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Totally inappropriate inner-response to this record (Disc 3 of the new box) I hear it with my Blue Note ears never leaving. Kay's piece reminds me - somehow - of Wayne Shorter's last few records for the label & Walker's trombone concerto of Grachan Moncur III, not it its overall writing, just the trombone part. I can easily imagine/hear Grachan playing those notes in that sequence. Wrong? No doubt. We come to where we are from where we have been. Oh well.

Walker I began exploring a few years back, but Kay is a totally new name to me, one I must explore more if the work here is in any way typical. Strong stuff that I can "follow" now, with no real "understanding" (at least after these few listens) of the elements being used. To me, that speaks of a strong spirit, and although I was surprised to lean that he was King Oliver's nephew, I was not surprised, if you know what I mean.

This is turning out to be a fascinating series, fascinating and valuable, shining a light on a world that is still one of the more underground of the musical undergrounds.

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2 hours ago, JSngry said:

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Totally inappropriate inner-response to this record (Disc 3 of the new box) I hear it with my Blue Note ears never leaving. Kay's piece reminds me - somehow - of Wayne Shorter's last few records for the label & Walker's trombone concerto of Grachan Moncur III, not it its overall writing, just the trombone part. I can easily imagine/hear Grachan playing those notes in that sequence. Wrong? No doubt. We come to where we are from where we have been. Oh well.

Walker I began exploring a few years back, but Kay is a totally new name to me, one I must explore more if the work here is in any way typical. Strong stuff that I can "follow" now, with no real "understanding" (at least after these few listens) of the elements being used. To me, that speaks of a strong spirit, and although I was surprised to lean that he was King Oliver's nephew, I was not surprised, if you know what I mean.

This is turning out to be a fascinating series, fascinating and valuable, shining a light on a world that is still one of the more underground of the musical undergrounds.

A landmark set of recordings. The Detroit Symphony was important participant — Paul Freeman was the orchestra’s assistant conductor at the time and the DSO appears on a couple of the LPs. As it happens, I moderating a panel later this month about the late Walker, whom the DSO is honoring. The nice thing is that this is not posthumous window dressing; no orchestra played more of George’s music over the last 40 years. The panel will include the comooser’s son, Gregory, an excellent violinist, and the DSO’s principal trombonist Ken Thompkins, who played the trombone concerto with the orchestra a few years back and will be playing it on a recital with piano accompaniment as part of the ceremonies. Looking forward to all this. 

Coda: I can recommend George’s interesting memoir. https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-American-Composer-Pianist-George/dp/0810869403/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549078289&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=george+walker&dpPl=1&dpID=41MeNT0bNDL&ref=plSrch

 

 

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10 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

A landmark set of recordings. The Detroit Symphony was important participant — Paul Freeman was the orchestra’s assistant conductor at the time and the DSO appears on a couple of the LPs. As it happens, I moderating a panel later this month about the late Walker, whom the DSO is honoring. The nice thing is that this is not posthumous window dressing; no orchestra played more of George’s music over the last 40 years. The panel will include the comooser’s son, Gregory, an excellent violinist, and the DSO’s principal trombonist Ken Thompkins, who played the trombone concerto with the orchestra a few years back and will be playing it on a recital with piano accompaniment as part of the ceremonies. Looking forward to all this. 

Coda: I can recommend George’s interesting memoir. https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-American-Composer-Pianist-George/dp/0810869403/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549078289&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=george+walker&dpPl=1&dpID=41MeNT0bNDL&ref=plSrch

 

 

Admirer of Walker's music. A good deal of it can be found on the Albany label, often at Berkshire.

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2 hours ago, Alexander Hawkins said:

On Brahms, I think this op.116 is pretty mind-blowing: 

 

And in a totally different reading of the composer (though I guess there are*certain* similarities), I love the Glenn Gould Brahms...

I`m partial to the  Pollini + Quartetto Italiano performance of Brahms Piano Quintet op. 34 ....

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8 hours ago, soulpope said:

I`m partial to the  Pollini + Quartetto Italiano performance of Brahms Piano Quintet op. 34 ....

How strange - literally 5 minutes before reading this, I finished listening to the Janáček Quartet/Bernathova recording of op.34!

Yes, love that Pollini/Quartetto Italiano version too.

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23 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I've had this for a while and I just pulled it out to make comparisons (when I have time - I tend to dream):

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Hah! Talk of having time...I pulled this one of my shelf last night, and somehow got distracted before making it as far as the CD player...hmmm...a particularly poor effort on my part ;) What a piece though...

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI)
Disc 1 - Highlighted by a superb Beethoven Symphony No. 7 (with the Chicago SO) plus works by Ravel, Bizet, Rossini

 

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