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Hi,

You may be interested - BBC Radio 3 on Monday will be broadcasting
Wagner's Ring Cycle from 8:00 am until midnight.
Now I need to work out how to write audio DVDs.

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On 2006-04-13, Eiron wrote:
Hi,

You may be interested - BBC Radio 3 on Monday will be broadcasting
Wagner's Ring Cycle from 8:00 am until midnight.
Now I need to work out how to write audio DVDs.

I have three versions (on CD - from 14 to 18 CDs per set depending on
the conductor). I guess I have to decide whether I need another ...

--
John Phillips

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"Eiron" wrote in message

Hi,

You may be interested - BBC Radio 3 on Monday will be
broadcasting Wagner's Ring Cycle from 8:00 am until
midnight. Now I need to work out how to write audio DVDs.

What's wrong with CDs?

Wagner
 

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Eiron" wrote in message

Hi,

You may be interested - BBC Radio 3 on Monday will be
broadcasting Wagner's Ring Cycle from 8:00 am until
midnight. Now I need to work out how to write audio DVDs.

What's wrong with CDs?

You have to change them every hour or so, which is inconvenient for
sixteen hours of program.

Easter is more Parsifal time for me.

Stephen

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On 2006-04-14, MINe 109 wrote:
In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Eiron" wrote in message

Hi,

You may be interested - BBC Radio 3 on Monday will be
broadcasting Wagner's Ring Cycle from 8:00 am until
midnight. Now I need to work out how to write audio DVDs.

What's wrong with CDs?

You have to change them every hour or so, which is inconvenient for
sixteen hours of program.

Exactly. In the first instance Wagner was inconsiderate enough to
compose Acts of over 80 minutes so a CD sometimes cannot even last until
the interval.

Then it would be even better to have a complete four-hour (or more) opera
on one medium so you didn't have to change it during the performance.

Easter is more Parsifal time for me.

Ah! Knappertsbusch's 1962 Bayreuth Festival recording ...

--
John Phillips

Wagner
 

Easter is more Parsifal time for me

Hmmm, one tune and about 4,687 diminished chords. I'll go for
Meistersinger any day.

Wagner
 

On 17 Apr 2006 12:49:28 -0700, "Andy Evans"
wrote:

Easter is more Parsifal time for me

Hmmm, one tune and about 4,687 diminished chords. I'll go for
Meistersinger any day.

Well I've dipped in and out during the day, and I can confirm that
while he may have written some finely crafted tunes, his complete
operas are bloody awful.

d

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In article .com,
"Andy Evans" wrote:

Easter is more Parsifal time for me

Hmmm, one tune and about 4,687 diminished chords. I'll go for
Meistersinger any day.

A bit more festive! The last Meistersinger experience I had was a Met tv
broadcast with Karita Mattila and James Morris that held my interest
longer than the usual murky Parsifal.

Still, an Easter tradition for some.

Stephen

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In article , Don Pearce
wrote:
On 17 Apr 2006 12:49:28 -0700, "Andy Evans"
wrote:

Easter is more Parsifal time for me

Hmmm, one tune and about 4,687 diminished chords. I'll go for
Meistersinger any day.

Well I've dipped in and out during the day, and I can confirm that while
he may have written some finely crafted tunes, his complete operas are
bloody awful.

I think someone commented that Wagner has some fine moments, but some
awful hours... :-)

Someone else also said that there are those who like Wagner, and those who
like music... ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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Someone else also said that there are those who like Wagner, and those
who like music.

I think it may be Wagners dramatic conceptions that put people off -
all those Nibelungs, Walkyries and knights in armour. Interestingly
Wagner himself chose to stage manage the Ring in its first whole
performance rather than conduct it.
Take away all the men in tights and the grandiose conceptions and you
do get some masterpieces like Meistersinger that we can all enjoy, plus
some fine orchestral work like Siegfied Idyll. There's no doubt that
Wagner's music at its finest is as good as anything, but as you say
there are certain, ahem, longuers.....