December 1, 2002 I tried to send this message on Nov. 4th - it was rejected by the server - Today I have rejoined the list (I never asked to be withdrawn!) and...
Henning Smidth
smidth@...
Dec 1, 2002 10:15 pm
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Dear list-members, I have a somewhat urgent question for you regarding the various editions of Furtwaengler's La Scala Ring. My problem is that I would like to...
Ponzetto, Giacomo
ponzetto@...
Dec 6, 2002 11:59 am
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Giacomo, on the US Music and Arts site, it's still listed at the reduced price of $59.70, with the note that it's soon to be out-of-print. patrick ... ...
patrick stubbins
pstubbins@...
Dec 6, 2002 1:10 pm
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Thank you very much, but I am afraid I cannot get it directly from M&A in time for Christmas, if past experience is any guide to shipping times. Best, Giacomo ...
Ponzetto, Giacomo
ponzetto@...
Dec 6, 2002 2:02 pm
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Ciao Giacomo, the Gebhardt edition they say that it's 24bit mastered but my copy sounds as the elder Arkadia copy that is much better assembled with some more...
Avv. Pieralfonso Longo
p.longo@...
Dec 6, 2002 2:56 pm
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I would like to see EMI remaster their 1953 Furt Ring (is there any way to bring the orchestra further forward?) and issue it in a superbudget priced set. The...
David Harbin
dharbin_uk@...
Dec 6, 2002 3:24 pm
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Thank you very much for the exhaustive information ! Best, Giacomo ... From: "Avv. Pieralfonso Longo" <p.longo@...> To: <furt-l@...> Sent:...
Ponzetto, Giacomo
ponzetto@...
Dec 6, 2002 3:31 pm
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Hi, the offer is only for inhabitants of the USA.Hélas! Best,Günter Holtz,Bremen ... From: "Bruce Guisti" <thinker49@...> To: <furt-l@...> ...
XYLARION
xylarion@...
Dec 6, 2002 4:56 pm
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... I have nothing but good to say in dealing with Zweitausendeins. They have always come through with prompt sending of orders - even to the US - and the...
Eric Kisch
kischmir@...
Dec 7, 2002 4:09 am
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Japanese classical e-groups are now full of Andante scandal. The 1952 live recording of Das Lied von der Erde (as they claim) in their new Mahler collection...
Kazuo Ohmi
ohmi@...
Dec 13, 2002 4:00 pm
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... A friend tells me: "This smells of a tape I got from Good Sound Associates 20 years ago, claiming to be the live performance, but was, indeed, a doctored...
David Hamilton
davidham@...
Dec 13, 2002 11:39 pm
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I'm looking for a CD version of the recording of William Walton's and Dame Edith Sitwell's "Facade" with the poems narrated by Sitwell. My parents had a...
Alan Spaeth
aspaeth1@...
Dec 14, 2002 1:17 am
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... As far as I know, it hasn't been released on CD so far. It's complete, but one piece--"When Don Pasquito," I believe) is recited by one David Horner; Dame...
David Hamilton
davidham@...
Dec 14, 2002 5:03 am
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Dear All, Am most excited to see the Furtwangler live BPO Wagner Preludes and Extracts is to be released in the Furtwangler box set by DG early next year....
David Harbin
dharbin_uk@...
Dec 14, 2002 1:17 pm
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... Frederick Prausnitz! there's a name from the past. I recall his being a fiarly regular presence at the 1960s Proms, on the contemporary side. IIRC he...
Deryk Barker
dbarker@...
Dec 15, 2002 6:53 pm
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... Actually, it's Frederik. I remembered he didn't spell it conventionally, but--instead of looking it up--I guessed at a non-Frederick spelling, and guessed...
David Hamilton
davidham@...
Dec 15, 2002 8:26 pm
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I have finally found Hans Pfitzner's recording of the Schumann First (an acoustic recording on glorious multi-color Polydors). However it is missing the final...
Lukretia Palestrina
hanserichpfitznerspal...
Dec 16, 2002 12:04 am
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Perhaps you'll also enjoy the following new issue from Music & Arts, about which list member Mark Kluge writes in his liner notes: WILHEM FURTWÄNGLER CONDUCTS...
Fred Maroth
maroth@...
Dec 17, 2002 5:44 am
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May the next year bring you much music and joy. Peace to all the music fans on the Furt list, and peace to the world. Take care all, Dan Cepeda Casper, Wyoming...
Dan Cepeda
cepeda@...
Dec 25, 2002 1:01 am
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Folks: Well, I suppose this ought to be the best of times. And it isn't for everyone, even those of us who are well skilled at counting our blessings. For...
Alexander Inglis
towebguy@...
Dec 25, 2002 2:41 am
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I know this question comes up on the list every so often, but here it is again -- what's the best-sounding version of the 1950 Ring Cycle from La Scala? I've...
Ethan Prater
eprater@...
Dec 27, 2002 9:45 pm
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Actually, I have had to repurchase a La Scala Ring recently (as list-members may have noticed), and in the end I went back to M&A. The last copies of their set...
Ponzetto, Giacomo
ponzetto@...
Dec 28, 2002 10:15 am
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Giacomo Ponzetto wrote on Saturday, December 28, 2002 4:06 AM ... in the end I went back to M&A. The last copies of their set are on sale at less than $60, and...
Ronald E. Grames
rgrames@...
Dec 28, 2002 10:27 pm
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According to a fairly reliable source on another list, on this date in 1925 Furtwangler made his U.S. conducting debut in New York's Carnegie Hall. Anyone know...
Philip Walsh
bf779@...
Jan 3, 2003 4:20 pm
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I believe one of John Hunt's WFS newsletters had reproductions of several NYPhil programmes.....and I'm SURE I have seen this somewhere. Maybe in Dan Gillis'...
Lee Schipper
SCHIPPER@...
Jan 3, 2003 4:41 pm
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... 1925 ... According to René Trémine's concert listing it was: Strauss Don Juan Haydn Cello concerto (with Casals) Brahms Symphony #1 EL ... * POSTED to...
Ernst Lumpe
elumpe@...
Jan 3, 2003 4:41 pm
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January 4, 2003 More than 430 new links were added to the Furtwaengler part of The Smidth Pages - have a look at: ...
Henning Smidth
smidth@...
Jan 4, 2003 12:17 pm
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Godt nyt aar!!! lee Lee Schipper Co Director, EMBARQ World Resources Institute 10 "G" St NE, Washington DC 20002 1 202 729 7735 http://www.embarq.wri.org ...
Lee Schipper
schipper@...
Jan 4, 2003 3:02 pm
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As a few of you remember, I produced a series of about 45 radio programs on Furtwaengler in the early 1970s, which were broadcast on SF Bay Area Radio station...
lee schipper
schipper@...
Jan 5, 2003 7:11 pm
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... know ... just ... on ... An idea you may have had yourself already perhaps, (and perhaps rejected it), but nonetheless: 1) convert the whole to DAT masters...