tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post5899039686720061255..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Slipped factsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-26719954509435038052011-06-16T09:55:21.970+01:002011-06-16T09:55:21.970+01:00'His whole article was based on duff informati...<i>'His whole article was based on duff information...'</i><br /><br />Quite so.<br /><br />http://www.overgrownpath.com/2006/11/norman-lebrecht-blusters-as-blogs.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-30976939219881212172011-06-16T09:49:05.923+01:002011-06-16T09:49:05.923+01:00I recently posted a comment on his blog, gently ne...I recently posted a comment on his blog, gently needling a particularly self satisfied post of his, and, surprise surprise, it didn't make it through moderation.<br /><br />The first time I remember looking at an NL column and thinking, 'er, no, Norman', was when he guffawed with faux incredulity when 'Naxos' announced distribution of a Berlin Philharmonic live label with an ‘oh how the mighty have fallen’ tone. He said:<br /><br />“And in a snub to the elite music industry, the orchestra has licensed its anniversary CD set to the Hong Kong cheapo label, Naxos. If Simon Rattle had wanted to signal a Blairite agenda of access and education, he could hardly have struck a mightier chord.”<br /><br />It was very insulting to the amazing work Naxos has done, and it was just plain misleading. He went on in the article to very clearly state that the discs would be released on the Naxos label, which they weren’t. It was handled by Select, the distribution company established by Naxos, I believe, who are hardly the cheapo nobodies he implies, but distributors of Chandos, Hyperion, Bis, CPO, Glyndebourne Festival Opera... the list goes on. His whole article was based on duff information and even I, at the time a 22 year old shop assistant from Basingstoke, could see he was wrong.Andrew Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621999760260602982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-29350699377005547852011-06-16T08:13:29.842+01:002011-06-16T08:13:29.842+01:00I notice that in the July edition of The Strad mag...I notice that in the July edition of <i>The Strad</i> magazine Lebrecht has a piece titled <i>What do you expect of music critics?</i><br /><br />Quite so.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-42037144215331097842011-06-15T19:11:12.226+01:002011-06-15T19:11:12.226+01:00An entire blog could be devoted to chronicling Leb...An entire blog could be devoted to chronicling Lebrecht's fictions.<br /><br />As another example he says "Kars went one further than Liszt: he joined a monastery...".<br /><br />In fact, as my profile detailed, Jean Rodolphe-Kars joined the Paray-le-Monial centre of the Emmanuel Community. This is not an enclosed order (monastery), it is a Catholic evangelical organisation that works in the community.<br /><br />http://www.emmanuelcommunity.com/paray.html <br /><br />Need I say more?Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com