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Suggestion Box / Mahler 1....yet again
« on: March 11, 2011, 12:56:58 AM »
At the risk of becoming really boring, I just finished listening to my B/C tape of Mahler's First, conducted by Horenstein. I have a goal of listening to all of my Mahler this year, the 100th anniversary of Mahler's death, and I was struck yet again what a great release this symphony would be for the Tape Project.

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I just reupped. I look forward to Series III!

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Suggestion Box / Re: rabbit ears
« on: March 08, 2011, 11:41:15 AM »
FWIW, this is not one I would be looking for. :-)

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Tape Project Albums - general / Re: New title added to Series Three!
« on: March 08, 2011, 11:38:43 AM »
Feels like a brilliant choice.

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Hey John, it looks like it was wishful thinking.....here we are at the beginning of March, and no Respighi in sight.

Tom

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Church Windows/Appalachian Spring Suite / Re: A new compilation.
« on: February 22, 2011, 08:55:32 PM »
No, just a bad night.

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Church Windows/Appalachian Spring Suite / Re: A new compilation.
« on: February 21, 2011, 04:50:01 PM »
Week must have been a typo - Ellen told me in February. Pretty simple.

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Church Windows/Appalachian Spring Suite / Re: A new compilation.
« on: February 20, 2011, 10:54:57 PM »
FWIW, TomR (me) does not believe in wishful thinking. I was also quoted incorrectly - I was told Church Windows would arrive in February, not next week. February is not over yet.

Tom


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6 out of 20 (30%) for series 1 and 2 hardly seems like too many classical. It all depends on tastes, of course, and there has been an attempt to strike a balance, since there aren't that many releases to go around. Maybe it is one of these things that if everyone complains, the balance must be just right.

Personally, I have been mostly satisfied with the selection of titles. I thought the classical side was a bit on the "light classics" side of things, but the performances and sound are all excellent.  Really looking forward to Church Windows, which is a major piece that is going to test our systems. The tapes that have spent the most time on my deck have probably been Creek Bank, Brilliant Corners, and Blackjack David, but I am happy to have them all.

Schoenberg's Transfigured Night wouldn't be so hard for most......more like Wagner or Richard Strauss than say, Five Pieces for Orchestra.

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When will the rest of Series 3 be announced?

Thanks,

Tom

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Tape Project Albums - general / Back to harping on a topic......Mahler
« on: January 24, 2011, 12:00:58 AM »
I was listening to Mahler's First symphony on the radio, and was struck again by the thought of what an excellent Tape Project release a Mahler symphony would be. The prime candidates, due to length of the works (I imagine shorter is better) ought to be the First and the Fourth.

Of course, if you are a Mahlerite this is a very big year - the centenary of his death - there will be a flood of performances (the SF Symphony is doing 3 works in June, I believe) and recordings, and I am hoping we can do our little part as well.  Of course, Series 2 still has to be completed, and there isn't much hope that we could get a Mahler release in time for June....but we can dream, right?

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Timing is everything in life....Clifford Brown arrived and Church Windows will arrive next week!'

Tom

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Tape Project Albums - general / Completion of Series 2/start of Series 3
« on: January 17, 2011, 12:44:21 PM »
I just read the post where there is a Series 3 event up at Doc's.  However, we still have four tapes to go in Series 2, if you include Clifford Brown, which I do since I have not yet received a shipping notice. Little Hatch, the last tape I received,  arrived in August.....with that rate of shipment, Series 3 feels very far away. Will 2011 finds shipments moving at a faster pace?

Thanks,

Tom

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Tape Project Albums - general / Re: Tape Project Series Three!
« on: January 06, 2011, 05:34:38 PM »
Willie and the Poor Boys is a PERFECT TP release. Why, I remember suggesting it myself! :-)

Looking forward to hearing about that primo classical.

Tom

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Events / Re: Tape Project at CES 2011 Jan 6-9
« on: January 02, 2011, 01:48:11 PM »
Doc - I assume you will be doing a press release announcing the Series 3 titles. Will you be posting the release here, simultaneously, or even emailing the subscribers? I *believe* there may be some interest. :-)

Tom

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