Record Review: non-BaL discs reviewed, etc.
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Richard Tarleton
Some interesting discsa reviewed yesterday - I enjoyed this end of year review more than usual. I liked Elin Manahan Thomas's advicacy for the Music from the Hundred Years War and Percy Grainger folk songs. I was briefly tempted by the Danish String Quartet's Last Leaf, until Andrew dropped that it was an ECM CD - this rang alarm bells and I checked online, sure enough total playing time 48 minutes . How do ECM continue to get away with this? Why do Andrew & co. not use the platform of Record Review to call them out for this ridiculous short-changing of the customer, as if some moody black and white photography and cryptic sleeve notes in some way make up for it . I've been caught out before, and no more ECM CDs. Typical playing time of an early music plucker on ECM (Rolf Lisveland, Pablo Marquez) 48 minutes, Paul O'Dette on Harmonia Mundi never less than 70. It's only a bloke (or in this case 4 blokes) sitting on stools or chairs with a microphone.
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostSome interesting discsa reviewed yesterday - I enjoyed this end of year review more than usual. I liked Elin Manahan Thomas's advicacy for the Music from the Hundred Years War and Percy Grainger folk songs. I was briefly tempted by the Danish String Quartet's Last Leaf, until Andrew dropped that it was an ECM CD - this rang alarm bells and I checked online, sure enough total playing time 48 minutes . How do ECM continue to get away with this? Why do Andrew & co. not use the platform of Record Review to call them out for this ridiculous short-changing of the customer, as if some moody black and white photography and cryptic sleeve notes in some way make up for it . I've been caught out before, and no more ECM CDs. Typical playing time of an early music plucker on ECM (Rolf Lisveland, Pablo Marquez) 48 minutes, Paul O'Dette on Harmonia Mundi never less than 70. It's only a bloke (or in this case 4 blokes) sitting on stools or chairs with a microphone.
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostSome interesting discsa reviewed yesterday - I enjoyed this end of year review more than usual. I liked Elin Manahan Thomas's advicacy for the Music from the Hundred Years War and Percy Grainger folk songs. I was briefly tempted by the Danish String Quartet's Last Leaf, until Andrew dropped that it was an ECM CD - this rang alarm bells and I checked online, sure enough total playing time 48 minutes . How do ECM continue to get away with this? Why do Andrew & co. not use the platform of Record Review to call them out for this ridiculous short-changing of the customer, as if some moody black and white photography and cryptic sleeve notes in some way make up for it . I've been caught out before, and no more ECM CDs. Typical playing time of an early music plucker on ECM (Rolf Lisveland, Pablo Marquez) 48 minutes, Paul O'Dette on Harmonia Mundi never less than 70. It's only a bloke (or in this case 4 blokes) sitting on stools or chairs with a microphone.
Ysaye Solo sonatas; Zehetmair (65:56)
Schumann Vn Sons: Widmann, Varjon (72:02)
Officium: Hilliard Ensemble, Garbarek (77:41)
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The ECM label isn't carried by the eClassical download site - where recordings are priced by the time length of the tracks .......
A previous recording of the Quartet's (Wood Works - which I have) is on the Da Capo Label and can be had there for $8.93
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(Last Leaf - the album is on Google Play Music (so quite probably Spotify too....)
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostYou might want to reconsider a total ban on ECM, RT; pulled at random from my shelves:
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Nice to hear Stephen Johnson on RR this Saturday, especially with a clutch of Mahler discs. He was especially impressed by François-Xavier Roth's Mahler 5 on Harmonia Mundi, and Adam Fischer's new recording of Mahler 1. I find Roth to be a fascinating conductor - his Strauss recordings reveal a very thoughtful musical intelligence at work. SJ is due to look at Mahler 7 in a BaL in March, which should make for interesting listening. I like how he talks about music (as opposed to the babbling-with-excessive-hyperbole of Tom Service). I wonder if we could petition to replace The Listening Service with SJ's Discovering Music. Just a thought.Last edited by Thropplenoggin; 14-01-18, 14:48.It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius
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Originally posted by Thropplenoggin View PostNice to hear Stephen Johnson on RR this Saturday, especially with a clutch of Mahler discs. He was especially impressed by François-Xavier Roth's Mahler 5 on Harmonia Mundi, and Adam Fischer's new recording of Mahler 1. I find Roth to be a fascinating conductor - his Strauss recordings reveal a very thoughtful musical intelligence at work. SJ is due to look at Mahler 7 in a BaL in March, which should make for interesting listening. I like how he talks about music (as opposed to the babbling-with-excessive-hyperbole of Tom Service). I wonder if we could petition to replace The Listening Service with SJ's Discovering Music. Just a thought.
I also like the way SJ cut through the AMcG mannerism of asking a question then linking with the word 'because' to a long explanation of his own views, which often seriously erodes the time available to the contributor to speak. A couple of times SJ responded immediately to the question, quite rightly speaking over AMcG's 'because....' - which led to a much more dynamic and interesting discussion."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostAgreed on all points!
I also like the way SJ cut through the AMcG mannerism of asking a question then linking with the word 'because' to a long explanation of his own views, which often seriously erodes the time available to the contributor to speak. A couple of times SJ responded immediately to the question, quite rightly speaking over AMcG's 'because....' - which led to a much more dynamic and interesting discussion.It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius
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