tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post9099804528366522109..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Music without moderationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-70112957902884902142018-09-18T18:15:37.011+01:002018-09-18T18:15:37.011+01:00Thanks for posting this - I did want to note that ...Thanks for posting this - I did want to note that Columbia Japan has reissued the Martinu Neumann set as a 24-bit remastered package, and I think the sound was improved significantly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-39805044521753544002009-07-21T00:00:42.133+01:002009-07-21T00:00:42.133+01:00I am just discovering Martinu thanks to the Bryden...I am just discovering Martinu thanks to the Bryden Thomson/RSNO boxed set of his complete symphonies that I purchased recently on a whim. So far I am only up to #3 and I love what I hear so far. With about 300 CDs, I didn't quite know where to go next with all the usual suspects already accounted for in the collection. Now I know. Martinu! And I guess 2009 is the right time to do it. Like your blogThomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-84965191147244756062008-12-23T18:25:00.000+00:002008-12-23T18:25:00.000+00:00Just spotted this ...Julietta will be performed by...Just spotted this ...<BR/><BR/>Julietta will be performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in a concert performance on 27 March 2009. Jiri Belohlávek conducts and Magdalena Kozena stars as the archetypal heroine. Tickets are available on 020 7638 8891 or www.barbican.org.uk<BR/><BR/>Garsington Opera will perform Mirandolina from 18 June 2009. Details at www.garsington.org<BR/><BR/>Guildhall School of Music and Drama will present The Marriage in a double-bill with Rossini's La Cambiale di Matrimonio from 3 June 2009. Further information at www.gsmd.ac.uk<BR/><BR/>For details of other Martinu performances, check out www.bachtrack.com and www.martinu.cz<BR/><BR/>http://www.musicomh.com/classical/features/martinu_1008.htmSlow Turtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160046631464461510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-80474685154159738322008-12-23T18:08:00.000+00:002008-12-23T18:08:00.000+00:00One of the most delightful aspects of following mu...One of the most delightful aspects of following music blogs such as OAOP is that I am inspired to listen to a piece of music or a composer again who I may have neglected for a spell. <BR/><BR/>I too have the Neumann set on LP, but hadn't listened to any of Martinu's symphonies for a while. I pulled it out last night, played the 4th and thoroughly enjoyed it. But, while a good performance, I have to say that it's fairly lackluster recording in my opinion. I also have Weller's recording of the 4th with the Royal Liverpool Phil so gave that one a spin: much better! Then on to Mackerras' recording of the Double Concerto with the Prague Radio Sym. All in all a wonderful evening of Martinu! Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Don't forget Martinu's operas either. "Julietta", "Comedy on the Bridge", and "Ariane" are three that I get played every now and then around here.Slow Turtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160046631464461510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-34083302894079736822008-12-22T19:24:00.000+00:002008-12-22T19:24:00.000+00:00Mike, please don't apologise for introducing a...Mike, please don't apologise for introducing a discussion about the music of Karol Szymanowski.<BR/><BR/>His music should be played instead of the absurd overdoses of the output from anniversary composers that we are being subject to. The 70th anniversary of Szymanowski's death passed virtually unnoticed last year. Some time back there was an excellent budget Decca double CD that coupled Szymanowski's Symphonies 2 & 3 and his Violin Concerto 2 with works by Witold Lutoslawski. I bought my copy in 1996 and it plays as I write.<BR/><BR/>Alas, and like so many other fine discs, it is deleted. But it is available from some re-sellers at a reasonable price.<BR/><BR/>Other Szymanowski recommendations very welcome.<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Szymanowski-and-Lutoslawski/dp/B0000042DH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1229972925&sr=1-1Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-24570718937807919032008-12-22T18:30:00.000+00:002008-12-22T18:30:00.000+00:00Dear Pliable: Let me make a correction to my last ...Dear Pliable: Let me make a correction to my last comment where I absurdly confused two Eastern European composers. Emanuel Ax played the 4th Symphony of Karol Szymanowski rather than Martinu, but my statement still stands. More Martinu! And more Szymanowski while we're at it.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-67155510138907320182008-12-22T18:25:00.000+00:002008-12-22T18:25:00.000+00:00Here's another vote for More Martinu! Emanuel Ax j...Here's another vote for More Martinu! Emanuel Ax just played the 4th Symphony at the San Francisco Symphony and I adored it. Even got to hang out at the rehearsals because I was supposed to interview Mr. Ax, which I did for all of about three minutes (I was nervous, he was busy).Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-76372623332920335242008-12-21T20:47:00.000+00:002008-12-21T20:47:00.000+00:00Michael, you are quite right. The Chandos site is ...Michael, you are quite right. The Chandos site is not the easiest to navigate; but I think the Martinů symphonies, and all Chandos releases, are available in MP3 or higher quality lossless download formats.<BR/><BR/>http://www.theclassicalshop.net/WMASearch07.aspPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-57374525991012919352008-12-21T19:49:00.000+00:002008-12-21T19:49:00.000+00:00Piable,following your link to the Chandos Martinu ...Piable,<BR/>following your link to the Chandos Martinu Symphonies in download, I note that they are not MP3. Instead they are lossless, i.e. genuine CD quality sound. Impossible to resist, I should say!Michael Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941628998615926452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-28858360835565695082008-12-21T16:50:00.000+00:002008-12-21T16:50:00.000+00:00The world would be a better place with less Mahler...The world would be a better place with less Mahler and more Martinu.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520926883774598349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-52452940741417779022008-12-21T15:38:00.000+00:002008-12-21T15:38:00.000+00:00Other composer anniversaries in 2009 include Vagn ...Other composer anniversaries in 2009 include <BR/><BR/>Vagn Holmboe (b1909)<BR/>James MacMillan (b1959)<BR/><BR/>Louis Spohr (d1859)<BR/>Isaac Albéniz (d1909)<BR/>George Antheil (d1959)<BR/>Ernest Bloch (d1959)Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com