American Critic Huntley Dent nominated the Rattle/BPO Brahms Symphony set from 2009 for their “Classical Music Hall of Fame” department. I haven’t heard them ; I think that there was some off putting gimmickry associated with their release, such as an expensive limited edition vinyl only series initially. So I added it to my Apple Music playlist
Lebrecht on Rattle
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View Post
For a while in Chicago we had a yahoo who must be the cousin of the gent described at the Proms but he fortunately has been MIA the last few years. In general fwiw I have noticed better concert audience behavior lately, with pauses before applause and much less phone use during the music
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Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
In Edinburgh in the late 1980’s, we had a real boor who sat in the front row of the stalls of the Usher Hall at the SNO’s Friday night concerts who made a heck of a noise at the quietist of endings. Turned out he was an Australian who was the boyfriend of an ex-girlfriend of mine! I had the unfortunate experience of meeting him and his obnoxious behaviour wasn’t confined to the concert hall!
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I had to move to a very different part of a train once when a Digger just behind me gleefully phoned a friend and shouted 'Giss who this is, Myte! Naw, pick the voice! Pick the voice, myte! Pick the voice, myte!' and much more.
I'm sure there are many nice Australians. I was thinking of Holly Valance, but oh, dear, I've just seen the company she keeps.
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Originally posted by AuntDaisy View Post
I think Christopher Mann mentions a weekend Salzburger Festspiele & his colleague, Fridemann Leipold, being there - but my German is terrible & I can't find it online...
Anyway, the Rattle / Wiener Philharmoniker Beethoven 4 is available to hear for ~4 days - but BR Klassik's player can sometimes be a bit tricky to get to the bit you want to hear.
On the question of sonic manipulation, I’m told that current digital technology has made practically anything possible - cutting in takes from different venues, varispeeding if the tempo doesn’t fit, excising single wrong notes & extraneous noises. As Otto Klemperer, who was reputedly appalled by the practice of splicing in patches, might have said, “Ein super-schwindel !”
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Originally posted by smittims View PostI had to move to a very different part of a train once when a Digger just behind me gleefully phoned a friend and shouted 'Giss who this is, Myte! Naw, pick the voice! Pick the voice, myte! Pick the voice, myte!' and much more.
I'm sure there are many nice Australians. I was thinking of Holly Valance, but oh, dear, I've just seen the company she keeps.
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostAmerican Critic Huntley Dent nominated the Rattle/BPO Brahms Symphony set from 2009 for their “Classical Music Hall of Fame” department. I haven’t heard them ; I think that there was some off putting gimmickry associated with their release, such as an expensive limited edition vinyl only series initially. So I added it to my Apple Music playlist
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