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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Buckner, Toscanini, Celibidache, Asahina and... Yoshi by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
Yep, the Toscanini performance was a big surprise to me as well. Interestingly he does not play it as I would like Buckner generally, it is too “artistically expressive”, good only for Rimsky-Korsakov or Ravel but… still the way how Toscanini’s orche...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Thanks Romy! - and a comment on Asahina 1975 by JANDL100 on 2007-09-27 
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Thanks for the compliment Romy - nice forum site you have here !!Yes, you really must hear the Tintner 7th - a very special performance, not just the opening.  If I could only keep two 7ths I think it would be the Matacic 1967 & the Tintner....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: ... & Asahina 1990 in Bruckner 7 by JANDL100 on 2007-09-28 
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... I should have mentioned - I've not heard the 1990 recording so I cannot compare them.rgds, Jerry...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Asahina made in 1960s… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
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I’m very little true familiar with Asahina. I have few of his recording, Japan-pressed but the all from 90s and end of 80s. I generally do not like those performances and I do not like the orchestra. I read a few months ago in the Takashi’s forum tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: I begin to hate Asahina by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-03 
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[quote user="JANDL100"] I have just listened to it - you are right - very very good.  I will send you a recording Asahina made of the 5th in 1960.   I think you will enjoy it very much as well.  .... dare I say it is even better t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The random Asahina and Slovakian Bruckner. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
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[quote user="JANDL100"] Have you got around to the Nanut Bruckner 8 yet, Romy?   Love it or hate it, I'm sure you'll have a strong opinion! [/quote] I have listened it a few times and I still do not know. I like the performance but it did ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Asahina - sometimes good, sometimes bad by JANDL100 on 2007-12-06 
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Yes, I do know what you mean about Asahina.   I have DVDs of a Brahms symphony cycle - 4 is good (not wonderful), 2 not bad, 3 is just plain boring (and it is one of my favourite symphonies).   I haven't gotten around to 1 yet - t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Poetic Diction of conductors and Asahina by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
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[quote user="JANDL100"]I will send you a recording Asahina made of the 5th in 1960.   I think you will enjoy it very much as well.  .... dare I say it is even better than Masur !   ;-)   For me, anyway.  Absolu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The random Asahina and Slovakian Bruckner. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
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[quote user="JANDL100"] Have you got around to the Nanut Bruckner 8 yet, Romy?   Love it or hate it, I'm sure you'll have a strong opinion! [/quote] I have listened it a few times and I still do not know. I like the performance but it did ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: I begin to hate Asahina by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-03 
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[quote user="JANDL100"] I have just listened to it - you are right - very very good.  I will send you a recording Asahina made of the 5th in 1960.   I think you will enjoy it very much as well.  .... dare I say it is even better t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Thanks Romy! - and a comment on Asahina 1975 by JANDL100 on 2007-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
Thanks for the compliment Romy - nice forum site you have here !!Yes, you really must hear the Tintner 7th - a very special performance, not just the opening.  If I could only keep two 7ths I think it would be the Matacic 1967 & the Tintner....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Poetic Diction of conductors and Asahina by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
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[quote user="JANDL100"]I will send you a recording Asahina made of the 5th in 1960.   I think you will enjoy it very much as well.  .... dare I say it is even better than Masur !   ;-)   For me, anyway.  Absolu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Asahina made in 1960s… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
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I’m very little true familiar with Asahina. I have few of his recording, Japan-pressed but the all from 90s and end of 80s. I generally do not like those performances and I do not like the orchestra. I read a few months ago in the Takashi’s forum tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: We need to get it before Japan sinks. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-31 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I keep bugging Yoshi, he is in Japan now, to bring me a set of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 by Takashi Asahina with Tokyo SO from 90s it should be very interesting… The damn Japanese have quite a price tag on the Asahina’s Buckner…&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Seiji Ozawa and Boston: "Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence D... by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-01 
