S01 Ep05 (4 of 4) – Getting into the head and heart of Maestro John Morris Russell
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S01 Ep05 (4 of 4) - Getting into the Head and Heart of Maestro John Morris RussellSpecial Guest: The great Maestro John Morris Russell and I finish off by looking at some of the giants of conducting. Mr. Russell also goes into great detail to explain the conception, some believe, that Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern painted music into a corner.
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Bartók, Béla Viktor János / Concerto for Orchestra – Fritz Reiner; Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor LM-1934) – This is a truly amazing Symphonic record. This highly sought after LP has been talked about since the day it was released in 1956. An interesting side note to this, Bartok’s final work; in the Concerto for Orchestra’s (fourth movement), called Intermezzo interrotto is known as being a scathing political statement about Shostakovich’s Symphony No.7. Bartok was infuriated at the media attention Shostakovich’s Symphony No.7 (Leningrad) got from Arturo Toscanini conducting it on July 19, 1942 (in fact it became so famous that Shostakovich landed on the front cover of Time Magazine) 1,2(Another recording to look for is
S01 Ep05 (3 of 4) – Speakin’ the truth and feelin’ the vibe with the Maestro!
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S01 Ep05 (3 of 4) Maestro John Morris Russell (3 of 4)
Special Guest: Maestro John Morris Russell and I sat down to discuss different composer and conductors in this special two part interview.
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Brahms, Johannes: Concerto For Violin in D; Itzhak Perlman / Carlo Maria Giulini / Chicago Symphony (Angel S-37286) – This 1979 Grammy Award Winning Recording for BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR is truly a thing of beauty. The famous conductor Carlo Maria Giulini who, by this time, had a long and positive association with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was at the top of his game playing the music that he truly loved most; the music of Brahms.1 To set this recording into the outer stratosphere as far as recordings go, is the tension between Giulini and Itzhak Perlman (in the prime of his career). Perlman, universally considered one of the best, if not the best violinist of the 20th Century, is playing a piece of music written by Brahms specifically for his friend Joseph Joachim and to show off the violin. This record is not hard to find, and should be in every music fan’s collection.
S01 Ep05 (2 of 4) Playing the full chromatic scale
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Special Guest – Maestro John Morris Russell – 
Has spent ten amazing years as Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra; two time recipient of Ontario’s Lieutenant Governors Awards for the arts; nominated for both the Gemini Awards (2004) and the Juno Awards (2008). This internationally praised conductor is now (effective September 1 2011), heading to the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra to succeed the late Erich Kunzel. The Maestro and I sat down to discuss among other things, the history and development of the symphony and where classical music is headed.
John Morris Russell (2 of 4 part interview)
Can the resurgence in vinyl bring back vinyl for the avid classical music fan? – Coming from a site dedicated to buying and selling vinyl records, the question at first may seem to be a rhetorical one in its approach. That said, it is anything but a simple “yeah of course, because vinyl is the best” type of answer. There are many drawbacks to vinyl, some of which have infuriated the classical music lover since its conception some hundred plus
S01-Ep05 (1 of 4) getting into Brahm’s skin with John Morris Russell
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S01-Ep05 (1 of 4) getting into Brahm's skin with John Morris Russell
Special Guest – Maestro John Morris Russell – Has spent ten amazing years as Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra; two time recipient of Ontario’s Lieutenant Governors Awards for the arts; nominated for both the Gemini Awards (2004) and the Juno Awards (2008). This internationally praised conductor is now (effective September 1 2011), heading to the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra to succeed the late Erich Kunzel. The Maestro and I sit down to discuss among other things, the Cincinnati Pops one of the oldest and respected symphonies in North America, Brahms Symphonies and what it means to be a conductor.
I Love Liner Notes
I love liner notes; I could read them all day long. I probably have read every inch of print of every record, CD, and cassette tape I have ever owned. It almost comes close to a ‘Rain Man’ syndrome with me. Even from childhood, I remember caring