Building a Library - General Discussion

[Barbirollians]

There have been comebacks from Richard Osborne, Robert Phillip and Geoffrey Norris -
so why not Nicholas Anderson too ?

He did eventually of course with the Bach Violin Concerto BAL

[Radio64]

...although the joint project was obviously abandoned sometime after 9th July 2011 !! Pity that.

Also bit miffed I am unable to download the podcast being outside the UK ... curses!

[slarty]

...although the joint project was obviously abandoned sometime after 9th July 2011 !! Pity that.

Also bit miffed I am unable to download the podcast being outside the UK ... curses!

you should be able to do it -I do, here in Germany. I use Google Chrome on a PC(laptop) and go to the BBC web page , choose Radio 3, then click on "listen live". I then get a download action, which confused me, because it was blank. I went into the download file ,with the intention of deleting it, as I thought it was useless, but clicked on it and suddenly my media player Foobar started playing the live transmission. I was listening all morning to the Bal ect.
try it.

[Radio64]

Yes, that's Ok for listening live but not for downlaoding podcasts.

I know there are ways for getting around the 'UK only' issue but I've never looked into it properly.

[Thropplenoggin]

BaL Recommendations Revisited

Perhaps one of my favourite corners of For3 are the BaL threads. I'll often download a podcast, such as the one on Bruckner 8, and then re-read the associated thread from start to finish.

When I do so, I'm often minded to ask what those who bought the recommended recording made of it, or any other recordings based on the BaL. Rather than make the BaL threads even longer, I thought a new thread to discuss this would be worth while.

For instance, Bruckner 8: there were those tempted by Boulez/VPO (DG), Gielen (Hanssler), Giulini/BPO (Testament)...did you buy the discs and have they lived up to the enticing snippet you heard on BaL?

[silvestrione]

Perhaps one of my favourite corners of For3 are the BaL threads. I'll often download a podcast, such as the one on Bruckner 8, and then re-read the associated thread from start to finish.

When I do so, I'm often minded to ask what those who bought the recommended recording made of it, or any other recordings based on the BaL. Rather than make the BaL threads even longer, I thought a new thread to discuss this would be worth while.

For instance, Bruckner 8: there were those tempted by Boulez/VPO (DG), Gielen (Hanssler), Giulini/BPO (Testament)...did you buy the discs and have they lived up to the enticing snippet you heard on BaL?

Yes, I now go to the Guilini/BPO Bruckner rather than my old favourite, Karajan. Wonderful sweep and depth of sound, but a warmth and humanity in tone and phrasing, too.

[Nick Armstrong]

did you buy the discs and have they lived up to the enticing snippet you heard on BaL?

The main instance that occurs to me is Leonhardt's Bach B minor Mass which years ago was a runner-up/also-ran but the extracts from which sounded to me ideal and infinitely preferable to the winner (Gardiner, istr) - I bought the Leonhardt and it remains my favourite.

[antongould]

Yes cracking thread Thropps - as, still, a complete novice I find BAL recommendations a great help especially if the medal winners find a degree of support hereabouts. Recent CDs I constantly revisit include Faure Nocturnes, Prokofiev 5/1, Liszt PC 1/2 and Berlioz Nuits d'ete........

[Nick Armstrong]

Faure Nocturnes

Ah yes!! I at last invested in Thyssens-Valentin on Testament a couple of years ago as a direct result of Stephen Plaistow's masterly BAL on the Nocturnes - oft-played, and with increasing pleasure!

[Barbirollians]

I realised on reading this thread that I very seldom buy BAL recommendations - sometimes because I already have them , sometimes because I don't like them or don't care for the work .

The last I did was Berglund's VW 4 and very good it is too .

[Don Petter]

Ah yes!! I at last invested in Thyssens-Valentin on Testament a couple of years ago as a direct result of Stephen Plaistow's masterly BAL on the Nocturnes - oft-played, and with increasing pleasure!

Really glad you caught up with these - some things are indeed sui generis.

[rauschwerk]

I collected Mozart 41 (Stuttgart RSO/Norrington), Brahms PC1 (Freire/Chailly), Beethoven Sonata 32 (Brautigam), Prokofiev 6 (Gergiev), Dvorak Cello Concerto (Fournier/Szell) and VW 4 (Berglund) in the last couple of years. That I haven't played the Prokofiev much is no reflection on the performance: all the others I have found very satisfying with new slants on familiar pieces.

[Thropplenoggin]

I'm looking for old BaLs on piano music: Beethoven; Chopin; Debussy; Mozart, etc.

And opera: Wagner, Verdi, Strauss, ...

Anything pre-18 Sep 2010, as that's how far back the official podcasts go: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/bal/all

[teamsaint]

here at least are the " winners", Throbbers.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/stilton/building_a_library_recommendations/29/

[Thropplenoggin]

here at least are the " winners", Throbbers.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/stilto...mendations/29/

I used to have that bookmarked, but lost it went an old laptop went kaput. Cheers, TS!