Originally posted by Bryn
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Ah; I only know the former - from LP. (Has it ever been CDeified?) Alison is right - I know far too few of Previn's later recordings (there was a Child of Our Time on that RPO label): when they first came out, I found them "stiffer", less joyful than his EMI recordings and didn't investigate many of them afterwards - the TELARC Brahms "Requiem" excepted.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT] -
I am a great admirer of Previn's work, and find it a little odd that some of his recordings have unexpected imperfections. This is partly, I think, because he has always been willing to take risks in the studio, and unwilling to bore orchestras with over-rehearsal. Case in point: his EMI Shostakovich 8 (which was the first Western recording). He starts the third movement so quickly that the trombones can't get round the notes at their first entry, and Previn has to slow down for them. There are some scrappy corners in his Carmina Burana which, for me, spoil it a bit. In his excellent recording of Enescu's first Roumanian Rhapsody, he resumes at such a slow tempo after the general pause (shortly before the end) that the great excitement which he has built up is almost dissipated. But such faults are rare in his work.Comment
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I didn't know there were two versions. I meant the LSO one which I have on both LP and CD.Originally posted by hafod View Post
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I don't have the discs but surely it's Muti's Ivan and Previn's Alex?Originally posted by amateur51 View PostThat's Muti's Nevsky, cloughie and Previn's Bells
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Exhibit A would appear to settle the question, M'Lud!
It's Previn's 'Bells' whichever way you slice it
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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"The Bells", "The Bells"! (Not Mutied, nor muted.)Comment
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I dont know wether AP's Four Sea Interludes and Sinf da Requiem of Britten have ben mentioned, yet? Or that pou;enc he did which i have coupled with Messiaen's Turangalila! What a coupling!!Don’t cry for me
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Good call, Bbm: his Britten Spring Symphony is excellent, too: Dame Janet demonstrating how Out on the Lawn should be done!Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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...er ahem etc ... notwithstanding all the above ... the cat has serious jazz chops .. as this short clip shows:
According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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I don't think that the recordings he made in Pittsburgh are the equal of the many he made with the LSO and the RPO. His RCA Rachmaninov Third Symphony is terrific, and so is the Shostakovich 4. I enjoy the Saint-Saens concerto recordings with Collard too. Looking at Previn in my catalogue there are so many hits and very few duds.
Mention of Andre Previn's Music Night reminds me of the great work done by the presenter Bernard Keefe. Imagine having a full sized symphony orchestra in the studio today in peak time, taking the Eroica apart and showing how it's constructed. I know that Howard Goodall is doing that just now, but not in the detail we used to be accustomed to.Comment
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I'm listening to his recording of the Sitar Concerto by The late Ravi Shanker. Very interesting music if not, perhaps, for everyday consumption! Wonder what Karajan and the Berlin Phil. would have made of it...
Has anyone mentioned the various books about Previn? Good reads!Comment
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I have one by Helen Ruttencutter and I seem to remember one by Michael Freedland that was so littered with errors I gave up on it.Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
Is there anything better?"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
my mistake, my apologies to cloughie! 
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