tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66335891431469223052024-03-13T17:24:10.301-07:00Classical music blogThe old stuff never really dies...Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-25090024346332612822014-09-27T01:35:00.001-07:002014-09-27T01:35:49.206-07:00New Bog...<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;">Hello All,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Started a new blog about Classical Music and Spotify, where I compiled playlists around a theme or event, complete works as much as possible, with metadata (lacking, often!) and a short description.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;">Hope you will like it!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://classicalspotify.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">http://classicalspotify.blogspot.nl</span></a></span></span>Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-38633871948041082172013-10-08T03:01:00.000-07:002015-01-19T05:17:43.445-08:00Spotify; Figures, Facts, Confession and a question...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">(posted this on the Gramophone forum, but no answers yet, so
try it here!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Starting with a confession and a question;</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">As I hardly buy any CD's anymore, it has been more than two
years since I last bought a Gramophone magazine... Think it was june 2011, and
although I peeked once and a while on this forum, my connection with the
magazine was broken. But, since I discovered Spotify, the "need" for
a magazine like the Gramophone grew and... I bought the 2013 awards issue. The
combination of the Gramophone magazine and Spotify is like an "all you can
eat" ticket in a paistry shop... Not only in the reviews (not all
recordings are on Spotify *yet*), but also the advertisements make me hungry
and explorative... :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">At the same time, there are many discussions about the
benefits (or rather, disadvantages) of Spotify for the music industry.
Surprisingly little on the effects it has on the Classical music industry,
except short shoutouts like:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/07/radiohead-quits-spotify-should-classical-artists-pull-out-too.html" target="_blank"> http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/07/radiohead-quits-spotify-should-classical-artists-pull-out-too.html</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">--Question--!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Now, for my own understanding (and for the story below), a
question: Does anyone know if classical labels are payed "per track"?
Does a short Schumann piece from the Davidsbundlertanze earns a label the same
amount of money as a 25 minute Mahler track? Or is there an other arrangement
made for that? </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">-- --</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">In the early days of CD, large works were devided in
separate tracks, even "theme 1, theme 2 development" etc sections. If
Mahler of Bruckner symphonies are payed per track, that would be an interesting
extra income for classical labels, I guess... ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">But wait, did'nt Spotify pay *anything*, or way too less for
artists? And does nobody use Spotify for listening to classical music? Well,
yes and... no. It's interesting to look at the amount of plays a spotify artist
has had. Ok, someone like the now obcure pianist Pierre alain Volondat dit not
go above the 1000 plays so far for any of his tracks; but someone like Roland
Poitinen has some amazing amount of followers and track listenings... </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Now note, and the label Bis does this quite cleverly, the
separate "tracks" come from different re-packagings on Spotify, each
with an own trigger to "lure" the listners to the same recording(s),
analog to what this article:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130501spotifypackaging" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130501spotifypackaging </span></a></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">describes in "what is lacking" in the sense and
cleverness of classical labels...</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">and see, a Scarlatti recital by Yegvreni Sudbin get's over a
million trackplays, small pieces by Eric Satie, played by pointinen (again, in
different repackaging!!) a multitude of that...!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Again, maybe Spotify does not pay much:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.sonicscoop.com/2013/07/31/op-ed-spotify-payouts-revisited-how-much-does-it-pay-now-and-how-much-should-artists-demand/">http://www.sonicscoop.com/2013/07/31/op-ed-spotify-payouts-revisited-how-much-does-it-pay-now-and-how-much-should-artists-demand/</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">but in the long tail thought, all these bits and pieces add
up to some nice earnings for "dead" CD's...</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">A vague stockmusic company called "Cavendish" has
around 20 million plays per smartly tagged collections like</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/6aDatzcG95hbE4LgkCqB33">http://open.spotify.com/album/6aDatzcG95hbE4LgkCqB33</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">and not only for Mozart, also their Bach, Beethoven etc
collections let them earn a nice amout of income. And remember, it's not only
Spotify, but also comparable services like Deezer, Rhapsody etc and future
services like Google play music...</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">So, questions are,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">1) do long tracks generate the same amount of money on
Spotify as short tracks?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">2) Looking at the figures and the future; if you tag your
music cleverly (and do that in numurous repackagings so the user can *find*
your music, also read <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/Why-Classical-Fans-NEED-Composer-Metadata-and-what-that-could-do/idi-p/219306">http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/Why-Classical-Fans-NEED-Composer-Metadata-and-what-that-could-do/idi-p/219306</a>) is a service like Spotify a
