tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post5738003714783488906..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Elgar and his dogsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-19808220061422796492010-01-15T06:06:15.722+00:002010-01-15T06:06:15.722+00:00Can't agree with the implied dismissal of Payn...Can't agree with the implied dismissal of Payne's E3. I hear plenty of real Elgar in it, some of it overpoweringly beautiful. His Pomp & C 6 was pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-40500967465791849042010-01-14T13:41:06.873+00:002010-01-14T13:41:06.873+00:00From January's IRR: "With the spoken sect...From January's IRR: "With the spoken sections, The Crown of India lasts 75 minutes. I can't imagine Elgarians wanting to listen to to the 'complete' work more than once..."<br /><br />Jean Echenoz' Ravel arrived yesterday but, after the Elgar post, I am now tempted to revisit James Hamilton-Paterson's Gerontius first!The Marches Hatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02717010843247210169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-3369520302192769282010-01-13T14:52:17.550+00:002010-01-13T14:52:17.550+00:00'Every great composer is allowed a dog or two....<i>'Every great composer is allowed a dog or two...</i><br /><br />Quite so, except JSB.<br /><br /><i>'If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach'</i> - Aaron CoplandPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-82433487407266737092010-01-13T14:46:33.861+00:002010-01-13T14:46:33.861+00:00Email received:
Every great composer is allowed a...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />Every great composer is allowed a dog or two. Look at Beethoven’s Wellington’s Victory, or Wagner’s American Centennial March. Ick. (although, I do have a soft spot for Wellington’s Victory. It’s wonderfully noisy).<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-3173832908743586032010-01-13T01:25:37.485+00:002010-01-13T01:25:37.485+00:00The five-movement orchestral suite Elgar created f...The five-movement orchestral suite Elgar created from music for the masque also survives. I have Barenboim's 1970's recording of "The Crown Of India" Suite. I have not listened to it since I was in high school, but I do not recall "The Crown Of India" Suite being particularly memorable, either, at least in Barenboim's hands.Drew80https://www.blogger.com/profile/17848576924497372868noreply@blogger.com