tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post1607575516733138219..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-74362295777331192482015-07-24T10:28:05.375-05:002015-07-24T10:28:05.375-05:00No liner notes is a big omission! Hilary writes he...No liner notes is a big omission! Hilary writes her own notes and they are usually excellent.<br /><br />I suspect a platinum internet connection is only available in a few limited areas.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-22319436377556245762015-07-23T13:44:15.928-05:002015-07-23T13:44:15.928-05:00Naxos/ClassicsOnline has access to all sorts of la...Naxos/ClassicsOnline has access to all sorts of labels, as a matter of fact, although I don't doubt that there are some that they don't deal with. There are six or seven Hahn CDs at Naxos/CO but none of them have the liner notes available, which presumably is down to someone's contractual obligations somewhere. Nineteen Hahn CDs are available at Spotify, including all those available at Naxos/CO.<br /><br />Apparently, there are some people in the world (a not entirely negligible number, judging from the comments threads at the couple of audiophile sites I've looked at lately) who have a 'platinum' Internet connection via 'platinum' cable. I've never met any of them. <br /><br />Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-4427213209001483052015-07-23T12:52:33.677-05:002015-07-23T12:52:33.677-05:00Thanks for the link. That will make it into tomorr...Thanks for the link. That will make it into tomorrow's miscellanea for sure.<br /><br />Lots of good pieces on the Hahn encore CD (and a few clunkers). The reason you won't hear her on the Naxos service is that she is under contract with Deutsche Gramophon. I assume that Naxos just has access to their own discs.<br /><br />Yes, due to the vagaries of the internet, I would be surprise if streaming music was of as high a quality as CDs. But maybe I am wrong. Usually the music you find on YouTube is actually pretty good sounding. But I haven't done any direct comparisons.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-30567236223939267332015-07-23T12:38:51.209-05:002015-07-23T12:38:51.209-05:00Saw this via Althouse earlier, and thought you mig...Saw this via Althouse earlier, and thought you might like to mock it; 'who uses the most words in his music?' [http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a659792/eminem-has-the-biggest-vocabulary-in-music-beating-jay-z-and-bob-dylan.html#~pjhngZpA3I6mT2]<br /><br />Robert Kyr-- I don't know him, obviously-- but (judging by the photograph I saw when I looked about online) I believe he was present for one of those talks William Caplin presented on cadence etc back in... March. Listened briefly; 'wide ranging' works is a term I saw somewhere, ahem. In the end I'll probably get to go to every concert of the ESO this season, barring the interference of the Fates. <br /><br />Listening to the Bates 'Ford's Farm' from that HH Encores CD now-- it's followed by Rautavaara's 'Whispering'-- both of them are quite lovely. One distinct advantage of the streaming services: one can listen immediately, for a first and second listen anyway, even if one is going on to purchase the CD. <br /><br />The Hahn Encores CDs are on Spotify and Apple Music, but not on the Naxos streaming service, ClassicsOnline. Both Naxos and Apple offer free trial periods, so am doing just that, trying them out (Naxos for a month, Apple Music for three). Naxos provides what is called 'lossless streaming' and the possibility to stream from HD CDs, and even I can tell the difference between it and Spotify, in some cases, anyway, in many cases. <br /><br />If one has a perfectly well functioning Internet connexion, that LL and/or HD streaming is supposed to be identical to CD sound quality: I can believe it (and it looks like some audiophiles believe this to be the case). But the thing is that the online player displays the kbps ('kilobit per second', I believe) streaming rate, and because of the vagaries of the Internet connexion, or at least, of my Internet connexion, it fluctuates, doesn't it, the streaming rate-- it's stable most of the time, a very high percentage of the time, almost all the time. Of course, if you have the CD, why bother with it? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-81114506689229097112015-07-22T15:58:51.225-05:002015-07-22T15:58:51.225-05:00I have written about Mason Bates on the blog befor...I have written about Mason Bates on the blog before. He contributed a quite nice piece to Hilary Hahn's encore album that I did several posts on. Regarding Robert Kyr, I don't have much to offer except that he is a neighbor of yours: he teaches at the University of Oregon and has written a lot of music that might well be worth hearing. I would say give them both a chance.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-33495547774881161272015-07-21T13:33:56.569-05:002015-07-21T13:33:56.569-05:00Robert Kyr's first piano concerto is premierin...Robert Kyr's first piano concerto is premiering too. Hmm.<br />Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-54506784833918236072015-07-21T11:40:09.370-05:002015-07-21T11:40:09.370-05:00Am having to order subscription tickets for the sy...Am having to order subscription tickets for the symphony season upcoming. My last choice is down to a Mason Bates premiere (it's Eugene Symphony's 50th anniversary season) or Ginastera's Piano Concerto no 1 and his <i>Estancia</i>. Ginastera I've listened to-- because someone was going on about his music a couple of months ago, Ross or someone-- but I've never heard any Mason Bates. Hmm. Any suggestions?Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-33414124898595910212015-07-17T16:56:36.968-05:002015-07-17T16:56:36.968-05:00Heh!Heh!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-89425750313395485012015-07-17T15:44:06.679-05:002015-07-17T15:44:06.679-05:00Someone should mix samples of the Palermo, the Rei...Someone should mix samples of the Palermo, the Reich clapping, and all the folks observed by Philip Clark, and of the Beethoven chords, and market it as 'classical fusion'.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com