Kullervo BBCMM CD from 2015 Prom

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  • Barbirollians
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 11706

    Kullervo BBCMM CD from 2015 Prom

    I am not quite sure why I cannot reply to this thread http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...9-08-15)/page2

    Anyway , just got round to listening to the BBCMM CD today . I can only echo the praise of those who attended . A terrific performance and outstanding singing by the chorus . Up there with the legendary Bournemouth SO/Berglund recording IMO .
  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    #2
    Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
    I am not quite sure why I cannot reply to this thread http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...9-08-15)/page2
    Nor am I - if it's any consolation, nor can I.

    Anyway , just got round to listening to the BBCMM CD today . I can only echo the praise of those who attended . A terrific performance and outstanding singing by the chorus . Up there with the legendary Bournemouth SO/Berglund recording IMO .
    I moderately agree - it's by far the performance of the work that has most appealed to me, and whilst I still can't eat a whole one, I'm glad to have made the acquaintance of a recording that allows me to sample bit-by-bit this work (by a favourite composer of mine) that has hitherto merely bored the life out of me.
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      #3
      Ah! It seems that all posts on the individual Proms concerts in the archive are "unavailable for (further) comment" - presumably on the grounds that no further useful comment can be made on individual concerts after a certain period.
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • Barbirollians
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 11706

        #4
        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
        Nor am I - if it's any consolation, nor can I.


        I moderately agree - it's by far the performance of the work that has most appealed to me, and whilst I still can't eat a whole one, I'm glad to have made the acquaintance of a recording that allows me to sample bit-by-bit this work (by a favourite composer of mine) that has hitherto merely bored the life out of me.
        Yes the much praised RCA Colin Davis bored the socks off me too . The Berglund changed my mind and this performance reinforced my positive view .

        I suspect it is a work rather like the Rustic Wedding Symphony that needs a really good performance . The old joke about the latter was after hearing Beecham conduct it a reviewer wondered why it was not played more often - after hearing another conductor he understood why .

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        • Eine Alpensinfonie
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 20570

          #5
          It's quite a few months since this CD was issued. I enjoyed it up to a point, but Kullervo isn't a work I'm really familiar with. I must get to know it better.

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          • EnemyoftheStoat
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 1132

            #6
            Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
            I am not quite sure why I cannot reply to this thread http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...9-08-15)/page2

            Anyway , just got round to listening to the BBCMM CD today . I can only echo the praise of those who attended . A terrific performance and outstanding singing by the chorus . Up there with the legendary Bournemouth SO/Berglund recording IMO .
            It was rather fun to sing too!

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