Gramophone

[Parry1912]

I just had a horrible thought . Is Mr Inverne about to turn up on radio 3 presenting Breakfast ?

If you're just trying to scare people then you're two days late for halloween!

[Ferretfancy]

I bought the November issue this week, after cancelling my subscription quite a while ago. It hasn't tempted me to re-subscribe, although the revamping has improved it a bit.
There are two quite interesting articles this month, one on Jordi Savall, and another on the modern approach to Vivaldi, and I'm glad to see that there are none of those tedious "puff" interviews with performers with a CD to promote.
However, the layout is still rather messy. For example, why are the letters and audio reviews interspersed between the small ads?

I don't think that I'll bother any more.

Incidentally it was curious to see one solitary review in which Edward Greenfield dealt with a CD of solo guitar music, he must be getting on a bit by now.

[Barbirollians]

A favourable review no doubt . Cannot remember the last time EG gave a record a bad one ! He is 83 according to Wikipedia .

[gurnemanz]

I'm also an ex-reader having bought every copy for about 30 years, but I still like looking at the archive. I've just got the Kirsten Flagstad Icon Box which is certainly recommendable. Some of the items are quite obscure, so I Googled around a bit. I happened upon this delightfully quirky old-style Gramophone review from 1937:

"I make no pretence at criticizing this record; I do not know the songs and what little I once knew of Norwegian has almost completely evaporated: still, I know that Lys Natt means Light Night. Granting the soundness of the singer's interpretations, the record should be very welcome to those who are familiar with the songs. The voice does not thrill me as a good many other voices can do, but I recognize and pay homage to its matchless beauty. Mme. Flagstad has a very able colleague at the piano; the recording is superb."

[Ferretfancy]

A favourable review no doubt . Cannot remember the last time EG gave a record a bad one ! He is 83 according to Wikipedia .

Yes it was, but inexplicably he failed to say that " The recording has a fine tonal bloom "

[Barbirollians]

[Don Petter]

You can't knock EG. He's taken over from the Queen mum in all our hearts. Long may he continue.

[gurnemanz]

If EG sticks around as long as Queen Mum, he is sure to outlive most of the members of this board, not to mention the CD.

[Alison]

EG's favourite adjective. Crisp.

[amateur51]

EG's favourite adjective. Crisp.

I always enjoyed his 'ripe and romantic'

He's about 83 now and one of the great enthusiasts of our time - all hail!

[Alison]

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141399768,00.html?strSrchSql=classical/The_Penguin_Guide_to_the_1000_Finest_Classical_Recordings_Ivan_March

It looks like poor old Ted has withdrawn from the Penguin Guides.

[Petrushka]

I always enjoyed his 'ripe and romantic'

He's about 83 now and one of the great enthusiasts of our time - all hail!

I once attended a pre-concert talk by EG on the Elgar 2nd Symphony in one of those rooms in the RFH. No doubting his enthusiasm but the recorded extracts were played at such a deafeningly high volume I did wonder if that was how he listened to discs for review.

[amateur51]

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/Boo...ngs_Ivan_March

It looks like poor old Ted has withdrawn from the Penguin Guides.

Ted was always a great embracer of new technology and sees the future being an electronic version of this enterprise.

There again he may just have better things to do. I hope he's got the health to enjoy it, whatever it is

[Parry1912]

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/Boo...ngs_Ivan_March

It looks like poor old Ted has withdrawn from the Penguin Guides.

To go by the early reviews on Amazon, doing so was good judgement on his part!

[visualnickmos]

The QM was never in my heart..... (Msg 262)