tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post6375046630494263850..comments2023-06-18T05:44:02.991-04:00Comments on My Maugham Collection: W. Somerset Maugham - 140th Birthday (25 January 1874 - 2014) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-77152517696520451372014-03-07T11:30:47.876-05:002014-03-07T11:30:47.876-05:00Yes, please, that would be very nice. Henry & ...Yes, please, that would be very nice. <i>Henry & June</i> is about Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller. I think it's worth checking out. Paris in the 30s, romance, music. My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-58094996435739147052014-03-07T07:25:04.693-05:002014-03-07T07:25:04.693-05:00Never heard of this movie, I'm afraid. Would y...Never heard of this movie, I'm afraid. Would you like me to send you Ansermet's own recording?Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-33794987920986757642014-03-07T07:00:08.766-05:002014-03-07T07:00:08.766-05:00The one I used is by Ensemble Musical de Paris, fr...The one I used is by Ensemble Musical de Paris, from the <i>Henry & June</i> soundtrack. I used to like the movie very much, but my enthusiasm diminished when I watched it again one or two years ago. However, I continue to like the soundtrack. My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-50428688535401014592014-03-07T06:43:08.671-05:002014-03-07T06:43:08.671-05:00So far as I could discover online, Debussy's p...So far as I could discover online, Debussy's piece was originally written for piano (four hands). The only orchestration I came across was one by Ernest Ansermet. Is this the one you used or is it another arrangement?Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-19609050992506267732014-03-07T04:01:02.567-05:002014-03-07T04:01:02.567-05:00The first one after the intro. is Debussy's Po...The first one after the intro. is Debussy's Pour l'Egyptienne. The second one that accompanies the garden scene is Satie's Je te veux, which sort of merges with what they have put originally in the background when Maugham was talking. I don't know what it is that they put.My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-824518872556446502014-03-06T16:04:58.568-05:002014-03-06T16:04:58.568-05:00May I enquire about the music? The beginning and t...May I enquire about the music? The beginning and the end I could easily identify myself, but have no idea about those strings and that piano between them. Who are the composers and which are the works?Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-34572167523549527342014-02-24T15:49:35.998-05:002014-02-24T15:49:35.998-05:00You're lucky. I once wrote to the BBC about a ...You're lucky. I once wrote to the BBC about a possible mistake in their blurb of "For Services Rendered", but I never got a reply.<br /><br />It seems there is more than enough material for a box-set with "The Complete Recordings of WSM". May it be released one day. It's somewhat ironic that so many of his books are still print (yet older editions of them are easily Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-29329865930022601332014-02-24T00:49:03.468-05:002014-02-24T00:49:03.468-05:00At the moment I haven't found any other. For e...At the moment I haven't found any other. For example, this extract lasts only ~ 7 mins.; it's a pity that they don't put the whole 30 mins. I hope one day they would issue a whole CD for Maugham only, like they have done for some authors. (By the way, in the booklet for another collection,The Spoken Word Short Stories Vol. 2, they say that Maugham was born on Christmas Day! I wrote toMy Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-70194808216880917282014-02-22T11:31:52.602-05:002014-02-22T11:31:52.602-05:00I would greatly appreciate it if you could send th...I would greatly appreciate it if you could send the track. It is priceless. Do you know of any other excerpts from the non-fiction writings that Maugham recorded? Off the record, so to say, I suppose his BBC broadcasts were - and still are - preserved and would love to hear "Twenty Days in a Ship" or the complete address on his 80th birthday, but I doubt they are available online or Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-12624797240618640002014-02-21T11:24:13.318-05:002014-02-21T11:24:13.318-05:00It's from The Spoken Word. British Writers, is...It's from The Spoken Word. British Writers, issued by BBC and the British Library. It's an extract from A Writer's Notebook. If you want I can send you the track. Let me know.My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-48029352220470195162014-02-21T10:26:39.825-05:002014-02-21T10:26:39.825-05:00May I ask where the recordings from the non-fictio...May I ask where the recordings from the non-fiction works come from? Fantastic to have these excerpts in Maugham's voice.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-32039946647293493212014-01-25T04:41:59.933-05:002014-01-25T04:41:59.933-05:00Thanks for the comment, Alexander! Of course not, ...Thanks for the comment, Alexander! Of course not, please do. <br />My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-68845652036582806122014-01-25T03:09:25.098-05:002014-01-25T03:09:25.098-05:00Very nice video. Plenty of rare material. Great to...Very nice video. Plenty of rare material. Great to see the introductions to "Quartet", "Trio" and "Encore" included. I hope you wouldn't mind my sharing the link in Maugham group on LibraryThing.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.com