Alphabet associations - I

[Tapiola]

Amazon: Customer Review -
1 out of 5 stars. Very, very poor quality.... "I actually asked for (and received) my money back after downloading and listening to this sonata collection. The sound is very, very tinny, and there is coughing throughout the recording! It was like listening to a concert while standing in the lobby next to someone with a chest cold. Glad I got my money back, at least (thank you Amazon)."

Thanks Flay.

There have been various discussions on the classical recordings fora over at Google Groups, which more or less confirm this Amazon review, including the views of old farts who opine that Mr Ciani had some nerve playing the whole set at such a young age - what would a thirty year old know about the late sonatas? etc etc.

[rubbernecker]

Anyone here know Ciani's set?

A potentially great career cut cruelly short, alas.

Good afternoon all, btw.

Afternoon, Taps. Are you going to stick around for a bit?

I've not heard any Ciani and don't think I'll bother, however impoverished my life will undoubtedly be...

I trust I may move on to D without the chequered flag from Ammy? V. quick, straightforward one:

Which D has large collections of Jazz and post-war scores, and plays host to Wolfgang's school for plinky plonkers?

[Tapiola]

Afternoon, Taps. Are you going to stick around for a bit?

Afternoon rubbers. I will try my best, though the last week or two have been hellish in work, seriously compromising the more important business (AA). And then there's a big conference on Friday...

A tantalising D, one of those which I feel I might know if my brain was capable of of that moment of clarity...

[amateur51]

I just popped in/up. Are we on C? This is Dino Ciani, is it not?

Nicely timed rubbers

The Beethoven sonatas are available on Dynamic in pretty poor sound - in an echoey venue at a distance, but I've sat thru worse concerts They're available for listening to on Spotify if you want to hear what we lost in that Rome car accident when he was 32 (?)

[amateur51]

Ah, Dino Ciani. Many people swear by his Beethoven cycle (profundity of slow movements etc.), others swear at it (miserable sound recording from a tape deck in an audience member's lap). I have often toyed with purchasing the cycle but have only sampled the Appassionata (good, though clangorous sound). Anyone here know Ciani's set?

A potentially great career cut cruelly short, alas.

Good afternoon all, btw.

Summed up well, Taps - I like to dip into them from time to time, as long as I can strike out for the shore when the audio gets tough

[Tapiola]

Summed up well, Taps - I like to dip into them from time to time, as long as I can strike out for the shore when the audio gets tough

ams.

Manys a time I have hovered over the purchase button on Amazon without clicking. Ciani to me has been an almost-set for a while, much like the first Gulda set on Orfeo, the Nat set, the second Kovacevich, the first Backhaus. Then again, my children must eat and my son has an addiction to Super Mario Bros figures....

[Nick Armstrong]

I've not heard any Ciani and don't think I'll bother, however impoverished my life will undoubtedly be...

I own this set http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/B...Classics/94069 and very good (and well recorded) it is too. The Debussy and Schumann make it worth a purchase.

[amateur51]

ams.

Manys a time I have hovered over the purchase button on Amazon without clicking. Ciani to me has been an almost-set for a while, much like the first Gulda set on Orfeo, the Nat set, the second Kovacevich, the first Backhaus. Then again, my children must eat and my son has an addiction to Super Mario Bros figures....

The Nat set is well worth acquiring - decent sound, thoughtful individual performance. I got it from Amazon.fr at a reasonable price a couple of years ago and it fast became valued

Best price I can find is ...

http://www.amazon.it/Ses-Enregistrements-1930-1956-Edizione-Francia/dp/B000BS6Y74?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVGTH525N57WM2NQ&tag=pricenoia-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000BS6Y74

That's for 15 CDs, inc works by Schumann, Schubert & Chopin

[Tapiola]

The Nat set is well worth acquiring - decent sound, thoughtful individual performance. I got it from Amazon.fr at a reasonable price a couple of years ago and it fast became valued

Best price I can find is ...

http://www.amazon.it/Ses-Enregistrements-1930-1956-Edizione-Francia/dp/B000BS6Y74?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVGTH525N57WM2NQ&tag=pricenoia-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000BS6Y74

That's for 15 CDs, inc works by Schumann, Schubert & Chopin

wow, ammy. Very, very tempting.

Yoshi, Luigi and Kamek may have to wait...

[Tapiola]

Which D has large collections of Jazz and post-war scores, and plays host to Wolfgang's school for plinky plonkers?

Darmstadt?

[rubbernecker]

Darmstadt?

Glad, you had that moment of clarity, Taps!

Easy, wasn't it?

[Nick Armstrong]

Glad, you had that moment of clarity, Taps!

Easy, wasn't it?

Aide-memoire: Anna's Law!

Good to have you back rubbers. You are so elusive...!

[Tapiola]

Glad, you had that moment of clarity, Taps!

Easy, wasn't it?

Hmm, not sure about easy. I was down a blind alley initially - couldn't remember the name of that exponent of both jazz and modern classical whose name I thought began with D - Gunther Schuller : d'oh:

Wolfgang refers to Herr Rihm, I presume, an element in the very first AA conundrum I set.

Now for an E. Half a mo, please...

[rubbernecker]

Aide-memoire: Anna's Law!

Yes, I'm aware of that somewhat tedious protocol, but I'm unclear whether it's the setter's or the answerer's job...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadt

Scroll down to culture...

EDIT: I should have asked Taps to declare his hand, I don't think he got any of the elements but still managed to get the right answer!

[Tapiola]

Aah, Wolfgang Steinecke as opposed to Rihm (who was a guest lecturer). I must have missed the inauguration of Anna's Law all that time ago. I take it it involves full and frank explication of constituents?