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User Details - mahlerei
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August 7, 2008
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| I suppose the breakup was inevitable after all the talk of 'turmoil' at Sony-BMG. It does seem to have affected distribution though, as the Zinman Mahler 5 didn't appear in the UK when it was expected. MDT say they have no release date for the disc but I was able to get it from Japan some time ago. Very much hope the Zinman cycle can be completed. ... more | |
April 26, 2008
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| To my mind the biggest disadvantage of the LSO Live series is the venue, the dry-as-dust Barbican in London. Gergiev is performing - and one assumes recording - the Mahler 8 in St Paul's cathedral, which has a notoriously 'swimmy' acoustic. A Mahler 2 I heard there some years ago was a disaster. ... more | |
April 23, 2008
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| Robert I don't know any Aho but that sounds unmissable. Thanks for the heads up. ... more | |
April 22, 2008
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| Indeed, Ashkenazy's Shostakovich 5, 7 and 11 are very fine performances, as good as any in the catalogue. I would like to hear more Prokofiev from him - his Cleveland Cinderella is top notch - and I heard him conduct a cracking Nevsky at a special showing of Eisenstein's film. ... more | |
April 19, 2008
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| Robert Can we expect any Messiaen from BIS in this anniversary year? Some of the organ works from Aarhus with Simon Preston, for instance. Or a Turangalila from Singapore. And in SACD please. ... more | |
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