tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post111537424293146501..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Jacques Loussier close upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1119630572659797392005-06-24T17:29:00.000+01:002005-06-24T17:29:00.000+01:00I came to Loussier a long time ago by way of his B...I came to Loussier a long time ago by way of his Bach album. (I also got Andre Benichou's "Jazz Guitar Bach", but that's been mostly forgotten now.)<BR/><BR/>I recently got his "Variations on the Allegretto from [Beethoven's] Symphony #7". It's a great album, and one of the 1 or 2 in the jazz idiom that I have.MikeZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856948417775902893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1116985539348803382005-05-25T02:45:00.000+01:002005-05-25T02:45:00.000+01:00You missed the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk for classi...You missed the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk for classical music stations figaro.cms.smil<BR/><BR/>elf@cape.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1115428145641352802005-05-07T02:09:00.000+01:002005-05-07T02:09:00.000+01:00I agree about Caine. You have to be selective. His...I agree about Caine. You have to be selective. His Goldberg is indulgent. But I love the Wagner. Great concept, too.<BR/><BR/>Wasn't there a British group, actually a duo I think (maybe 10 years ago) that did all the Beethoven symphonies in 3 minutes. (The Reduced Orchestra..? or something like that... memory fails me.) <BR/><BR/>I liked best their rendition of Pachelbel's Canon. Sound of a cannon going off. Brilliant!<BR/><BR/>But we've strayed far off topic.<BR/>I like it when musicians take liberty with the classics, as long as they don't try to bend it too far. I recall that Paul Whiteman straightened out Gershwin's rhythms so that the masses would enjoy them. Took awhile for the originals to be known. <BR/><BR/>I'll have to look for Hugh Warren. Name is new to me. Tnx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1115394140761329702005-05-06T16:42:00.000+01:002005-05-06T16:42:00.000+01:00Richard, I've got a number of the Uri Caine CD's. ...Richard, I've got a number of the Uri Caine CD's. I agree that Wagner E Veneza is very good (although the sound effects are rather contrived). I think the Diabelli Variations are fun, but I very rarely return to listen. A few tracks of the Goldberg Variations and the Mahler CD's I find interesting, but I am afraid I find a lot of them self-indulgent and frankly rather annoying. I think it is a simply a case of 'one man's meat is another man's poison'. But I do find his 'straight' recordings like Solitaire very good, he is a wonderful pianist. <BR/>There is a marvellous CD of 'treatments' of John Dowland by the pianist Hugh Warren which I find far more satisfying. It appears to be long gone from the catalogue unfortunately, but I did get it played on BBC Radio 3 once, the listing amused me as it was Dowland played on synthesizer and prepared piano I think! Hugh Warren is pianist of the Perfect House Plants who did a couple of 'dooby dooby doo' type projects based on early music with the Orlando Consort on Harmonia Mundi (who normally have quite a good ear), but I haven't heard them.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1115392880990411172005-05-06T16:21:00.000+01:002005-05-06T16:21:00.000+01:00You should look into Uri Caine's interpretations o...You should look into Uri Caine's interpretations of Mahler, Beethoven, Wagner, et al. He's probably the most creative of them all.<BR/><BR/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classical/reviews/uricaine_diabelli.shtml<BR/><BR/>His recording of Wagner played by a cafe orchestra (Wagner in Venice) is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com