Re: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-05 Thread Graeme Evans
Hans Pizka wrote: > But they had to replace Kirstin Flagstad. And the first horn changed. Yes, John Culshaw tried desperately to record her Walkuere Fricka for later inclusion, but unfortunately her cancer defeated them. > I think, it was a financial problem then, as pressing the LPS asked for

RE: [Hornlist] Short Call

2004-05-05 Thread Hans Pizka
What Long Call do you have ? The one with three separate signals or the one with more signals, all off them separated by fermatas, wher Fermata means a hold. If the Long Call you have consists of just three signals, it is the Short Call. The Short Call & some further similar Short Calls are from G

[Hornlist] Short Call

2004-05-05 Thread Bubba
What is the short call? I have the long call, but have no idea where the short call is located. Also, I have a Holton H179 horn, and I am considering getting it made into a screw-bell horn, in essence, making it a H279. Anyone have any ideas on who can do a good job on this located in or around

RE: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-05 Thread Hans Pizka
But they had to replace Kirstin Flagstad. And the first horn changed. Other RING recordings: the Swarowsky RING with Sueddeutsche Symphony, which was Czech Philharmonic; Yes, the Solti Ring was published as the first complete set. The takes were quite long, but there was some strong editing anyw

Re: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-05 Thread Graeme Evans
I think you will find the Decca Ring is the first complete version with no cuts or cast discontinuities in the main characters, and the first fully commercially released one. Cheers, Graeme Evans (Principal Horn, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) +61 3 9318 0690(H), +61 419 880371(B), +61 3 93180893(

[Hornlist] Siegfried and Long Call at the Met

2004-05-05 Thread Smithhorn
The Met's 2004 final Ring Cycle performance of Siegfried will be tomorrow ( Thursday May 6 at 6pm) . Joe Anderer's "long call" is fantastic. His service as Co-Principal this season has garnered much positive press and acclaim. He is truly a gifted musician with chops of steel on top of his

[Hornlist] The Long Call

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Dickow
Well... I just discovered a simpler Long Call... just play the Short Call really, really, really s l o w l y. ;-) Bob Dickow University of Idaho ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40

RE: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-05 Thread Hans
My fault, indeed. Thinking of so many recordings (I have some 25 RING sets here) I forgot the most important, perhaps. For me it is the most important. But Graeme, it was not the first recording of the complete RING. MoraltĀ“s RING in Vienna & the RING with Furtwaengler were around 1951. Both were p

RE: [Hornlist] tuning the horn

2004-05-05 Thread Jonathan West
> My new teacher said that it is not neccesary to pull > out valve slides for new horn at all(only the main > tuning slide should be adjusted). He said that i > should adapt myself to horn, not the horn for myself.. You've had plenty of other people point out the idiocy of that advice, and sugges

Re: [Hornlist] seigfried's long call

2004-05-05 Thread Graeme Evans
Hans Pizka wrote: > There are numerous recordings of the RING on the market: > > Metropolitan Opera New York (Levine), Berlin Philharmonic (von Karajan), > Dresden (Janovski), Bayreuth (Kempe, Keilberth, Adam Fischer, Peter > Schneider, & many others), Buenos Aires (2 sets Wallberg & Erich > Klei