Dave, watching you filling the shelves in your overflow room only a couple of days or so after your video on Piano Quintets for beginners crystallises a nagging question in my mind, namely couplings. Like most of us, I guess, I store my records in alphabetic order of composer with separate shelves for each record type, CD, LP and audio cassette (many of the last are now being thrown out because unplayable after 30+ years). When there is a coupling of two different composers, I usually place the disc at the alphabetical place of the first composer on the spine of the record case and rely on memory when searching for the second+ placed. Your video on Piano Quintets made me realise that I am still quite a beginner in that sphere and I started searching the shelves to pull out some of these works for re-listening. Alas I was unable to find the Mozart piano and wind quintet, although I am fairly sure that I have or had a recording at some stage. It is probably coupled with another composer's work but I cannot recall which. Do you have a system to help you to find couplings like this? Apologies if you have already dealt with this problem elsewhere, but please then point me to the video in question? Your description Weigl's music sounds as if I may like it. Another to add to the pile of composers on my waiting list for exploration!
File under the work you like most or are mostly likely to want to hear. You'll see it more frequently and remember the contents better. Or just look for the recordings on Amazon or Google.
Weber: no bassoon concerto in the overflow, so all recordings have to be in the main collection. This gives me hope that you will talk about it at some point.
Hey David - off topic but I just found out that Jeno Jando has passed (which I guess you would know). According to Spotify he was my most listened to artist of the 2010's 🙂. For me when you talked about line guys - he was a total line guy. I loved his Haydn and Bach (him and Glenn Gould are my top 2 bach guys) and also he really explained Beethoven's late sonatas to me. I guess I found out through him that as a listener I was a line guy too. I would appreciate if you could do a video about your favourite recordings by him - I know he probably isn't one of the "greats" but my word he had fine moments. I have missed him recording and will miss him. Anyway take care
Hi Dave, reviewing Weigl and Weil, is there any chance you could speak about the lute composer Weiss (Silvius Leopold Weiss). He composed almost exclusively for lute, but the harmonies and colours he brings can be breathtaking at times.
I was going to comment that the death of Webern by an American soldier just after WWII might make a story for a neo-expressionist opera, but I see The Death of Webern was written a decade ago. Have you heard this? Do you have a review?
My favorite Freischütz is the Keilberth with Elisabeth Grummer, Lisa Otto, Schock, Kohn, Prey and Frick. Great cast, though Freischütz has been lucky on disc. I've heard virtually all of them. Despite the unbeatable pairing of Grummer and Streich, the one that disappoints me is the 1954 Furtwangler. Hopf is no fun at all as Max; WF seems to want to turn Weber into later Wagner. Not nearly as plodding as his 1950 Fidelio which reluctantly moves from note to note and sucks all the drama out of the piece, but still not what it could and should have been.
I miss the Gong in the background, but love the Kitty Cat as your new background/video partner 👍
Webern is terrific & did some seriously scary music 😊
I also miss the Tamtam. It's a beautiful instrument that makes an excellent backdrop. Maybe when the overflow room is finally filled?
Dave, watching you filling the shelves in your overflow room only a couple of days or so after your video on Piano Quintets for beginners crystallises a nagging question in my mind, namely couplings. Like most of us, I guess, I store my records in alphabetic order of composer with separate shelves for each record type, CD, LP and audio cassette (many of the last are now being thrown out because unplayable after 30+ years). When there is a coupling of two different composers, I usually place the disc at the alphabetical place of the first composer on the spine of the record case and rely on memory when searching for the second+ placed. Your video on Piano Quintets made me realise that I am still quite a beginner in that sphere and I started searching the shelves to pull out some of these works for re-listening. Alas I was unable to find the Mozart piano and wind quintet, although I am fairly sure that I have or had a recording at some stage. It is probably coupled with another composer's work but I cannot recall which. Do you have a system to help you to find couplings like this? Apologies if you have already dealt with this problem elsewhere, but please then point me to the video in question?
Your description Weigl's music sounds as if I may like it. Another to add to the pile of composers on my waiting list for exploration!
File under the work you like most or are mostly likely to want to hear. You'll see it more frequently and remember the contents better. Or just look for the recordings on Amazon or Google.
Weber: no bassoon concerto in the overflow, so all recordings have to be in the main collection. This gives me hope that you will talk about it at some point.
Hey David - off topic but I just found out that Jeno Jando has passed (which I guess you would know). According to Spotify he was my most listened to artist of the 2010's 🙂. For me when you talked about line guys - he was a total line guy. I loved his Haydn and Bach (him and Glenn Gould
are my top 2 bach guys) and also he really explained Beethoven's late sonatas to me. I guess I found out through him that as a listener I was a line guy too. I would appreciate if you could do a video about your favourite recordings by him - I know he probably isn't one of the "greats" but my word he had fine moments. I have missed him recording and will miss him. Anyway take care
It's nice of you to mention him so fondly. He was a fine artist, no doubt about it.
Hi Dave, reviewing Weigl and Weil, is there any chance you could speak about the lute composer Weiss (Silvius Leopold Weiss). He composed almost exclusively for lute, but the harmonies and colours he brings can be breathtaking at times.
Honestly, he has never interested me, but then, neither does the lute. Sorry.
I enjoy Weiss. His music for lute is quite complex and multilayered. Transcriptions for guitar are good, too.
I was going to comment that the death of Webern by an American soldier just after WWII might make a story for a neo-expressionist opera, but I see The Death of Webern was written a decade ago. Have you heard this? Do you have a review?
My favorite Freischütz is the Keilberth with Elisabeth Grummer, Lisa Otto, Schock, Kohn, Prey and Frick. Great cast, though Freischütz has been lucky on disc. I've heard virtually all of them. Despite the unbeatable pairing of Grummer and Streich, the one that disappoints me is the 1954 Furtwangler. Hopf is no fun at all as Max; WF seems to want to turn Weber into later Wagner. Not nearly as plodding as his 1950 Fidelio which reluctantly moves from note to note and sucks all the drama out of the piece, but still not what it could and should have been.
4:31 😂😂