David Ayers

Is this a question?

Wow. You are serious. The point at which I give up is the point where you begin to think about starting.

No gags here.

I have a similar thing about pineapples.

I just think box sets look better with the shrinkwrap on - that's all I'm saying.

More likely that people who never wanted it before got it anyway when it went last chance... and they'll be enjoying a very rewarding musical surprise.....when they open the box Not when they find out that played backward through the ventilation shaft of a derelict mill in Oregon a satanic voice can be clearly heard to say 'The Omen. It will scare your pants off. In Theaters now.' It's a period thing. Nah only kidding. I'm sure it will look good on the shelf with all the other unopened box seets. Or is that just me?

More likely that people who never wanted it before got it anyway when it went last chance...

Seen and not heard. Bassists of the world, please notice that this is why you are always invited to stand at the back in a pool of beer.

Michael Jackson. He spends the Walmart gift cards but he never - ever - sends anything in return. We have great discussions on this board. Don't we? Don't we?

What does he know? Bring back Leonard Feather. Now there's a guy who could tap his toe and count to four.

I can't get excited about bassists. I always found it better just to leave them to it.

That said, this is an obituary thread...

A valid point on pitch choices. Echoes of Strauss, though Henze would have certainly balked at such a parallel.

Have you any other favorites?

Thanks for that link. You can also conveniently order scores from that website. I second your recommendation of the Requiem. I don't think Henze is a composer where a novice should just go to the symphonies, in the traditional model of symphonies as repository of best ideas. I do think people might want to sample Sym. 9 though, preferably with text to hand. Where to start with the operas? I have no idea, really, I have only seen one (shame on me!). I've heard a few more on record but still don't really have the measure of them. The ballet Undine is marvelous though still has a little too much Stravinsky in it. Of the stage works El Cimarrón is basically a small-scale classic and a work that people on this board with an interest in avant-garde protest works might respond to. I guess those folks will also investigate - or will have already investigated - Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer (with Gunther Hampel) and Das Floß der Medusa. There's a lot of quite contrasting things there and you need to take along run at it!

The credit on AS-10 is incorrect. The notes for the Complete VV correct this.

I can't post this properly but go to this link.

which brings it all down to 'CDs' and CD collectors - which reminds me I was going to ask you in another thread about your reference to 'our core audience' - setting aside the 'our' part, what do you think actually is the core audience of this (basically) historical music?

Oh, I disagree - for me, there's too much discussion of art and not enough of entertainment. YMMV MG We're not reading the same threads then. All I see are images of album covers, discussions about ownership and remastering, a curious pride in the ability of American labels large and small to shaft their artists by keeping stuff out of print for decades (we're supposed to be grateful when it trickles back out) allied to a hostility towards European labels which in recent decades have done the exact opposite. That and nudge-nudge wink-wink advice on where and how to filch recorded music. Discussions about art though... hm...

No it was a reply to the thread. For most people here the only dimension of any question of culture is ownership. Hence all the endless discussions about public domain and the corresponding complete absence of discussion about art.

This board has two principles: what's mine is mine and the internet is my friend. Libraries hold materials, they don't own copyrights. If you don't know why stuff needs archiving or how come it's not your right to have everything sent to your house free...well, I can see most folks don't. I'll let you get back to your friend - s/he's the only one who understands your needs, right?

Didn't that.... hurt?

In fairness, listening to Jimmy Garrison ought to be done. I've thought so many times, but I've never actually done it. There always seem to be other uh more interesting things going on...

The tubas are warming up outside. There's no rush when it comes to tubas. They are worth the wait.

Do you have to be able to strum your instrument to make it sound vaguely like Spanish guitar?