En Saga by Jean Sibelius performed by Wilhelm Furtwängler and the
Berliner Philharmoniker in 1943, from Aufnahmen 1942-1944, Vol 2.
Or whatever of the Berlin Philharmonic had not fled by this point.
Not a very refined performance, but with a depth not typically found.
From Furtwängler's quixotic battle that culture could save Germany.
How does it feel to be back – Daryl Hall and John Oates from
Voices, 1980
Oates' finest moment
Parole Ambulante – John Tchicai's Five Points, from One Long
Minute
I saw this group (and bought this disc) on the fist day of summer
2010 at the Brooklyn club Zebulon, two years or so before Tchicai's
death. He was very much in the role of the proud teacher, watching
his students put their lessons into practice. only letting it rip at
the end. After one tune fell apart at its start, he said, while
regrouping “The task at hand is to change the mistakes into
something beautiful” which I jotted down on the back of a flyer
with Muhal Richard Abrams on the front. (for the benefit of the
scholars who will someday study my papers, I must make sure to note
this is Tchicai's quote and not Muhal's (or my own for that matter)
to avoid misattribution.) A wonderful souvenir of a wonderful night.
