tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post8746927206950208282..comments2023-09-25T19:16:16.688-07:00Comments on Vinyl Fatigue: The Second Vienna School by OrmandyLawrence Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377066810131464796noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-24911010320700001622010-04-14T17:44:00.055-07:002010-04-14T17:44:00.055-07:00Buster, I'm glad you like it. I've always ...Buster, I'm glad you like it. I've always thought Webern's concentrated, abstract miniatures could be exceedingly beautiful, given a little room to breathe. I think that's what Ormandy manages to do with them.Lawrence Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377066810131464796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-46006454381699446852010-04-14T16:37:38.201-07:002010-04-14T16:37:38.201-07:00Started listening to this - it is exceedingly good...Started listening to this - it is exceedingly good!Busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918896767504950096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-2328344451096811192010-04-11T14:24:33.872-07:002010-04-11T14:24:33.872-07:00I've just re-uploaded the folders with the fil...I've just re-uploaded the folders with the files in questions, and everything now seems to be OK. <br /><br />Thanks for letting me know about the problem. I'm glad you like the site!Lawrence Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377066810131464796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-88722454847598843822010-04-11T12:01:05.086-07:002010-04-11T12:01:05.086-07:00Hi,
Looking forward to this, but 2 of the zip file...Hi,<br />Looking forward to this, but 2 of the zip files (FLAC) have problems, I downloaded as a group and separately. Tracks 1 & 7 are bad. I tried repair with both sets of downloads, but without recovery record it did no good. If you could upload those tracks, I'd sure appreciate it !<br />Thanks,<br />Dave<br />PS Love your siteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-81668031713504716982010-04-09T20:37:47.555-07:002010-04-09T20:37:47.555-07:00I have that Wozzeck recording by Böhm, which I rem...I have that Wozzeck recording by Böhm, which I remember as being quite good --the singers are terrific -- although I confess I have a soft spot for the Mitropoulos recording with Mack Harrell and Eileen Farrell despite the criticism it has garnered. <br /><br />I have to say the the triumphant smugness with which certain modern composers and critics crusade against serial and twelve tone composition infuriates me. New tonalists, I guess one should call them, since the religious fervor with which they advocate for a tonal-only musical world and "approachable" music parrots the "serial only" inanities of a previous generation that was sometimes tempted to measure a music"s worth according to how many in the audience scratched their heads in incomprehension. David del Tredici is one of its most egregious exponents, and one can only hope he will lose some of his zealotry, as has Pierre Boulez, who got frequently stupid in his advocacy of "new" music. I should add, lest I be misunderstood, that I think Pierre Boulez, for all his annoying ticks, is a genius and that del Tredici decidedly is not.Lawrence Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377066810131464796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-64350123883923850552010-04-09T18:10:55.699-07:002010-04-09T18:10:55.699-07:00Karl Böhm is said to have been a friend of Berg, t...Karl Böhm is said to have been a friend of Berg, too, and to have given him advice about some details in Wozzeck. Like Ormandy, record companies did not make much profit of these friendships (with the exception of course of Wozzeck and Lulu recordings by Böhm!)Discobolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093025720315485894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-6685570451606649512010-04-08T20:15:12.010-07:002010-04-08T20:15:12.010-07:00It is a great cover, isn't it??It is a great cover, isn't it??Lawrence Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377066810131464796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-46702505169687051062010-04-08T17:55:13.092-07:002010-04-08T17:55:13.092-07:00Buster and Fred: It was an interesting find, and I...Buster and Fred: It was an interesting find, and I have been wanting to post it for a while, so a follow up to my last post seemed opportune. It is not a record I have seen around much since getting it.<br /><br />According to the notes on the back jacket, containing a long, laudatory quotation of Ormandy on Berg, he was a friend of the composer, and characterized Lulu as one of the century's most important works. He expressed a desire to conduct it; I wish he had, although Dohnanyi's recording with Anja Silja satisfies me completely.Lawrence Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377066810131464796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-72295735829945859832010-04-08T17:44:48.442-07:002010-04-08T17:44:48.442-07:00Great post! Thanks a lot! I did not know Ormandy h...Great post! Thanks a lot! I did not know Ormandy had known Berg. The cover art is amazing too ;-)Discobolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093025720315485894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-90895147646902415852010-04-08T16:56:15.134-07:002010-04-08T16:56:15.134-07:00Larry,
Fascinating issue. Though admittedly not m...Larry,<br /><br />Fascinating issue. Though admittedly not my cup of tea, I am intrigued by this because I would not have thought Ormandy to be much too sympathetic towards the SVS. I do have the Minneapolis version of Verklaerte Nacht, albeit in pretty crappy sound.<br /><br />-FredFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03877039819215830724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810092376954007202.post-60149456396024765442010-04-08T15:45:03.468-07:002010-04-08T15:45:03.468-07:00Larry - Most interesting. I wonder how many of the...Larry - Most interesting. I wonder how many of these Columbia sold!Busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918896767504950096noreply@blogger.com