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The last week Ozawa returned in Boston after 6 years of thanks God escape from BSO. He played Olivier Messiaen "Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine" and Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique". I am not a highe Ozawa fun but I have to admit the B...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Takashi Bruckner and the rice-paper walls. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-29 
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This is in interesting Bruckner. Asahina plays this 9 in 2000 like someone would play Brahms. While I was listening it I did not think about the music but about audio.  This Tokyo orchestra realty does not have “it”, even though I do like what A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Bruckner 7ths- my all & my faves by JANDL100 on 2007-09-27 
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My first post here! I'm a big fan of Bruckner, too.  I have a few different recordings of the 7th - In reverse alphabetical order, cos that's the way they're piled up now I've taken them off my CD shelves! ....Tintner, Muhai Tang, Sui...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Takashi Asahina’s Bruckner by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-21 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I keep bugging Yoshi, he is in Japan now, to bring me a set of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 by Takashi Asahina with Tokyo SO from 90s it should be very interesting… The damn Japanese have quite a price tag on the Asahina’s Buckner…...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: If you speak Japanese: Asahina’s LPs for Sale by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-01 
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If you are in Asahina, I am not; there the Osaka Philharmonic is selling off its stock of LP recordings. Information (in Japanese) is available at: http://www.osaka-phil.com/news/detail.php?d=20071123 All LPs are new and unsprayed. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Asahina - sometimes good, sometimes bad by JANDL100 on 2007-12-06 
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Yes, I do know what you mean about Asahina.   I have DVDs of a Brahms symphony cycle - 4 is good (not wonderful), 2 not bad, 3 is just plain boring (and it is one of my favourite symphonies).   I haven't gotten around to 1 yet - t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 2011 Brucknerathon by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-12 
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Since the September 3, the Bruckner birthday is coming California and Connecticut have announced their annual Bruckner Marathons: West Coast Brucknerathon: Overture in G minor: Asahina / New Japan Philharmonic (live, JVC, 1980) Sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The Seiji Ozawa’s pro sound vs. the “amateur” conductors… by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-11 
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Well, this was why I used the “amateur” in the quotes. Amateurism described as a pursuit to something without formal qualification or professional status. Surely Günter Wand was not a sub-qualified person  and he was a professional conductor but as a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: 12th annual Bruckner Marathon, California by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-05 
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Join us on Saturday, September 4, 2010, to celebrate Bruckner's 186th birthday in Carlsbad, California.  This year marks our 12th annual Bruckner Marathon and we'd like to share some good music with Bruckner lovers. As in previous years, we'll pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Buckner, Toscanini, Celibidache, Asahina and... Yoshi by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-23 
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Yep, the Toscanini performance was a big surprise to me as well. Interestingly he does not play it as I would like Buckner generally, it is too “artistically expressive”, good only for Rimsky-Korsakov or Ravel but… still the way how Toscanini’s orche...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Romy is right - and he will get some nice surprises too by JANDL100 on 2007-10-25 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Re: Masur Shosty 5th ...You’re just about losing your virginity, Dorothy. As many debates musical people have about the tempos and style of playing the “Allegro non troppo” of the Fifth the recording I sent you answers ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The opening of Buckner 7th. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-27 
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[quote user="JANDL100"]Tintner's is quite possibly my favourite opening of the 7th - hushed, mysterious, tremulous and Oh, so atmospheric.  Wonderful sound quality too![/quote] Well, eventually I got a civilized person reading this site. The o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: First Annual East Coast Brucknerathon by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-19 
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The First AnnualEast Coast Brucknerathon! Friday & Saturday, September 4 & 5   Hosted by John Berky &  Ken Jacobson at Ke...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Afternoon with Gary Karr by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-04 
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I am listening the Gary Karr’s double bass take on Bach Solo Suites.  I like it and I do not. It is a controversial take as most of what Gary Karr did – some things are truly brilliant and some are just bad taste in my view.  I still trying to fi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Eduardo Chibas and Bruckner by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-03 
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I have to admit that I am not a huge fun of the Chibas’ Bruckner. Well, he might be OK but am very much do NOT like how the Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela sounds. All the exuberant reviews about the recordings are juts a pile of reviewing crap. There a...
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