tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post6208673133829334961..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Travel in a time of footballDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-37046625297074062462010-07-06T16:38:00.784+01:002010-07-06T16:38:00.784+01:00Sorry, Phil, I found out and then I forgot, and th...Sorry, Phil, I found out and then I forgot, and there's no-one at the BBCSO picking up messages at the moment. What were Jiri's earlier BBCSO recordings? He certainly did quite a lot with the Czech Phil for Chandos as well as Supraphon, but wasn't it Andrew Davis who did all the Warner recordings with the orchestra?<br /><br />There is, of course, a Broucek concert performance on DG. And I've been pestering the BBC Music Mag to bring out their Mahler Third or Ninth on a cover CD.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-8234108983248725942010-07-05T16:36:17.656+01:002010-07-05T16:36:17.656+01:00from Phil Warner, LSE
Would you just let me know w...from Phil Warner, LSE<br />Would you just let me know when you think the BBCSO's Martinu recordings are likely to be released, and on what label? I am sure you are privy to the sort of inside information not available to others. I very much liked Belohlavek's earlier recordings with the BBCSO, on the now-defunct(-ish)WarnerClassics label, I think.<br />I am sure NO-ONE else lives as your friend Sophy does, as you mention; who would have the sheer outgoing enthusiasm and drive? All I was asking you was where you thought she got this from - it is a very rare quality, although many like to pretend they have it.<br /><br />I spent a glorious four months in 2003 touring Sweden and visiting many of the absolutely magnificent(and beautifully preserved)country houses there, both grand and otherwise. They are well worth investigating on your next trip to Scandanavia.<br />Phil Warner, LSEPhilip Warnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-8849949065741200152010-07-04T20:46:39.344+01:002010-07-04T20:46:39.344+01:00Hey, I'm back...sorry for the long silence and...Hey, I'm back...sorry for the long silence and fun to find these messages. But expand, Minnie, on how you must have commented too vapidly on our Sophie's blog? Have you been blocked in your expression or summat? Must be an accident if so.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-79173839566810802712010-06-30T11:30:13.185+01:002010-06-30T11:30:13.185+01:00So hard not to get caught up in at least some of t...So hard not to get caught up in at least some of the footie excitement - even if that's restricted to the fearful sight of sub-human supporters on the verge of rioting. <br />A delight to read your encapsulation of the complexities and clashing worlds of London on a summer evening, which evoke some similar memories; love the eclipsed full Moon over St James's Palace clocktower (the clock's right x 2 a day, anyhow ...). <br />The passionate production of 'Tosca' sounds a marvel. Unprintable French word denoted (inter alia) 'good luck' for your friend's show in Cork St!<br />BTW I, too, commented on Sophie's superb blog; but evidently too vapidly for words.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-75144494397854689122010-06-29T00:17:00.772+01:002010-06-29T00:17:00.772+01:00Sophie was, as you've probably read, the muse ...Sophie was, as you've probably read, the muse for this blog. Of course no-one I know lives, as the cliche says, the dream quite like she has, with her mud hotel and her Malian life, to which she's so doggedly committed - for all the larking about when she travels. <br /><br />Yes, the Czech Phil/Belohlavek performances are wonderful. But I still can't wait for the BBCSO recordings to be issued - I thought he'd tapped a great vigour and intensity in the few intervening years.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-24856180740735897172010-06-28T16:42:33.046+01:002010-06-28T16:42:33.046+01:00from Philip Warner, LSE
Further to discussions in ...from Philip Warner, LSE<br />Further to discussions in earlier blogs about Martinu recordings, I have just acquired Mar 5&6 on a Supraphon disc with Belohlavek and the Czech Phil; it sounds just wonderful, aided by Krell amps and Bowers and Wilkins 801s. The CD was on special offer in HMV.<br />Philip Warner<br />By the way I connected to the website of your Mali-dwelling Swedish friend Sophy and her blog, which often made Jennifer's Diary seem like the musings of a cloistered Carmelite nun. Where does the grand Sophy get such incredible energy and drive? It is quite amazing what she gets up to; I felt exhausted just reading about such wonderful, cosmopolitan adventures. Would that I had the stamina and derringdo for this level of global larking about.<br />Phil Warner<br />London Scool of EconomicsPhilip Warnernoreply@blogger.com