Presenting the first ever complete Mahler cycle led entirely by conductors dismissed from their posts for allegations of sexual impropriety. Here's a unique (and very inexpensive) release that will appeal to all serious collectors.
Good chuckles in this one. Regarding Levine being dead, I heard it said somewhere that dying is the best way to make a comeback. It happens all the time, with musicians, artists, actors, etc. There's one big drawback, of course.
Funny you came up with Gatti and the Concertgebouw for Mahler 3. I have a pirate of them doing M3, and it's easily the best Mahler Gatti did in Amsterdam. Seriously, it's very good. It's truly a pity that Gatti 'blew it' in Amsterdam (so to speak), because his intensity and sense of impetus is exactly what they needed (but not his hormonal nuttiness).
She was too classy to speak about it publicly, but it’s rumored that Pipo - the legendary John Cage interpreter - took a number of shocking accusations to the grave. One of her Tinnitus Classics handlers reportedly forced her to ingest some kind of pill on a daily basis, only to exploit her talents for one record after another. Shameful if true.
I'm waiting for the tinnitus classics Joyce Hatto's Complete Edition a good way to obtain, for little money, a large repertoire played by a fine selection of artists.
On "Dynawarp" I spit out my coffee. Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works - Alf Linder on Westminster - I still hoard them from estate sales, just like them Double-Bass Concertos by Vanhal and Erich Urbanner on Telfunken - love the Urbanner piece, acquired a few copies over time, not on disk. Ralph Towner and Gary Burton's Matchbook on ECM - because I hate to see it left behind in 99c bins. Most recently.. a second copy of Ruth Palmer Bach Sonata & Partita - Speakers Corner - not on cd and is a uniquely analog experience to me.
Speaking of Lydia Tár, I wonder if you'd ever be interested in doing a music chat about "classical music" movies (you know, movies about specific musicians or composers, real or fictitious). Have your experiences as a music critic informed or influenced how you consume media about classical music? Any favorites films about music? I suppose it might not fit exactly with what this channel is about, but I'd be a little interested in people's thoughts on the subject. As always, cheers!
@The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz From what I've seen, which isn't much, granted (I never got around to watching Amadeus, which I'm told is good) I see what you mean. I didn't much care for Tár, despite the subject matter being quite familiar to me as a musician. Probably the only movie that comes close to being entirely "about" music is Disney's Fantasia, but I'm not sure that counts.
@@DavesClassicalGuide Agreed- one especially comes to mind- The Man With One Red Shoe in which the excellent actor Tom Hanks has to say the silly line which I never heard any violin teacher in real life utter to a student, " Walk tall, you're in the string section!"
The amount of name dropping in Cate Blanchett’s vanity project made it, as far as I’m concerned, insufferable in its attempts at establishing its “classical credentials”, as if it was necessary when the film is so obviously set in a classical music environment. Funny ending, though! And regarding musical enlightenment, I’m afraid Mr. Hurwitz’s comment fully applies here too although the much talked-about woke-salvaging scene is quite effective.
Innovative programming from Tinnitus Classics once again! I hope it lives up to previous releases like the in very poor taste, yet ground-breaking "Nazi collaborators play Schönberg"!
I have always suspected that Domingos utterly disengaged delivery in Salonen's Das Lied von der Erde was due to the unfulfilled promise to him, that the low part was to be sung by a big boobed upcoming contraalto who was deseperate for a stage break through....
Do you know if any of these conductors were using VIAGRA? There's some pretty STIFF performances here. Another video that's HARD to ignore. Thanks Dave.
A very fine set of boxed evil I am excited to purchase. HOWEVER, I find myself wondering which perverse maestro will find himself in a one-time only, miniature Purgatorio of Mahler’s 10th. It may take an eternity to finish!
Too bad you couldn't get the movie version of Gustav Aschenbach, from Visconti's adaptation of Death in Venice. He could have composed nine new symphonies which would have sounded exactly like Mahler's nine symphonies.
So Tinnitus Classics isn't offering a new Mahler release featuring orchestras bolstered by an extra large horn section? This might be a case of product misselling.
I saw the film ''tar'' with cate blanchett'', I really liked the film, of course there is a lot of dialogue worthy of a play, and the story itself is a little ''d,today''....but good for the performance of mrs blanchett the film is worth watching. things that we do not know ..... of course in the long run everything ends up being known, but to take pleasure in this news, I think that there are more important things, ..... anyway it's not just in the field of music that this happens....it happens everywhere.....and if we trod the life of camille saint saens, or benjamin britten....? just to name those.....
How can you leave Leonard Bernstein out of this? There have been several eye-popping and quite salacious bios of him in recent years. He may not have done anything illegal, but he was quite a horny guy.
The joke was amusing, but I actually would be interested in a video about disgraced conductors and whether their crimes/perversions impact their style at all.
When you wrote "horny" conductors I thought of all those CD covers of instrumental soloists (usually women violinists) where they're half dressed and looking seductive. I think your new boxed set should be titled "Pervy Conductors Play Mahler."
I know that this is serious stuff, but could you allow us behind the scenes with some outtakes? It would be almost impossible to do this in one take. I broke up just reading the title!
If people weren't horny there wouldn't be any people. I try not to judge :D This reminds me of Geothe (who allegedly was an old goat, I don't know) who in his Faust has the devil grabbing at the rears of the angels as they escort the forgiven Faust to heaven.
