Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/09

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Subject: [Leica] Never judge a book by its cover: Brahms, Mahler
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Oct 9 09:17:45 2007
References: <C330DE41.10D42%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <C413A751-4C73-4AB3-854C-6FDC73D6EDD4@iisaka.org>

On Oct 9, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Ken Iisaka wrote:

> There is a new recording of Alkan Concerto (Etudes Op.39 Nos.8-10)  
> by Marc-Andre Hamelin.  Much better than his first set a number of  
> years ago.  There is also a complete set of Etudes by Stephanie  
> McCullem, but I'm afraid it's a yawner.
>
> You have to play Alkan with gusto and cajones.
>
> I also like the recording of Concerto by John Ogdon, though a  
> little messy.
>
> Here's the Tinyurl link to my performance in Fort Worth.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2qww23

spellbinding performance Ken...

of really terrifying music...Steve





> On Oct 8, 2007, at 11:29 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote:
>
>> I have a brilliant set of Alkan LPs released by EMI in the late  
>> 70s. Now
>> available on CD...
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Alkan-Piano-Works-Ronald-Smith/dp/B0000CE7FF
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On 9/10/07 01:00, "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Must be something to do with Hamburg.  My piano was made in Hamburg,
>>> and the piano I covet too was made in Hamburg.
>>>
>>> Just as I like my cameras made in Solms.
>>>
>>> However, as for composers, I have been intrigued by an obscure  
>>> French
>>> composer who was a contemporary of Chopin and Liszt.  The name is
>>> Charles-Valentin Alkan, and was a prodigious virtuoso, and his
>>> capabilities are evident in his compositions.
>>>
>>> I am so intrigued by his compositions that I even had the nerve to
>>> play one in front of people with my very amateur hands:
>>>
>>> Alkan Etude in g# minor, Op.39 No.8, performed at the Van Cliburn
>>> International Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Fort Worth,  
>>> Tx,
>>> on June 3, 2007
>>>
>>> http://stream.luxmedia501.com/?file=clients/cliburn/
>>> Iisaka_Full_Final.wmv&type=wmv
>>
>
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In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Never judge a book by its cover: Brahms, Mahler)
Message from ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka) ([Leica] Never judge a book by its cover: Brahms, Mahler)