edition" on Sony.
It’s actually the Earth from outer space. A NASA photo of the sun coming up behind the Earth. Basically, to evoke associations with “2001: A Space Odyssey”. But it’s also fitting in a different way, since the introduction of the piece is sometimes dubbed “Sonnenaufgang” – sunrise.
They look great but personally I don't like a high mass platter. I, and others I know, believe it sucks the life out of the music. Only and opinion though
