7/4 Posted October 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 The 5 Browns playing on 5 Steinway pianos on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 The 5 Browns playing on 5 Steinway pianos on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Whenever I see publicity pictures of them for some reason I think of the kids from Village Of The Damned. I can't help it, I'm too distracted wondering if there's some plastic protection on the legs of the pianos to pay attention to the music. (From what I've read this wasn't "green screened.") Not the best environment for pianos, though hopefully they weren't outside during the heat of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) Betch ya they're Mormons. The Osmond Five of the classical piano world. I was more interested in the five piano arrangement of the Firebird. There are a lot of piano reductions of Stravinsky's music, mostly by the composer. Arrangements for two pianos are common, but five is unusual. It must sound pretty nice to be in a room and hear a performance... Not the best environment for pianos, though hopefully they weren't outside during the heat of the day. ditto. Edited October 25, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) I'm going to pick up this box next friday, I'll be able to with coupons and discounts get it for $25 at Barnes&Noble. Is everything in mini LP sleeves in this box? Yes, like this: Edited October 26, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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7/4 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 (edited) I really like Stravinsky, but that's not a very good piece by him (ebony concerto). I loved his haircut: I mean the way it was real thin, and the way he combed it with a thick-tooth comb. - Capt. Beefheart Edited October 26, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shnaggletooth Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) Yeah, this is Igor Stravinsky! - Fletch Edited October 30, 2008 by shnaggletooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Bargain of the Week. I'm still listening to it. My only problem so far is it's missing Three Pieces for Clarinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Highly recommended: http://www2.broinc.com/search.php?row=0&am...p;submit=Search The Apollo and the Oedipus have been released before (though with Cocteau's narration from a later Paris performance substituted for that of the German who was the actual narrator for this radio studio performance). Everything on disc two is previously unreleased (or so Music and Arts says). All excellent performances IMO, with just the right "edge," in very clear, somewhat dry German radio studio sound. Haven't sat down and compared these to later Columbia recordings of the works, but I'd be surprised if these weren't preferable -- for one thing, they're real performances; for another, it's Rosbaud's Baden-Baden orchestra on all of disc two and the (I believe) similarly inclined and trained Cologne Radio Orchestra on side one. And Martha Modl as Jocasta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartjewkes Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Just starting to get into Stravinsky while reading The Rest Is Noise. So far I've been spending some time with The Firebird Ballet (1910) and The Firebird Suite (1919) as well as Petrouchka. I have a Stokowski (sp?) Rite of Spring but it's not stellar by any stretch. I think I need to start raiding the Naxos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I like the full-length Firebird but it doesn't pack as much of a punch as the suite. Stravinsky arranged a loner suite in the 1940s, presumably to extend the copyright. I've never heard it. It supposedly contains everything in the shorter suite with about 10 minutes of music added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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7/4 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Stravinsky and Varese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I didn't realize that Varese didn't have any hair - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I didn't realize that Varese didn't have any hair - How's that 37 CD anthology of musicians who won't return your calls coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 well, I did find out the reason they weren't calling - seems they're dead - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) I was listening to this on the road last night, more Igor in the same style (folk music thematic material) as the Rite of Spring and Petrouska: Igor Stravinsky - Les Noces and Russian Village Wedding Songs Edited January 9, 2011 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p_uuYQRhMQ Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt6Mv97nLoY Movements for Piano and Orchestra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Elegy for Solo Viola (1944) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Concertino for String Quartet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypontqC3SQs&feature=related Épitaphium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBrseeZB5-4 The Owl and the Pussycat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Igor Stravinsky - A Reluctant Farewell (April 7, 1971) Tribute to late Russian-American giant features rendition of entire "Firebird" ballet as played on piano by Stravinsky. Also on the program is the Duo Concertant for violin and piano, Norwegian Moods, and Le sacre du printemps. Broadcast one day after Stravinsky's death. listen here. Edited March 6, 2011 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Igor Stravinsky - A Reluctant Farewell (April 7, 1971) Tribute to late Russian-American giant features rendition of entire "Firebird" ballet as played on piano by Stravinsky. Also on the program is the Duo Concertant for violin and piano, Norwegian Moods, and Le sacre du printemps. Broadcast one day after Stravinsky's death. listen here. Thanks for this. Excellent stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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