[Note: apologies to those who might be annoyed by CC-ing some of my Furtwanglerless contributions here -- hopefully this is still of some interest to the...
Samir Golescu
golescu@...
Jun 6, 2002 2:20 am
6648
In his "The Delights of Music", Neville Cardus reprints his review of a London performance of "Tristan und Isolde", sung by Flagstad and Melchior, conducted by...
Philip Walsh
bf779@...
Jun 8, 2002 11:01 pm
6649
[The following is a review, written by Neville Cardus, of a concert which took place in Manchester on December 4, 1935. The piece was reprinted (pages 29-32)...
Philip Walsh
bf779@...
Jun 8, 2002 11:01 pm
6650
... Flagstad's London debut took place on May 18, 1936--according to Harold Rosenthal's history of the house, and several other sources. It was not recorded,...
David Hamilton
davidham@...
Jun 9, 2002 12:22 am
6651
First, I want to thank David for his clarification of the question of the several Flagstad-Melchior Tristan recordings from the 1930's. Further to my original...
Philip Walsh
bf779@...
Jun 10, 2002 11:54 am
6652
I would appreciate the opportunity to have a copy of your article on the famous Tristan conflation. Isn't it curious that so many companies seem to have fallen...
musiccritic@...
Jun 10, 2002 3:52 pm
6653
Hello, I recently came across a Die Walkure on the Arkadia label (catalog no. hp 610.3 - cd cover has a blazing sunset against a red backdrop) in a Tower...
peter.byon@...
Jun 19, 2002 5:28 am
6654
He was quite old -- 96 or so. In my opinion (which was the same when Hansen was alive, this is not an opportunist obituary-like inflation), Hansen was the sole...
Samir Golescu
golescu@...
Jun 24, 2002 7:30 pm
6655
I hardly think that Conrad Hansen's memory needs to be (or can be) enhanced by the trashing of the reputations of other artists. This is very unlike your...
Ronald E. Grames
rgrames@...
Jun 24, 2002 9:35 pm
6656
Hofmann's ... peace. Please read all of this despite my deviations from the "score." Haste makes embarrassing mistakes. Ron G. ... From: "Ronald E. Grames"...
Ronald E. Grames
rgrames@...
Jun 24, 2002 9:57 pm
6657
... It is my opinion that Brendel's reputation is largely undeserved. Others probably disagree. It's all for the better. ... The precept of "live and let live"...
Samir Golescu
golescu@...
Jun 24, 2002 10:40 pm
6658
Trying to avoid the Brendel discussion, I have been trying to locate the Hansen/Fricsay Brahms. I had read that it would be released on CD on the Nomos label....
Alan Carrier
alancarrier@...
Jun 24, 2002 11:17 pm
6659
<Gregor Benko is alive. The story can be checked upon. It might have taken place at a time at which Hofmann's legacy wasn't widely available on CD as it is...
Ronald E. Grames
rgrames@...
Jun 25, 2002 12:10 am
6660
... Well, the participants seem to have been two: Gregor Benko and Alfred Brendel. The former related the story in a first hand testimony. Is there any...
Samir Golescu
golescu@...
Jun 25, 2002 2:00 am
6661
Those seeking more information on Conrad Henson's life and recordings may want to go to http://www.xs4all.nl/~rabruil/remhansen.html. Ron Grames ... * POSTED...
Ronald E. Grames
rgrames@...
Jun 25, 2002 2:19 am
6662
... Thanks. The funny thing is that I knew that website but, since I visited it last, it has been updated with some info, including that new(ish) 2CD set I...
Samir Golescu
golescu@...
Jun 25, 2002 3:48 am
6663
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Conrad Hansen had a CD released for his 90th Birthday consisting of Brahms, Schumann, and Chopin/Liszt. ...
Gordon Grant
gkgrant@...
Jun 25, 2002 4:10 am
6664
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Hi Alan, Thanks so much for your emails and especially this on as I too would like very much to hear this...
Gordon Grant
gkgrant@...
Jun 25, 2002 4:21 am
6665
I have often read Mr. Golescu's postings with interest and occasionally exasperation (he sometimes resorts to damning Furtwangler with faint praise in order to...
gabriel.parrablessing...
Jun 25, 2002 8:52 am
6666
Actually the double album with older Hansen recordings has founds its way to America and also the attention of reviewer Jed Distler. Go to ...
Ernst Lumpe
elumpe@...
Jun 25, 2002 12:26 pm
6667
[Did anyone else NOT receive Mr. Para-Blessing's long posting?? I did not and I discovered it inadvertently, while browsing the list's website!] "He [I]...
Samir Golescu
golescu@...
Jun 26, 2002 12:37 am
6668
I see now that his lack of appreciation makes Distler a part of the universal conspiracy against "romantic" performance style and those who pursue/ed it. And...
Ronald E. Grames
rgrames@...
Jun 26, 2002 5:10 am
6669
... Not necessarily. I did not hear that particular CD-set -- perhaps Hansen recorded some of it very late or something. Or perhaps Jed Distler, who is ...
Samir Golescu
golescu@...
Jun 26, 2002 7:16 am
6670
I certainly appreciate Mr. Golescu's right to like one performer and/or performance over another. I'd hate to get into epistemological arguments about the...
gabriel.parrablessing...
Jun 26, 2002 9:26 am
6671
Has any list member obtained the new German Society release of the 1952 Beethoven 9 with the VPO? I have both the old Rococo LP and the Disques Refrain CD,...
MWKluge@...
Jun 26, 2002 2:05 pm
6672
I've been hoping it will be made available through the WFSA. Do you have any inside information on that? John Krol ... From: <MWKluge@...> To:...
John Krol
moven1@...
Jun 26, 2002 3:46 pm
6673
According to a Japanese source the German Society issue is a transfer of the original broadcast tape, offering superb sound quality. In fact I posted an ...
Hkimura@...
Jun 26, 2002 4:32 pm
6674
... "Truth" is quite beyond me. > Perhaps it is the combination of pronouncements that equate preferences for styles of interpretation you dislike with...
Ronald E. Grames
rgrames@...
Jun 26, 2002 5:15 pm
6675
I have just heard from the organizers at the Schiller Universitat in Jena that the Furtwangler Tage at Jena will be held from 6-10 November. Last year was my...
Alan_Carrier@...
Jun 26, 2002 5:47 pm
6676
I have just heard from the organizers at the Schiller Universitat in Jena that the Furtwangler Tage at Jena will be held from 6-10 November. Last year was my...
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