HiFi WigWam - Classical http://www.hifiwigwam.com/ The great debate, Brahms or Liszt. en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:33:05 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.hifiwigwam.com/digitalvb/morbid/misc/rss.png HiFi WigWam - Classical http://www.hifiwigwam.com/ RCA Living Stereo reissues http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?88598-RCA-Living-Stereo-reissues&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:46:53 GMT Analogue Productions are producing about 25 reissues in the coming months especially Fritz Reiner. Available on vinyl or SACD - should be worth... Analogue Productions are producing about 25 reissues in the coming months especially Fritz Reiner. Available on vinyl or SACD - should be worth looking out for. Pity about the prices which'll probably be around the £30 for the black stuff. http://www.theabsolutesound.com/arti...-rca-reissues/ ]]> Classical monya http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?88598-RCA-Living-Stereo-reissues Rostal and Schaeffer http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?88191-Rostal-and-Schaeffer&goto=newpost Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:59:58 GMT A thoughtful gift from John the beer drinking Latvian, sent by him in a recent parcel of LPs, is this: Attachment 9182... A thoughtful gift from John the beer drinking Latvian, sent by him in a recent parcel of LPs, is this:

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Sleeve notes say they met while studying at the Royal College of Music.

It has turned out to be one of this household's favourites for the last week with the present Mrs F insisting often that we 'play it again.'

Actually, my profound thanks to John are due. These two pianists - never encountered by me before, for all that says - play an assortment of sweeties with real commitment and verve. It's pianism in the Stephen Hough mould: technically clean with, if it was speech, great diction, while at the same time being seriously musical. Their own fantasy on a theme of G&S which closes the recording is sharp and very amusing, but there's also some very nicely judged more serious stuff. Poulenc, Brahms, Dvorak. And a reading of Benjamin's Jamaican Rumba that had us both wobbling, faux Strictly stylee, around the kitchen last night.

Oh, but check out the 'they have landed' stares in the cover photo. Scary!

I recommend it.
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]]> Classical KevinF http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?88191-Rostal-and-Schaeffer Bach Sonata no. 5 http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87902-Bach-Sonata-no-5&goto=newpost Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:10:43 GMT Currently enjoying Bach sonata no. 5 on radio 3. Any recommendations for outsanding recordings? Thanks! Currently enjoying Bach sonata no. 5 on radio 3. Any recommendations for outsanding recordings? Thanks! ]]> Classical NAM http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87902-Bach-Sonata-no-5 Bach - Crab Canon on a mobius strip http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87828-Bach-Crab-Canon-on-a-mobius-strip&goto=newpost Thu, 30 May 2013 19:46:05 GMT Interesting glimpse at structure.

]]> Classical barry2tone http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87828-Bach-Crab-Canon-on-a-mobius-strip The Rite of Spring, a hundred years ago, today. http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87752-The-Rite-of-Spring-a-hundred-years-ago-today&goto=newpost Wed, 29 May 2013 06:42:17 GMT ---Quote--- The Rite of Spring was a revolutionary work for a revolutionary time. Its first performance in Paris, exactly 100 years ago today, was a...
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The Rite of Spring was a revolutionary work for a revolutionary time. Its first performance in Paris, exactly 100 years ago today, was a key moment in cultural history – a tumultuous scandal. Written on the eve of the first world war and the Russian revolution, the piece is the emblem of an era of great scientific, artistic and intellectual ferment. No composer since can avoid the shadow of this great icon of the 20th century, and score after score by modern masters would be unthinkable without its model.

Composer, George Benjamin writing in The Guardian.


..would have loved to have been in the Champs-Élysées Theatre that night-
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As the first few bars of the orchestral work The Rite of Spring – Le Sacre du Printemps – by the young, little-known Russian composer Igor Stravinsky sounded, there was a disturbance in the audience. It was, according to some of those present – who included Marcel Proust, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy – the sound of derisive laughter.
]]> Classical DeCameron http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87752-The-Rite-of-Spring-a-hundred-years-ago-today new classical pressings http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87617-new-classical-pressings&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 22:21:53 GMT Saw this in the Guardian just now - I'm sure they're great but the prices are just daft.

http://www.theelectricrecordingco.com/ ]]> Classical minorrevival http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87617-new-classical-pressings RIP Henri Dutilleux http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87475-RIP-Henri-Dutilleux&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 15:37:20 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22625786 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22625786 ]]> Classical bohemian http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?87475-RIP-Henri-Dutilleux