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Classical music on CD, vinyl, cassette, etc.
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AFP interview with Gottfried Wagner: 'I saw him as a threat'
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Fascinating interview. Gottfried Wagner, the rebellious great-
grandson, said in his 1977 autobiography that 27 rolls of private home
movies of Hitler and the Wagner family are still under lock and key.
Have they ever been released?
From Norman Lebrecht's Slipped Disc blog:
<< Extracts from Gottfried Wagner’s Agence France-Presse (AFP)... more »
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Early Tocanini vs. Late Toscanini
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Agree/disagree with Haggin's description?:
Early T.(NY Philharmonic years) = Relaxed, expansive, articulating and
organizing and shaping the substance of a piece with much elasticity
of tempo, and molding the phrase with a great deal of sharp
inflection,
Late T.(NBC Symphony years) = Simpler, tauter, swifter, setting a... more »
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Cádiz (Chueca) on Deutsche Grammophon CD
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We've waited a long time for this keystone of 19th century zarzuela to be given a studio recording, but the excellent, new and complete DG set has been worth the wait.
You can read my review (linked from zarzuela.net's front page) from here, along of course with much else of possible interest to 'zarzueleros':... more »
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New Janet Baker reissue - excellent news
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I know I'm not alone in awaiting the CD reissue of more of Dame Janet's recorded artistry - even though this 20 CD box duplicates much that has been available, it appears (based on the tracklisting at the EMI website) to fill many important gaps, including the single Schubert song omitted from prior reissues of the 2 LP set of lieder she recorded with Gerald Moore; it also has the contents of her 'Favourite Encores' and 'Songs for Sunday'LPs as well as the duet recitals with Fischer Dieskau.... more »
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"I'll ignore Classical Music, Alex."
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Last night "Jeopardy!" had one its rare appearances of the Classical Music category. (Opera is a similar rarity.) I could understand someone never having heard of Domenico Scarlatti, but was flabbergasted that none of the contestants had heard of the "New World" symphony. (At least the guy who got... more »
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OT: This is The End, My Friend, My Only Friend
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Ray Manzarek, Doors Keyboardist, Dies at 74
By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR.
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and a founding member of the Doors whose
sinuous and melodic organ riffs defined the band’s sound, died on
Monday afternoon at a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, after a bout with
cancer. He was 74.... more »
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Bernstein's two Mahler Symphonies sets on DGG
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Dear friends:
Are the two Bernstein DGG Mahler Symphonies sets, the one on DVD and the
one on CD, taken from the same performances?
If the answer is "no" which set was recorded later, and which one has the
best recorded sound?
Thanks a lot again. -- Enviado desde mi iPad usando NewsTap, Juan I. Cahis, Santiago de Chile.... more »
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Stravinsky Straram Sacre?
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Is the Stravinsky Straram Concerts Sacre in print? If not what were
the most recent CD issues?
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Eric
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