David Ayers

Hm. Well I know these from the Arditti. Haven't heard the Juilliard versions. They worked pretty closely with Carter so there is that eleement of authenticity. It is a budget issue so won't break the bank...

To almost come back to the theme of the thread - except that this is a reissue - a very welcome return for this one:

Compare and contrast.

Well, preparing someone for the camera is not so crazy. If you are selling the artist then it isn't optional to use an image, and yes the photographs of certain artists are significantly re-touched, but that is just the visual culture of the time. It is also done with the male artists but male purchasers probably absorb that unconsciously. In fact all our tastes are the product of marketing which began with the cult of the conductor in the 1930s. Adorno keeps mentioning this. Once you sell music by the name of the musician - jazz has rarely done anything else - then the image of the musician, in all senses, becomes part of the package. In fact it can be a good idea, from the point of view of repertoire, since an artist with an established name can present more unusual repertoire and is also in position to commission works. Which brings us to the brilliant Hahn's Schoenberg, which she toured and recorded, and this latest disk of commissions - a great idea to commission encores, actually, if you think about it. Re. the Sibelius cycle - well, there are not so many, in fact. How many new ones this century, I wonder? Nothing wrong with documenting your work. Anyone interested can pay a few dollars and listen to it. It might be interesting. If it will sell, why not? I bet quite a few orchestras and conductors would like to get their Sibelius out, but few create the opportunity. Good for BBCPO that they are in a position to do it. Not just souvenirs, I don't think, but also brand and audience development. That's why so many orchestras have their own label (starting with LSO) and BBCPO have this exclusive Chandos deal. Lucky for BBCPO that they can step out of the marginal repertoire for a time. Only guessing, but as Rattle is doing the cycle with BPO we may also be getting another one on disk.

For all those who were wondering what Mark Wigglesworth would couple with his last remaining Shostakovich Symphony (15) on BIS, to complete his series, the wait is finally over: Yes! Mark has treated us to the 1st. Again. Which he released in 2012. So well done to Mark and everybody at BIS! and whoa a Sibelius cycle all-in-one from the estimable John Storgards

So many of the first round OOP. Pity.

Good idea to (re)post this list. Some faded titles dragged back into the light...

I guess you get a Mosaic set for about the same price as a joint of beef. Food for the soul. Or for the shelves.

There are guides to all of these sports here (scroll down) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/25577915 Hope you can view this stuff - sorry if I whetted anyone's appetite and disappointed!

I thought the Olympics were fantastic. Few jumps for you if you can view them where you are: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26290746 LOVED the new events, like snowboard cross http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26230380 Great women's events in some of these - and the commentators on snowboard cross were just brilliant: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26215442 Ski cross gave us the most brilliant photo finish in sporting history http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26269430 Lots more to pick through at the BBC website if you can access it. I have never done any sport on snow or ice but I love it. Except curling. One of the few GB medals was in another new event, snowboard slopestyle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26106600

Ah! That's why I didn't know it. Thanks.

And your Sullivan is a first issue, right? I know most of your LPs but don't remember a Sullivan....

Can't remember the date of your Sullivan session but have been playing his most recent, Blue Skies. Still going well.

Miles is not on the Duesseldorf tracks. Losin lists three [of the four] http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Sessions.aspx?s=600328. The sequence of Autumn Leaves/What's New/Moonlight in Vermont, which Losin does not have, features Stan Getz. The disc 3 material is also disc 3 of this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004WJRJJK/ref=dm_rogue_cd Hopefully after all that explanation everyone is past caring

PD, not a boot, as it was broadcast. The first five tracks on disk 3 are Scheveningen. Which leaves the remaining four, which look to me like Duesseldorf!

PLUS - a digital only release of the Ades by Peter Herresthal on BIS. http://www.bis.se/index.php?op=album&aID=BIS-8003 Well.

To unconfirm, though I did read it was destroyed, Fay does not state this, but does mention that it was revived in 1956 after not being performed for '10 years' (p. 205). That said, I did read it somewhere - let's hope it is not another of those ridiculous post-Testimony Shostakovich 'facts' which plague the CD booklets and have wormed their way into all our minds - the fact it is not in Fay makes me now doubt its veracity. However...

Is this all previously unavailable on CD, do you know?

And more to the point re. our Weinberg discussion Just really don't want to hear the Britten again.... And it seems that another violinist has already learned - and recorded - the Ades.

And most definitely not for me but I think I know who might buy it...

Her son is Michael Weeden aka Menace I like his dog!

Those Barney bonus tracks were on the previous CD reissue. These will likely be identical masterings to those previous issues.

Yes - 8 tracks per disk.

Maybe you don't need it but I do. Satire in the form of a straight cover. Complete genres could be nipped in the bud if there was more of this.