Warner releases complete John Eliot Gardiner today
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I just had to do a double-take as I could have sworn I had this box set already! I believe it was released back in April to coincide with his 80th Birthday 🙂
Yes, it was released on April 7.
Er, not really: it’s been out since April!
Perhaps one could describe JEG’s contribution to musical life as “striking”?
It’s a hit!
Definitely packs a punch!
DG have also released a bumper box of JEG. I wonder how they compare at the weigh-in.
I thought that said ‘Wandsworth releases John Eliot Gardiner’.
Is there an “outtake” disc of JEG screaming at subordinates (like those from the RCA engineers who kept the mikes open at Toscanini rehearsals)?
Classical music’s answer to the Buddy Rich Bus Tapes!
Knockout!
Smashing hits!
Does this newly released boxed set come complete with a DVD of all of Sir John’s “knockouts”?
I’ll hold out until the AVO edition
Maybe they know there won’t be any more.
‘jeg’ (pronounced ‘yay’) in Norwegian means ‘I’
An old-fashioned gaol “Mugshot” for the cover surely?
For a moment I read ‘Warner’ as ‘Wandsworth’, which would not have been altogether surprising in the light of recent events.
So did I.
Money grabbing.
The recordings speak for themselves, he apologized and made no excuses. Let’s move on.
Nice to read opinions from a discerning musical audience.
A Punchy Legacy…
Ha, probably is literally complete at this point.
Greatest hits…?
That’s his entire legacy right there: the recordings. When he’s gone, Monteverdi Choir and orchestras will cease to exist. One positive side of the recordings—you can’t see or hear him acting as an infantile egotistical bully as you could in real life.
Would the Monteverdi Choir and the ORR have existed at all without his initiative? And why do you think they will not continue if he decides to retire? What a petty and spiteful comment.
I know….from the inside. I was there.
So the whole thing may be a delayed April fools prank:
JEG never slapped and punched anybody, while his CD box hit the market in September 2023.
It was published last spring in france… the timing was perfect at that time …
As I write, 13 of the 26 comments here are feeble jokes. What happened after “Les Troyens” ( and on previous occasions) is sad, shocking and not funny. Perhaps we could try to understand why and how these situations arise, in the hope that we can reduce the chances that they will recur.
Oh come on, physical aggression is generally very rare in civilized, cultured societies.
JEG’s misbehaviour is an absolute exception – hence all the fuss.
The situation will only improve if the aggressor withdraws and/or is removed.
Nobody died. They didn’t even get hurt. Stop snivelling.
So being slapped and punched in the face doesn’t hurt now?
This is amazing news.
Just keep a stiff upper lip like a British monarch and offer the other cheek like a real Christian.