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Early Music aka Historically Informed Music

Ran across a mag called EMAg, " The Magazine of Early Music America" today at Barnes and Noble as I was picking up my Gramaphone
I never heard of it before and was thrilled there even is such a thing.
Absolutely WONDERFUL rag, pure class throughout, covers the entire scene in USA, great reviews and very well written high-level articles .
Some for the musician that a serious listener can grasp with some effort,
and there is nothing but good that comes to one who tries.

Out of Pittsburg , a Quartely, 6$ a pop.
First time in my long life I sat down immediately after first read( there will be several) and mailed a check for a years suscription !
schubert
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tostadosunidos
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Okay--if Pitt is in the top five US orchestras, which of these are not: NY Phil, Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, LA Phil, Seattle, Minnesota...
schubert OP
7,386 posts
 
As I hear the Minnesota a lot, while it is a very good band,perhaps with its Finnish Conductor the best Sibelius one in US, it would be giving them the benefit of the doubt to place them in the top 10 much less the top 5 .
Of course any orchestra in top 20 is very good and MN is certainly there.
From what I hear on NPR , LA is not all that consistent but
not hearing them live , that's just a guess.
One thing I hear about the Pittsburg that is not a guess is that their woodwind section is as good as it gets.
learsfool
1,215 posts
 
Hi Schubert - not sure many in the industry would put Minnesota in the top 10 in the US right now, especially with the great players who were able to leave during that ridiculous lockout. They might still be top 15, though. LA is most certainly in the top ten, I think just about everyone in the industry would agree with that.
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