tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-41148541664765824722007-07-27T11:00:00.000+01:002007-07-27T11:00:00.000+01:00Thanks for all the corrections, I should have Googled all that stuff before I posted. <BR/><BR/><I>Both David Robertson and Michael Gielen have recorded Rituel, Henry. </I><BR/><BR/>Ah, thanks! In searching, I also saw this:<BR/><BR/>CD-2227：\2415-] ERATO ( F ) / <BR/>Boulez 01. Rituel -in memoriam Bruno Maderna- orchestra, 02. Messagequisse - 7vc, 03-06. Notations - orchestra <BR/>Perf.； Orches de Paris, dir: Daniel Barenboim<BR/><BR/>I still haven't quite made the transition to buying stuff online, especially from non-US sources, since Tower Records closed down; there was a fantastic classical Tower on the Sunset Strip that had *everything* and I'd buy it there.<BR/><BR/><I>Henry, where were you in March or April 1986 when Boulez mounted Repons in the Columbia University gymnasium in New York City?</I><BR/><BR/>Likely smoking pot and listening to The Cure and Depeche Mode! My interest in the European avant-garde didn't really take off until the early 90's when I finally got a good job and could afford the expensive import CD's and to buy the scores that made it easier to follow along.<BR/><BR/><I>the Birtwistle and Zinovieff's Mask of Orpheus premiere that late May</I><BR/><BR/>I was hoping that ENO would revive that wonderful piece to coincide with the world premiere of his new opera <I>The Minotaur</I> at the ROH, but they're doing <I>Punch and Judy</I> instead, which will much easier and less costly to stage.<BR/><BR/>Hey Drew80, sorry I never replied to that e-mail you sent me after that little dust-up I had with that guy who claimed that the success of Tan Dun's <I>The Last Emperor</I> at the Met proved that audiences craved new opera (they most assuredly don't for the most part); life, you know. Your source for that info? I only ask because I love Boulez' conducting, I can't believe I missed those engagements.<BR/><BR/>And to continue my litany of errors in that post, the bit about Gay Darmstadt isn't a book, it's an article in a New Music periodical. Facts are your friend, Henry Holland! :-(<BR/><BR/>Hahaha, thanks Pliable for the new picture! :-)Henry Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.com