... I don't think that Hofmann and Moonlight suited so well together. Kreisleriana is indeed great, and so is his recording of the 4th Ballade by Chopin. For...
Kalle Kuusava
kalle.kuusava@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:29 am
5676
... Of course it does! That Moonlight roll has little to do with Hofmann's playing. Thank God, we can hear today an entire live performance of Hofmann, as well...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 1, 2001 6:47 pm
5677
Piano rolls are both a very precious and a very frustrating "recording" device. Precious: how would we know today how did Carenno, or Reisenauer phrase, if not...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 1, 2001 6:49 pm
5678
... Anyway, that wrong date is the most memorable contribution of the esteemed Mr. Sobelsohn to date.... ... * POSTED to furt-l - the Furtwangler Mailing List ...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 1, 2001 9:08 pm
5679
Thanks, Deryk, Gil, Kalle and Samir, for your helpful comments on piano rolls and Hofmann. I always thought the piano rolls recordings were true...
Wong
whs@...
Mar 3, 2001 7:20 pm
5680
... You are most welcome, of course. ... Sorry to deliver this disappointment.... )-: I have a book which contains a list of (almost) all piano rolls made in...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 3, 2001 7:28 pm
5681
Fasil Say has said in a recent interview that he has recorded himself on piano rolls to play in concert his own arrangement of "Le Sacre du printemps" for...
Conscience
conscience@...
Mar 3, 2001 7:50 pm
5682
Dear All, Can anyone tell me more about the 1947 live Berlin Tristan. I have heard that only excerpts survive. Which? Is there any chance that the whole...
David Harbin
dharbin_uk@...
Mar 4, 2001 4:32 pm
5683
... You're welcome. It's interesting to compare the Rachmaninov's piano rolls, which are released both by Decca and Telarc. Decca's release is incredibly bad....
Kalle Kuusava
kalle.kuusava@...
Mar 5, 2001 12:10 pm
5684
Kalle - stay off the "VROOOOM!!!" and you and your driving licence will last a lot longer. So much to enjoy musically and so little time! Ponder. Best, Eric ...
Eric Kisch
kischmir@...
Mar 5, 2001 2:29 pm
5685
<html><DIV> <P>dear Everyone,</P> <P>I have a query regarding a recording by Stokowski, who was a great fan of our hero Furtwangler. It is regarding his...
martin holland
martinholland@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:39 pm
5686
Is it working OK now ? Neil ... * POSTED to furt-l - the Furtwangler Mailing List * Send new posts to furt-l@... * To unsubscribe, go to http://...
Neil
neil@...
Mar 5, 2001 5:12 pm
5687
Dear Martin, I have the Everest reissue and it sounds wonderful. Though I've never heard the Dell'Arte, I've read that the Everest is a better remastering....
Tim Tucker
zardoz1967@...
Mar 5, 2001 5:25 pm
5688
... I concur with the above, FWIW. regards, SG ... * POSTED to furt-l - the Furtwangler Mailing List * Send new posts to furt-l@... * To unsubscribe,...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 5, 2001 6:56 pm
5689
... Then Telarc used a technological break-through to "read" the old rolls. I wished they did that with pianists who left less 78 recordings than Rachmaninov. ...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 5, 2001 7:07 pm
5690
Samir, After a brief scan through Robert Stumpf's Stokowski discography, it appears that it hasn't. The only "Francescas" on his list are the Everest and a...
Tim Tucker
zardoz1967@...
Mar 5, 2001 7:42 pm
5691
... P.S. I understand that there is an earlier, even more thrilling Stokowski Francesca -- did it ever make it to CD? _______________ "In fact, any man who...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 5, 2001 7:45 pm
5692
furt-members: the earlier stokowski Francesca was on a Columbia lp ML 4071 (coupled with Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite); his last recording of Francesca was...
John Hauser MSN Email...
john_hauser19@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:10 pm
5693
... According to the discography from Paul Robinson's 1977 biography of Stokowski, the earlier of the three versions was recorded November 3rd, 1947 with the...
Bradleigh Stockwell
koloman@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:25 pm
5694
... OK--so there are three studio versions, I understand? When is the first one from--1947, if I recall anything at all? Never heard it. ... Yes. This is a...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:35 pm
5695
... Thanks. ... Without denying the pertinence of Robinson's comments, Stokowski's Tchaikovsky cannot be judged en gross, IMHO. More specifically: the Fifth: I...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:56 pm
5696
... One of the funnier Penguin Guide reviews I have read concerns this Cala issue. They write that it seems Stokowski must have had a train to catch, but...
Gil Zilkha
gzilkha@...
Mar 5, 2001 9:37 pm
5697
The Munch was released on a Chesky CD some dozen years ago coupled wth the Bizet Symphony,both with the RPO.It may still be available. He also did a version...
Ceasar,Braga,Jr.
saz1@...
Mar 5, 2001 9:39 pm
5698
... That's funny indeed, but no wonder--if musical tastes have anything to do with personality, most "Pengraphone" reviewers would be inheritorless! (-: It is...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 5, 2001 9:48 pm
5699
But you have to make differences between the several systems of piano-rolls . E.g. the Welte-system ("Welte-Mignon") passes for a really excellent reproducing...
oliver.wurl
oliver.wurl@...
Mar 5, 2001 10:48 pm
5700
... And much more, all asute and informative, as always. I should mention that my quoting Paul Robinson does not imply I agree with him on all points. I am a...
Bradleigh Stockwell
koloman@...
Mar 6, 2001 1:13 am
5701
... Um... I've never thought of such an, if a bit radical, nevertheless fair panacea, but now, that you mention it, I start wondering.... ... * POSTED to...
samir golescu
golescu@...
Mar 6, 2001 3:50 am
5702
Furt-members: I think one of the most appropriate remarks on critics was stated by Max Reger concerning the Munich critic Rudolf Louis(as described in...
John Hauser MSN Email...
john_hauser19@...
Mar 6, 2001 4:49 am
5703
<html><DIV> <P>Thanks everybody for your wonderfully enlightening comments on Stokowski and Francesca. I've learned a lot and, more importantly, it's inspired...
martin holland
martinholland@...
Mar 6, 2001 4:06 pm
5704
Bradleigh writes: Last year, Valery Gergiev, pianist Alexander Toradze and the Kirov Orchestra gave a spectacular performace. Bold, tremendous, once in...
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