Unforeseen musical preferences

[cloughie]

'Snowflakes are dancing' (Isao Tomita) - introduced me to Debussy's piano music!

I wonder if it inspired some of the orchestral transcriptions of Debussy’s music!

[hmvman]

'Snowflakes are dancing' (Isao Tomita) - introduced me to Debussy's piano music!

A great album, still enjoyed!

[smittims]

Yes, indeed, and does anyone remember his 'Planets' , which was issued and hastily withdrawn becuase the music was still copyright and no-one had asked permission to use it? I was told Imogen Holst called it 'sacrilege', though I enjoyed it myself.

And does anyone remember Walter Carlos' 'Pompous Circumstances' , a synthesiser send up of Elgar? It was intelligently done , as I recall, and quite fun for an Elgar fan to hear

[teamsaint]

I can't understand why it's not on everyone's list!

Returning to the Carpenters, "Close to You" is beautiful but for me first place goes to "Goodbye to Love".

The Carpenters would be in that list of music that I have never deliberately listened to , in part in their case because the singles were so often played on the radio.
I might put that right.

[Belgrove]

Blossom Dearie.

[cloughie]

Charity shop purchases at 50p or less provided the perfect opportunity to see ‘what’s that like?’ eg I have accumulated over the years Christmas albums which have been surprisingly enjoyable - three good examples - Boney M (really good harmonies), Rod Stewart (some lovely arrangements and playing), Grimethorpe Colliery Band ( superb playing ).

[Alison]

Merry Christmas Cloughmeister.

Might try a bit of Boney M later.

[cloughie]

Merry Christmas Cloughmeister.

Might try a bit of Boney M later.

And to you Alison - not looking good for the Foxes so far this afternoon!

[MickyD]

Yes, indeed, and does anyone remember his 'Planets' , which was issued and hastily withdrawn becuase the music was still copyright and no-one had asked permission to use it? I was told Imogen Holst called it 'sacrilege', though I enjoyed it myself.

And does anyone remember Walter Carlos' 'Pompous Circumstances' , a synthesiser send up of Elgar? It was intelligently done , as I recall, and quite fun for an Elgar fan to hear

Interesting, I never heard about those Carlos recordings, despite being a big fan of his. Are they still available on CD, I wonder?

[MickyD]

I'm also a fan of vintage dance bands. Another 'weakness' is 'light music' - the sort written by Eric Coates, Leroy Anderson, Charles Williams et al.

A very Merry Christmas to all Forum members!

Snap, hmvman! My current dance band favourite recordings are those of Jack Hylton. And I've also discovered the prodigious comic output of Leslie Sarony, great stuff!

[RichardB]

Interesting, I never heard about those Carlos recordings, despite being a big fan of his. Are they still available on CD, I wonder?

It was originally issued on an album called By Request which contained this Elgar arrangement and some Bach, Tchaikovsky, a couple of pop songs and some early WC pieces in a more atonal style. She has rereleased all of her albums including various supplementary materials on CD and you can see the whole list here https://www.wendycarlos.com/discs.html

[jayne lee wilson]

It was originally issued on an album called By Request which contained this Elgar arrangement and some Bach, Tchaikovsky, a couple of pop songs and some early WC pieces in a more atonal style. She has rereleased all of her albums including various supplementary materials on CD and you can see the whole list here https://www.wendycarlos.com/discs.html

Thankyou for this post, Richard.

It is 2022. Wendy Carlos began her transition in 1968. This was necessarily courageous and cost her much pain and anguish through the 1970s and beyond.
Calling her "Walter" and using male pronouns now, is insulting and upsetting.

Please everyone, show the essential respect to trans people and use their correct names and pronouns.

[Boilk]

'Snowflakes are dancing' (Isao Tomita) - introduced me to Debussy's piano music!

Same here! and by sheer coincidence I have it playing now.

This is quite bizarre...that Tomita album also introduced me to Debussy's piano music, and his later albums to Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.1 and Symphony No. 5 (on the Bermuda Triangle release) and Ives's The Unanswered Question (Kosmos).

Radio 3 sometimes plays the Debussy electronic realisations and the Mussorgsky Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells, but I've never heard them broadcast Tomita's other stuff. The Ives realisation would go down well I think.

[Sir Velo]

For me, it's got to be Cream, fresh or otherwise, but always with Ginger.

[cloughie]

This is quite bizarre...that Tomita album also introduced me to Debussy's piano music, and his later albums to Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.1 and Symphony No. 5 (on the Bermuda Triangle release) and Ives's The Unanswered Question (Kosmos).

Radio 3 sometimes plays the Debussy electronic realisations and the Mussorgsky Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells, but I've never heard them broadcast Tomita's other stuff. The Ives realisation would go down well I think.

Debussy’s piano music is good but it is not like the real thing (Tomita)

His Villa-Lobos: Little train of the Caipira occasionally gets a play on R3.

I never realised there were so many closet Tomita fans around!