welcome new source of income for the classical music industry?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">PS, Spotify and web-streaming services do not nessicarily
have to "replace" other ways of listening to recorded music (over
1000 CD's I'm not throwing away!!), but can be a new way to explore music....</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Rolf</span></div>
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Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-50362823740038074752013-09-30T00:20:00.002-07:002013-10-08T03:10:36.838-07:00Even the Pope could not let her play again....<style>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">For some reason,
artists can become “much collected” artists. Remarkable life story, scarcity of
records made, a record company more interested in fast bucks rather than taking
care of their legacy (hello EMI :-) and voilà, people are willing to pay a
small fortune for an original recording of that artist. Especially if it’s
someone with a distinctive own voice and performance style. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">“All of the above"
cumulate in the Italian violinist Gioconda de Vito.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">De Vito, born in
1907, started playing music on the mandolin, but quickly transferred to the
violin.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">Although she was
almost kicked out for being unable to carry a tune in singing (!), she studied
at the Pesaro conservatory and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">In 1932 she won
the International Violin Competition in Vienna, but did not ambition a big
international career. Instead, she became a teacher at the St. Cecilia
Conservatory of Bari.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">When she finally
decided to record some of her repertoire (something she would</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">be reluctant her
whole career, rare-vinyl record dealers bless her for ever about this...!)</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">she went to London
and.... fell in love with David Bicknell, director of HMV division of EMI
Records.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">They married in
1949 and Gioconda de Vito thus acquired British citizenship. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">In 1961, she
decided it was enough, and devoted her life to housekeeping. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">As a true
Catholic, she found this role far more suited for her then her occupation on</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: NL;">the violin. Even a
a plea from the Pope (!), for which she had regularly performed,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"></span></div>
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of the 78RPM, which I have put on youtube. Glimpse of the record (and actual
transfer of the record) are visible too in this video. Hope you will enjoy it!!
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<span lang="NL" style="color: white;">Gioconda de Vito (22nd
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<span lang="NL" style="color: white;">Beethoven:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: "times"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Denn siehe,
der Winter is vergangen, </span></span></div>
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is weg and dahin, </span></span></div>
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sind herfürkommen im Land, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: "times"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I walked, one late evening, in a park near my
house, I heard these lines being chanted cheerfully in my headphones… It was a
couple of weeks ago and the Netherlands just had faced one of the longest
winters in modern history. Smell of grass and blossom filled my nostrils and
the sense that this Game-of-Thrones-like winter was gone and that we now had
six or seven years of summer ahead, fulfilled me with a sense of joy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: "times"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Denn siehe, der Winter is vergangen”</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: "times"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> was a
line from Heinrich Schütz’s two-choired motet “</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: "times"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Stehe auf, meine Freundin” that I had acquainted from the Dutch Public
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<span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: "times"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Schütz primarily worked in Dresden, during the time of
the Thirty Years War. What is now called Germany was at that time a horrid and apocalyptic
place. Large parts of the country were literally depopulated. Estimates assume
that about one third of the German population died due to the war conditions and
as a consequence Schütz often wrote his pieces for a small ensemble. Musicians were
forced to be soldiers and instruments were replaced by weapons… A double choir
must have been an incredible luxury at that time... This Schütz motet was
performed in 2007 live, by the Dutch Bach Society as part of a 17/18th century
vocal music program at the festival of old music in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Hope
you will enjoy it as much as I did.! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:-)</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sometimes
you can make these remarkable discoveries online…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I
already knew this record existed, but now finally found a link for it; the 1916
recording of Thomas Beecham, conducting Stravinski’s Firebird. </span></div>
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no electricity used, only in the performance. Weird, to hear such “modern”
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I
