Posts by Greg Bright

Gustav MahlerSymphony No. 8Berlin Philharmonic et alClaudio Abbado, conductorDeutsche Grammophon

Quote:Originally Posted by Paul.S Oh, Greg--"stop!" :)I'm still working my way through my Mahler cycle, stuck on the 4 for not entirely favorable reasons.  Here I'd decided that the balance of my purchases would be...

MahlerSymphony No. 8San Francisco Symphony et alMichael Tilson Thomas, conductorSFS (2009)This goes to the top of my M8 recordings.

Ordered this because it was Holst I hadn't heard.  Had no idea it was an SACD.  Sometimes luck happens.  Sound and performance both outstanding.

I vividly remember running into him (or at least passing by him) literally one evening on a downtown street in San Francisco.  This was in 1973 or so when I was stationed there.  Obviously he was there working on his hit...

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul.S Thursday--tomorrow--not Friday. Thanks for the heads up. At least I'm in the same time zone so I won't have to hurry home. Time for the grocery, haircut, mistr..., uh. Yeah. ...

Mahler by Maazel, fascinating. My experience with him is limited to Sibelius w/ the Vienna Phil from over 30 years ago. I recently read that some members of the NYPO found him distant and uninvolved on the podium. I'll try to catch...

Two sites that I have used for years in helping me determine which ones to purchase among the many Mahler recordings available are the ones by Deryk Barker and Tony Duggan. Both are long-time members of the Mahler List (as am I), and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ockeghem I may have had a similar experience the first time I sat down and analyzed a score of Gustav Mahler's. His orchestrations were one of the questions on my comps. at the master's level. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul.S Re "But Stockard Channing still strikes me as an unlikely choice for this venture. Shows what we really know about movie stars." Awww, c'mon now, Greg. It's not like they chose Miley...