Re: The Alta Cacas Rule

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> ansermetniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> appears to have caused the 
> following letters to be typed in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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> > http://members.aol.com/ansermetniac6/pcmh1.mp3
> > http://members.aol.com/ansermetniac6/pcmh2.mp3
> > http://members.aol.com/ansermetniac6/pcmh3.mp3
> > 
> > Beethoven Sonata In F for Horn (Valveless) And Piano
> > 
> > Pablo Casals-Cello
> > M Horozowski-Piano
> > 
> > From The late 50s-a Turnabout LP
> > 
> > Enjoy
> > 
> > I just saw a video called Song of the Birds-A Biography of Casals
> > 
> > My eyes have confirmed what my ears have told me. Casals uses litle or 
> > no vibrato. When questioned by his Mother about why, Casals said " All 
> > that up and down of pitch would make me sound like a Yo Yo, Ma"
> 
> I've usually heard the expression as "Alter Kockers."  An acceptable 
> translation of the expression is "old farts."  It was hinted at by the 
> Gershwin brothers -- in "Of Thee I Sing," the (singing) Supreme Court 
> Justices enter, describing themselves as "the A.K.s who give the O.K.s."
> 
> As for this Casals performance, I heard it back in the 1970s, and have 
> always wondered what was the point of transcribing such a hornistic piece 
> for cello.  Casals' performing state isn't all that great, either.  But 
> Mieczyslaw Horszowski was truly one of the Great Pianists of the -- oops, 
> I'd better not finish that sentence, or I'm in for a lawsuit.  ;--)  
> ("We'll take Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island too."  *RIIIING*)
> 
> 

The spelling is my own. I thought it literally menat old shits. But I 
find no problem with Casal's playing. His musicality overshadows his 
technical liabilities. How can you not like the use of none or little 
vibrato. Bottom line, Horozowski's playing is worth the price of 
admission. Too bad he did not record it with Brain or Chambers or Bloom 
etc.

What I don't like is Starker's Mozart Third Horn Concerto which I put on 
the same CD.

Sigfried should have said to Starker, "We don't do that here"


The Schumann Adagio and Allegro with the same duo is okay too. At the 
White House. I have it from a White Horse Souce.

Abbedd