did it!! I finally found the music that annoys my surroundings even more than <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXSdbmIh0VA" target="_blank">GothicElectro</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpMza3Nwe-E&hd=1" target="_blank">Dubstep</a>, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxXA0F88lOg" target="_blank">Speedcore…</a> :-) Not a bad accomplishment for a 17<sup>th</sup>
century Austrian composer, with a reputation for being a dull academic…! Poor
Johann Joseph Fux, ok, the Habsburg Catholic court *might* not have been the gentlest,
free-thinking surroundings of that period (ask it to the people who had to
endure the 30 year war), but only to be remembered by a book that nobody can
read (as it is written in Latin) no, that is too harsh for Johann. So I was
glad to find his “Missa Corporis Christi” on youtube, nice flowing music, so
easy going that you have to be in a splendid mood to endure it… </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The
only snag was that the uploader wanted to make a puzzle of the missa order. No
clues given… So, here is my solution for this Fuxpuzzle, the right order for
this work.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white;">Ok, Christmas night is
over… Are you already fed up with the fourth Weihnachtsoratorium you just had
to hear this year? The sixth Messiah? Cambridge Choir Chorals until you drop? Do
you want to act on the word “Wham” when ”Last Christmas” bugs you for the zillionth
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(1868-1933). Scored for Flute and String Quartet and composed in 1915, it perfectly
set’s the introvert and reflective mood of the Dead Days, providing a suitable
transition between O Holy Night and Auld Lang Syne… Click the link below for
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white;">Some records you take just for the cover alone... Like
this 45RPM that once was a supplement with the Dutch ladies magazine
"Margriet". I have several records on this label, mostly VOX
re-issues, but non have that wonderful late 1950's romantic flair on it... What
is she staring at? What does she think? Why is that candle there?? Well, in the
end, 10 Eurocents well spend... :-) Greek pianist<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Kyriakou"> Rena Kyriakou</a> (1917-1994) easily
glides through the piano lollipops by Beethoven (für Elise!), Schumann, Liszt
and Brahms, can’t go wrong there… Hope you will enjoy this curiosity!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white;">Recently,
Dutch classical music station Radio 4 had an “Edison day” to commemorate the
80th anniversary of phonograph inventor Thomas Alva Edison. The broadcast
itself was a little disappointing, only a few items had connection with the
theme and a collector who wanted to play a two minute wax cylinder on the show
was asked to shut down the machine after 30 seconds… It made a rather hilarious
part of the broadcast, and hey, show some courage there on Edison day! Anyway,
there was an intriguing red wire theme through the broadcast, which was he
question “what is your favorite classical LP?” It prompted me to think about
it, and all the usual suspects passed by; Glenn Gould’s Goldberg variations, Mravrinski’s
Shostakovich or even Bruckner Six by Otto Klemperer… But… The one I came up
with in the end was something completely different. It’s Mozart’s 22nd piano
concerto, played by the Swiss pianist Helene Boschi (1917-1990). From the
moment she steps in the arena (after the introduction with some awesome Czech wind
players) you have the feeling that the concerto has to be played like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> and not in any other way. It’s
played so unbelievably natural and “right”, that from the moment I first put
the stylus in the groove of this 1953 LP, I was completely blown away by it. The
weird thing is, to my knowledge, it has never been re-issued on cd… Well, judge
for yourself, I have transferred the LP (about a quarter inch thick, tha good
old Supraphon pressings…) and put the MP3’s online. Rightmouseclick to download. As a bonus, I added an interview
I had with the Dutch Teleac radio program “Hoe? Zo!” about the transfer of this
LP. It’s in Dutch, but you hear some examples of the “before” and “after”
treatment of the crackles and pops… Enjoy the performance!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white;">There are these artists
who just aren’t that “nice”. An acquaintance of mine wanted to have Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
autograph on an authentic 1940’s picture of her. She took the photo and said
she looked awful on it. He later found the picture back under the table, torn…
She was a terrific singer. Elly Ney adored Adolf Hitler and was appointed to be
his official “Kammermusikerin”. In letters to friends she </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white;">complained</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white;"> that Jews were treated too polite in Nazi Germany… She was a terrific pianist. In
the light of these two examples Dutch soprano Jo Vincent doesn’t come off that
bad… She had a mouth and was not
afraid to use it. She was nosy, interfered with just about everything in the
life of her pupils and when in 1960 she was asked her opinion on Dutch TV about
then popular singer Mieke Telkamp she replied that “she didn’t sing, she just
shouted in a microphone”… Beside the fact that I am not a big of a Mieke
Telkamp fan, it’s quite tactless to say that before an audience of about a
million people. Straightforward, honest maybe, but also a bit rude… Yet, Jo Vincent
was an awesome singer. Here is a 1927 recording of her, made when she was 29
years old. A very atmospheric performance of Franz Schubert’s “Du bist die Ruh”,
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white;">Some guys have all the
bad luck… Take Abbey Simon, pianist. Pupil of the legendary Josef Hofmann. He had
a rocketing career in the 1950’s; a contract with Philips and all the potential
to be “one-of the-greats”. That is, until he also attract the attentions of
passing cars, or… cars hat had the
tendency NOT to pass, but to hit him… The first one was when he tried (I said
tried) to cross the road in front of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. #Not. He
slowly recovered from the accident, that is until, well; you get the picture I guess… In 1954 his
magnetism was focussed on pianism still, and inside the Concertgebouw hall (relatively
