David Ayers

Yes. They were smuggled in through a tunnel.

An upsetting story, and it is good to see that there is some justice.

LAPO feature a snippet in their American Chamber music series in April, viz.: PISTON Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet and BassoonLUBMAN Tangents (world premiere, LA Phil commission)BARBER String QuartetIntermissionEWAZEN Quintet for English Horn and StringsBARBER Summer Music, for Woodwind Quintet That would be fun to hear but I'm not going to LA just for that. I'm on a mission to hear Piston 'live'. Maybe just get some sheet music and hack it out myself.

And here's who has been and will be playing Mr Piston's music: http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/performances/Walter-Piston/100/1 And they say there's no music in Maine...

I have never heard anyone conduct Piston. His work appeared at the Proms in 1942, 1947, 1952 and 1984, conducted by Sargeant, Wood, Boult and latterly Slatkin. MTT who once regaled us with Ruggles' Suntreader (preceded by a loooong talk) seems never to have tackled it here, and he would have been most likely candidate of recent years. Only BBC Proms have an online archive so who knows elsewhere. I imagine US orchestras have done way more, at least in the past. Can Piston do this:

Well, I've been there precisely once, but at least I've been.

What can there be after the Labeques, you were probably wondering.... http://www.warnerclassics.com/michelle-and-christina-naughton/news/1466

Thanksfor the report - interesting topic.

In London, as is well known, Mole Jazz closed and disappeared, but Ray's found a home in Foyles bookstore. While you still have DG my guess is that there's not much mileage in anyone taking over the other store - there might be a buyer for the stock but not for the trading name.

Cellophane. So noisy. I cant tell you what kind of cellophane but it cracks loudly with every move. Its percussive so it is very audible.

Hard candy. Noisily unwrapped.

It's the boiled sweets that get me.

Thanks, John. I guess it might be, and I haven't heard the box. As for selling previous 2 and 4 CD sets as singles, I think it 's a good idea. I am pleased that it worked for Santa Cruz and Garden. This music is all on the streaming services and in any case people can carpe diem it. So CDs now are for people who can and do pay, because they simply want the hard copy and/or because they rightly see purchasing recordings as a form of sponsorship. We wanted to see this stuff back on the shelf in Ray's Jazz - and it is.

The future releases page at Hat has now shifted around a little. Braxton Willisau is slated to arrive in FOUR instalments. Ayler/Cherry European Radio Recordings is new to me. Couple other things might float some boats.

By coincidence I just had an evening of English music myself. Butterworth A Shropshire Lad Anna Clyne The Seamstress (UK Premiere) Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat major BBC Symphony OrchestraSakari Oramo conductorJennifer Koh violin So a new work in there, which is always a pleasure, but I was finding the Butterworth and Elgar a little loud and maybe even coarse. I was sitting in the second row which is great for hearing and seeing the soloist but does make the orchestra burningly loud. Which orchestras are, I suppose, and the Elgar is maybe more rumbunctious than I remembered it. Compared to Rattle and LSO last week? Not on the same artistic level. But live music-making for the price of a CD? At that level of seriousness? I take that every time, these days.

Along with a handful of other unusualities including The Sun Is Coming Up. I didn't know Karyobin was owned by Universal. Maybe only in Japan? Oh I get it - Island.

Quite a few threads have gone missing. On several occasions I have searched for threads I started or to which I contributed and they are gone.

By coincidence just listened to my Shepp/Donaueschingen over breakfast. As ever, can't enjoy either the music or the sound quality. Am I alone? In a hostile universe??

Sentiments I share, as you probably realise Especially true of works for singer/chorus/orchestra. There are some works in that genre (Dvorak, Elgar) that I would never listen to in a recording and if they come on the radio I turn them off, but in concert they are wonderful. Meanwhile, last night I was at a performance of Pelléas in a semi-staged version with Kozena/Gerhaher/Finley/LSO/Rattle, directed by Peter Sellars. Just fantastic. As with the LSO/Rattle Das Paradies und die Peri there will be a CD issue, but as with that, I was there, you know, and increasingly I don't want recordings to interfere with my memories...

Simon Rattle and the performers dedicated the first night of their London Pelléas to Boulez. Rattle said he had known PB as mentor and friend for 45 years, made reference to his many performances with the LSO, and mentioned that Pelléas is "one of the works he has taught us". That was very fitting and rounding for me, not least someone who has been present at most of Boulez' performances in London in the last x-many years. I am trying not to regret every time I missed one.

The Buddy Rich seems to be missing a disc.

Looks good to me!

Can we change the thread topic to "what music gifts did you receive that you didn't specifically ask for?"

And Calypso Frelimo. Come on!

One of those never-played-together-before duos that is more, even, than its constituent parts.