tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post4336621209983589694..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Elgar - as much or as little as you requireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-89874843187244784022007-08-23T21:25:00.000+01:002007-08-23T21:25:00.000+01:00Wobbly, I'm afraid.Wobbly, I'm afraid.Drew80https://www.blogger.com/profile/17848576924497372868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-82661642664545001242007-08-23T19:06:00.000+01:002007-08-23T19:06:00.000+01:00Thanks Drew80 for the recommendations. Is that goo...Thanks Drew80 for the recommendations. Is that good Pears or wobbly Pears on the Britten? :-)Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-75406771604350679912007-08-23T16:24:00.000+01:002007-08-23T16:24:00.000+01:00I have no recommendations for The Apostles.For Ger...I have no recommendations for The Apostles.<BR/><BR/>For Gerontius, the following are all quite excellent:<BR/><BR/>Barbirolli on EMI<BR/>Boult on EMI<BR/>Britten on Decca<BR/>Hickox on Chandos<BR/><BR/>For The Kingdom, the following are quite good:<BR/><BR/>Hickox on Chandos<BR/>Slatkin on RCA (believe it or not)Drew80https://www.blogger.com/profile/17848576924497372868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-14705633580827251862007-08-23T04:18:00.000+01:002007-08-23T04:18:00.000+01:00Prompted by Steven Smith's (Night After Night blog...Prompted by Steven Smith's (Night After Night blogger and New York Times critic, among other jobs) ecstatic review of the Bard concerts, I pulled out my recordings of the symphonies (Halle, Barbirolli) that I hadn't played in dogs years.<BR/><BR/>I was totally knocked out at how good the two symphonies are! They're definitely in heavy rotation for me these days.<BR/><BR/>Any recommendations for recordings of the three big oratorios (<I>Gerontius, The Apostles, The Kingdom</I>)?Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-78855531131549788672007-08-21T21:27:00.000+01:002007-08-21T21:27:00.000+01:00Email receivedThe seeming British disrespect of El...<I>Email received</I><BR/><BR/>The seeming British disrespect of Elgar is nothing short of appalling.<BR/><BR/>And anybody who thinks he was not forward looking clearly does not know the symphonies or Dream of Gerontius.<BR/><BR/>Just the other day, on my iPod, i was listening to Adrian Boult's stereo recordings of the two symphonies (and Pomp, and Enigma, and Serenade, etc.)<BR/><BR/>I am amazed how dissonant the 1st symphony is, how it almost seems to anticipate Walton's 1st.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-70126736899327773432007-08-21T18:37:00.000+01:002007-08-21T18:37:00.000+01:00I think it helps that Bard College has as its pres...I think it helps that Bard College has as its president a practicing conductor and musicologist -- Leon Botstein (who, as you probably know, apparently is slated to conduct a revival of John Foulds's World Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 11, 2007). <BR/><BR/>Now, if major orchestras or radio systems in Britain or the United States were similarly administered by highly educated, progressive, and practicing musicians (including musicologists) their programs might be more culturally coherent, persuasive, and meaningful.<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>PS. I was fascinated to read, the other night, that the prize-winning, very well-rounded and insightful performer and scholar Charles Rosen was a student of composer Karl Weigl; who you and conductor John McLaughlin Williams discussed here last winter.Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.com