save) he recorded Grieg’s piano concerto in a minor with the Residentie
orchestra from the Hague (famous in that period!) and Willem van Otterloo
conducting. As if it should be that way; the record was a “dump” from a…
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<br /></div>Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-20201260248151302832011-10-22T11:59:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:04:07.047-07:00Your alternative suicide music…<style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;color:white;" lang="EN-GB">Serendipity. When I was linking the Odnoposoff video in my last post, I finally found an other record I was looking for for ages… It’s the ultimate funeral or “oh-my-god-I-want-to-kill-myself” alternative for Albioni’s Adagio, (the people who know the brilliant Swedish arthouse movie “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_popout&v=-JZa3y4fmyg#t=342s">Fucking Amal</a>” will probably know what I mean… :) called The Chaconne by Vitali. Equal to Albioni’s Adagio, it’s a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomaso_Antonio_Vitali">fraud </a>too… But who cares, sob along, light some candles and unashamedly let yourself flow in the stream of pseudo-baroque sadness… Especially when these qualities of the music are heightened by the violin playing of Ricardo Odnoposoff in this 1952 MMS recording. The appropriate inauthentic organ continuo by Heinz Wehrle comes as a bonus…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8p8t3Yku0u4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe></span></p>Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-68730654730352217632011-10-20T05:21:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:08:16.397-07:00Ricardo Odnoposoff and my regret for hesitation...<style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">Sometimes, you are just too late… In 2003 I found out that violinist Ricardo Odnoposoff, then 89 years old, was alive and kicking and living in Vienna. He had a new hobby, digital photography, and up-to-date enough in cyberspace to have an E-mail address where could reach him. I just found out his </span><span style="color: white" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://homepages.ipact.nl/%7Eotterhouse/mms.htm"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">MMS</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US"> recordings and had tons of questions about those subscription label records, which were pioneering in taking classical music to a new audience. Finally, when I had my questions ready in 2004 I learned Ricardo Odnoposoff had just passed away. Sometimes, you are just too late…</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">Ricardo Odnoposoff was born in Buenos Aires in 1914 of Russian emigrants. He studied with Leopold Auer and Carl Flesch. His career has spanned decades and he has played with all of the great conductors and orchestras of the world in that time. In the Concourse Musical International Reine Elizabeth of 1937, David Oistrakh won the first prize with 1620 points, and Ricardo Odnoposoff came second with 1564 points.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white;mso-ansi-language: NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">His activities during 1950-51 are evidence of his world-wide reputation: 48 engagements, 15 with orchestra, in Europe; a sold-out North American tour of 56 engagements; 49 engagements, 29 with orchestra, in Australia! </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">In my opinion, Odnoposoff resembles opera singer Benjamino Gigli in his statue as a performer; Not always the most "lucky" musical decisions, but boy what a tone!!</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white;mso-ansi-language: NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: NL" lang="EN-US">The following record was taped in 1950 for the infamous </span><span style="color:white" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.soundfountain.com/allegro-royale/lumpeindex.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">Allegro</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US"> label. The (rare!) record itself lies in the vaults of the Dutch NOB fonotheek, the restoration of the sound recording was my job… Below the youtube movie is a HD link for better sound quality. All movements are in one movie (saves running to the computer :)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white; mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL">Ludwig van Beethoven:</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white;mso-ansi-language: NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:white;mso-ansi-language:NL; mso-fareast-language:NL">Violin sonata no 4 in a minor op 23</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"><br /> <br /> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:white;mso-ansi-language: NL;mso-fareast-language:NL">Ricardo Odnoposoff, violin</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white;mso-ansi-language: NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white;mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL">Otto Herz, piano</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;mso-para-margin-right: 0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language: NL;mso-fareast-language:NL"> </span></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:NL;mso-fareast-language:NLfont-family:Times;font-size:10.0pt;color:white;" ><br /></span></b> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:white;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm; 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mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRfnntPuDGM&hd=1"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRfnntPuDGM&hd=1"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></a><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRfnntPuDGM&hd=1"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRfnntPuDGM&hd=1</span></a></p> <p></p> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Times;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Times;font-size:16.