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

[ostuni]

It does rather seem like both a missed opportunity, and a lazy way out...

[Nick Armstrong]

Alternatively, it would be fun to hear a golden oldie broadcast from the archive, something long gone

V good idea (though Panny's practical drawback is true).

[amateur51]

I must admit that my original idea was a post that scolded all the moaning minnies, chiding BBC for a mishap. Oh the joy of doing someone else's job .

However I thought I'd be practical instead

This might have been the opportunity to take a recent BaL (for the reasons that Panyan has given) and to turn it into an Innocent Ear experiment - I can't remember what the French radio equivalent of BaL is but that does strike me as an interesting extension/variation on the BaL format.

I don't mind the route that R3 has chosen, as I find radio repeats don't pall like TV repeats do - my brain (!).

[rauschwerk]

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

To me the extraordinary thing is that it's available as a podcast along with 75 other reviews. Surely there can be very few people to whom that is unavailable?

[Don Petter]

To me the extraordinary thing is that it's available as a podcast along with 75 other reviews. Surely there can be very few people to whom that is unavailable?

While not defending such repeats (which seem like a cheap cop-out to me), I do have several musical friends who, even if they do have computers, wouldn't even know what a podcast was.

[Panjandrum]

While not defending such repeats (which seem like a cheap cop-out to me), I do have several musical friends who, even if they do have computers, wouldn't even know what a podcast was.

The station itself has advised me, in some correspondence we've been having, that I would be better off listening to podcasts or catching up with programmes on the iplayer than listening to the nausea-inducing garbage (dicta mea) that is Breakfast. The assumption is, therefore, that we do all know what podcasts are, and for those who don't, tough!

[amateur51]

The station itself has advised me, in some correspondence we've been having, that I would be better off listening to podcasts or catching up with programmes on the iplayer than listening to the nausea-inducing garbage that is Breakfast. The assumption is, therefore, that we do all know what podcasts are, and for those who don't, tough!

My assumption is that they know that Breakfast is much-loathed by a segment of their audience

I never listen to it now and Through The Night is a much better alternative

[amateur51]

Well I enjoyed re-listening to Mr Mival's exploration and found myself being persuaded to get the Weller performance because it offers an 'alternative' view, as Mival says, a brisker, riskier approach, even if the risks don't always come off completely - we shall see

Maybe the morning sunshine had something to do with it too

[verismissimo]

I enjoyed it too. Last time around I was in no position to listen, as I was preparing for surgery in the John Radcliffe in Oxford.

[amateur51]

I enjoyed it too. Last time around I was in no position to listen, as I was preparing for surgery in the John Radcliffe in Oxford.

all wounds healed, all biopsies successful, all prognoses positive I hope verismissimo?!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

all wounds healed, all biopsies successful, all prognoses positive I hope verismissimo?!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Well I enjoyed re-listening to Mr Mival's exploration and found myself being persuaded to get the Weller performance because it offers an 'alternative' view, as Mival says, a brisker, riskier approach, even if the risks don't always come off completely - we shall see

That's interesting. I was persuaded to go for the LSO/Rozhdestvensky by Mr Mival's review. That's the great thing about BaL. You don't have to be bound by the final recommendation, but it does help you with the choice.

[amateur51]

That's interesting. I was persuaded to go for the LSO/Rozhdestvensky by Mr Mival's review. That's the great thing about BaL. You don't have to be bound by the final recommendation, but it does help you with the choice.

I bought the Rozhdestvensky/LSO almost as soon as it came out & have been very pleased with it, along with the Ashkenazy/Concertgebouw and the Previn/LSO.

The Weller seems to offer a different more energetic risky view.

But I agree EA - that's the magic of BaL when it's done well

[BBMmk2]

I am very surprised it's Wellere's version. Sometimes though, when this happens, you may feel at times, that you have missed your conception of a work that you thought you know well!

[soileduk]

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