tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post1737088237098737373..comments2024-03-19T04:32:17.289-07:00Comments on Through gradually tightening avenues I felt the ecstasy of something nameless: Mihkel Kerem - Symphony No. 3 'For the Victims of Communism' - Lamento for Solo Viola & Strings - String Sextet - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra - Tallinn Ensemble - Mikk Murdvee - Toccata Classics 2013Tzadikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-38272351650406192512015-04-10T21:46:43.828-07:002015-04-10T21:46:43.828-07:00Fascinating disc thank youFascinating disc thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-71848098570600165062015-04-03T22:37:05.318-07:002015-04-03T22:37:05.318-07:00Hello Johannes
Wow, Ii didn't know they releas...Hello Johannes<br />Wow, Ii didn't know they released Gál's memoirs. That I want to get my hands and eyes on as well!<br /><br />Best, TZTzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-34728982279466735742015-04-03T22:35:22.497-07:002015-04-03T22:35:22.497-07:00Hi Richard, you are quite welcome & thanks for...Hi Richard, you are quite welcome & thanks for commenting. Clearly this Symphony is not a DSCH masterpiece, however it's better than I expected. That said, I won't be playing it every day! The other works I enjoy as well, and I agree about the Sextet. -Also it's a tad presumptuous I think (and silly) of the composer to say that his idea was that his Sextet and Schoenberg's would be played together...and without pause as if the two Sextets were linked (think that's what he said). High hopes indeed..<br /><br />TZTzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-61658018752704155272015-04-03T07:23:33.176-07:002015-04-03T07:23:33.176-07:00Thanks for this very interesting ,which I see has ...Thanks for this very interesting ,which I see has divided opinions as to worth. The symphony stands too close to Shostokovich for my liking without that master's saving imagination, and passages of bombast can be tiring to listen to. The lament for viola and the sextet however are different matters, the latter so in particular (although still derivative, this time from Schoenberg's Transfigured Night) never the less very enjoyable.FilmFlaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517564999125623035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-39550097075813258342015-03-30T09:44:28.830-07:002015-03-30T09:44:28.830-07:00Hi Tzadik,
Toccata has published quite a few book...Hi Tzadik,<br /><br />Toccata has published quite a few books. Interesting as their volume on Shosti can be, I think their most outstanding release to date is Hans Gál's memoirs.Johannes R. Bechernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-20315347281964530572015-03-30T08:31:13.387-07:002015-03-30T08:31:13.387-07:00Hi Squirrel you're welcome, thank you for comm...Hi Squirrel you're welcome, thank you for commenting :) TZTzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-47258673020297430032015-03-30T08:30:36.957-07:002015-03-30T08:30:36.957-07:00Doctor T, you are welcome, as always! Be well my f...Doctor T, you are welcome, as always! Be well my friend, TZTzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-26207218891877343002015-03-30T08:29:35.546-07:002015-03-30T08:29:35.546-07:00Hi Johannes you are welcome friend. I have found t...Hi Johannes you are welcome friend. I have found the entire disc to be pretty rewarding. The symphony, which Kerem describes in the most sombre of ways, is <br />I think very good, I was pleasantly surprised. It reminds me of several Soviet-era works that have no program (usually that would hardly have been needed). Whether it fits together cohesively I'm not sure really. No matter. I wasn't aware of the Toccata book. Would like to check it out no matter what the angle of the writing. Tzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-47173711285696374202015-03-30T07:31:54.361-07:002015-03-30T07:31:54.361-07:00Great music thank you! It does sound like Shostako...Great music thank you! It does sound like Shostakovich to me, the symphony.Squirrelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-10670673450310514812015-03-29T09:00:04.768-07:002015-03-29T09:00:04.768-07:00Anon how about adding your account info or name?
N...Anon how about adding your account info or name?<br />Not that I owe you or anyone else an explanation but these are all discs that I bought. Not sure why the negativity from youTzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-5067061940205389312015-03-29T07:35:48.240-07:002015-03-29T07:35:48.240-07:00Your stuff is stolen! Upload stuff that YOU PIAD F...Your stuff is stolen! Upload stuff that YOU PIAD FOR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-4627666036638512262015-03-29T04:27:37.319-07:002015-03-29T04:27:37.319-07:00Gracias por estas claroscuras gemas del extraño co...Gracias por estas claroscuras gemas del extraño composer,todo un descubrimiento,estimado Tzdadik.Un abrazo de Doktor Tapirman.Sempre suyo en su gesta heroica del blog!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-87500743662131342672015-03-29T01:51:04.568-07:002015-03-29T01:51:04.568-07:00Thanks a lot for this. I'm little over 5 minut...Thanks a lot for this. I'm little over 5 minutes into the first movement and I've already devoured the booklet. A very detailed outline of the programmatic stuf, but I'm not sure how much sense it will make in the end (or rather how much sense I'll be able to make out of it). It wouldn't be the first program I come accross that apparently is rather stated than implemented (Penderecki's Threnody or Hammamuth's Stadt der Engel, for instance).<br /><br />As for Testimony, Toccata themselves have released a thick volume on the subject. Surely interesting, but probably way too hagiographical (Toccata style), independently of how much our beloved Shosti deserves (undoubtedly a lot).Johannes R. Bechernoreply@blogger.com