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ></span><p></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></p>Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-69142784380802277362011-10-19T08:32:00.000-07:002011-10-20T08:10:36.936-07:00Seven minutes of amazement… Authentic Ives from 1938<style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; 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Pianist is Albert Hirsch. Follow this link for seven minutes of amazement… </span></p> <p face="georgia" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbDjvof5QBU"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbDjvof5QBU</span></a></p> <p style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">1. Charlie Rutlage<br />2. Evening<br />3. Resolution<br />4. Ann Street<br />5. Two little flowers<br />6. The greatest man</span></p>Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-27393437035762673032011-10-19T07:05:00.000-07:002011-10-20T08:36:01.726-07:00Go see the doctor…<style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">When you visit a physician, you expect to walk away with all sorts of things. Hope, answers, maybe despair or clarity, even if the news is bad… But you actually do not expect to walk away with a bag of old LP’s. :-) That’s what happened to me last year. I told my physician about my hobby, collecting and restoring classical LP’s, and immediately he went into an other room and voila, I could transfer some very fine performances I did not heard before! The name “trio de Trieste” might not ring many bells today, but from 1933 till 1995 (!) this trio performed thousands of times around the world and recorded for HMV, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. The original line-up consisted of <strong><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:Cambria;" >Dario di Rosa, piano; Renato Zanettovich, violin</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> and <strong><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:Cambria;" >Libero Lana, cello. </span></strong></b><strong><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;font-weight:normalfont-family:Cambria;" >The latter was replaced in 1962 by </span></strong><strong><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latinfont-family:Cambria;" >cellist </span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Amedeo Baldovino</b>, who can be heard in this 1966 recording of Schubert’s second piano trio in E flat op 100 D929. Maybe not as passionately performed as other recordings of this trio, inward looking and loaded with suspense rather then brilliant fireworks. But didn’t Schumann said about this trio that it was “full of repressed fury and impassioned nostalgia”? Hope you will enjoy the performance! All the movements are put into one youtube file, something I like more than run to the computer every 15 minutes after a movement is over… Sound quality improvers when you put the video on HD quality, (720p)</span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_iskfKi5Tog" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/Go%20see%20the%20doctor%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A6%20When%20you%20visit%20a%20physician,%20you%20expect%20to%20walk%20away%20with%20all%20sorts%20of%20things.%20Hope,%20answers,%20maybe%20even%20despair%20or%20clarity,%20even%20if%20the%20news%20is%20bad%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A6%20But%20you%20actually%20do%20not%20expect%20to%20walk%20away%20with%20a%20bag%20of%20old%20LP%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s.%20:-%29%20That%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s%20what%20happened%20to%20me%20last%20year.%20I%20told%20my%20physician%20about%20my%20hobby,%20collecting%20and%20restoring%20classical%20LP%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s,%20and%20immediately%20he%20went%20into%20an%20other%20room%20and%20voila,%20I%20could%20transfer%20some%20very%20fine%20performances%20I%20did%20not%20heard%20before%21%20The%20name%20%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Ctrio%20de%20Trieste%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D%20might%20not%20ring%20many%20bells%20today,%20but%20from%201933%20till%201995%20%28%21%29%20this%20trio%20performed%20thousands%20of%20times%20around%20the%20world%20and%20recorded%20for%20HMV,%20Decca%20and%20Deutsche%20Grammophon.%20The%20original%20line-up%20consisted%20of%20Dario%20di%20Rosa,%20piano;%20Renato%20Zanettovich,%20violin%20and%20Libero%20Lana,%20cello.%20The%20latter%20was%20replaced%20in%201962%20by%20cellist%20Amedeo%20Baldovino,%20who%20can%20be%20heard%20in%20this%201966%20recording%20of%20Schubert%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s%20second%20piano%20trio%20in%20E%20flat%20op%20100%20D929.%20Maybe%20not%20as%20passionately%20performed%20as%20other%20recordings%20of%20this%20trio,%20inward%20looking%20and%20loaded%20with%20suspense%20rather%20then%20brilliant%20fireworks.%20But%20didn%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99t%20Schumann%20said%20about%20this%20trio%20that%20it%20was%20%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Cfull%20of%20repressed%20fury%20and%20impassioned%20nostalgia%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D?%20Hope%20you%20will%20enjoy%20the%20performance%21%20All%20the%20movements%20are%20put%20into%20one%20youtube%20file,%20something%20I%20like%20more%20then%20run%20to%20the%20computer%20every%2015%20minutes%20after%20a%20movement%20is%20over%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%A6%20Sound%20quality%20improvers%20when%20you%20put%20the%20video%20on%20HD%20quality,%20%28720p%29%20%20http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iskfKi5Tog&hd=1"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iskfKi5Tog&hd=1"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iskfKi5Tog&hd=1</span></a></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iskfKi5Tog&hd=1"> </a>(HD direct link)<br /></p>Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633589143146922305.post-20949099002672412292009-01-27T01:25:00.000-08:002009-01-27T02:18:35.988-08:00First posting...Well, let's see what happens...<div><br /></div><div>This is my first post.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzAdwLsFucv4em0OXAPzvJ-cQ1u9t_kz0P2IC2MGQ333DBg7O_fcdFmRpLMCDEzhorihHbu94TTekic58DjKg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Otterhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123780965347028133noreply@blogger.com0