BaL 4.02.12 - Rachmaninov's Symphony no. 2 in E minor

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

That's looking on the bright side.

On the contrary, it's the first time I've arrived at work on a Friday morning when I haven't felt burnout as a result of looking up the available recordings. Now that's what I call looking on the bright side.

[Nick Armstrong]

On the contrary, it's the first time I've arrived at work on a Friday morning when I haven't felt burnout as a result of looking up the available recordings. Now that's what I call looking on the bright side.

[Sir Monty Golfear]

Come on now, The Bells, Symphonic Dances, Symphony No.1, Isle of the Dead, Piano Concerto No.4, Paganini Rhapsody... Heavens he produced quite enough out-and-out masterpieces for one lifetime, might have done more if he hadn't had to scratch a living banging away at the keyboard...

I totally agree !.........and he wasn't half bad on the old Joanna either!!

[BBMmk2]

Here here^^

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... ah, well - perhaps someone has at last realised that we don't need to devote too much time to this sort of composer

I have the 1954 HUPP version of Grove's Dictionary which elequently expresses this particular sentiment (long since dismissed).
[Before you ask, I'm trying to think of an acronym for "HUPP"]

[Panjandrum]

Here here^^

What's here?

[verismissimo]

In case you didn't hear (here?) William Mival was going to do Firebird but is indisposed, so they are repeating his Rachmaninov S2 BAL.

[Nick Armstrong]

In case you didn't hear (here?) William Mival was going to do Firebird but is indisposed, so they are repeating his Rachmaninov S2 BAL.

W-here might one have been able to hear that?

(Just thought - maybe AMcG said it this am at the end of today's BAL? Haven't listened yet...)

Pity - would like to have seen how my fave (Les Siècles/Roth) measured up

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

(Just thought - maybe AMcG said it this am at the end of today's BAL?

[cloughie]

In case you didn't hear (here?) William Mival was going to do Firebird but is indisposed, so they are repeating his Rachmaninov S2 BAL.

BaL must be recorded fairly close to the date of broadcast then, thought they might have one or two in the bank but then I suppose we are close tio the end of the season.

[pastoralguy]

Another chance to hear...?

According to the latest Radio Times, this Saturday's CD Review will offer 'Another chance to hear William Mival with a personal recommendation for a recommendation of Rachmaninov's Second Symhony'.

Is this more penny pinching on the part of auntie Beeb?

[Parry1912]

How else are they to fund BBC3?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Interesting as it is to hear this programme again, the element of excitement is lost when we already know the outcome.

[mikealdren]

I think the problem here is that the Rach 2 programme is so fresh in the memory.

I'm not sure whether I can really believe that I am saying this but 'surely here's an opportunity for CD review to do one of their studio discussions'. Alternatively, it would be fun to hear a golden oldie broadcast from the archive, something long gone that would let us all bathe in nostalgia.

Mike

[Panjandrum]

Alternatively, it would be fun to hear a golden oldie broadcast from the archive, something long gone that would let us all bathe in nostalgia.

Mike

I think the reason for repeating a recent BAL is because if they went further back into the archives they would run the risk of talking about recordings either having been deleted from the listings or omitting newer versions which had subsequently entered the fray. Consequently,the programme was inevitably only going to be a BAL from the last 6 months. However, a lesson which they could do well to learn would be to record BALs several weeks in advance so that they are not held to ransom by unforeseen circumstances.

My own personal preference would be for the opportunity to present a greater range of selections from new or reissued recordings. At present, only a tiny percentage of records are actually featured and seem to reflect AMcG's preference for baroque music and bizarre arrangements of works better known in their original form.