Wheels of Cheese

[Wheels of Cheese]

I'm not sure if it's OK to post this, so apologies if not, but having got such a lot of positive feedback for my Wheels of Cheese blog I though I would just once more. Basically, my insane idea is to listen to every piece of music in the June 2012 edition of Gramophone Magazine (because it was there!) and blog about it. So that's what I'm doing. You can find it here - http://www.peter-salmon.co.uk/peters...els-of-cheese/

Anyway, I won't post here again if this is an illegitimate use of the forums. It's possible to subscribe if you want further editions, and I will be throwing in the odd Prom review, so look for it there.

Enjoy, and am happy to be moderated out of here if need be...

Pete

[verismissimo]

Nice idea, Pete. Insane but nice.

Only problem from my perspective: too many words, Mr Salmon, too many words.

It's so common in blogs.

Good luck!

[french frank]

Anyway, I won't post here again if this is an illegitimate use of the forums. It's possible to subscribe if you want further editions, and I will be throwing in the odd Prom review, so look for it there.

Enjoy, and am happy to be moderated out of here if need be...

No problem, WoC - but it will be good to have some of your ideas here too!

Most people (including me ) sometimes need a gentle reminder that the main focus of the forum is Radio 3, but related items on music, drama etc are absolutely fine.

[Wheels of Cheese]

Nice idea, Pete. Insane but nice.

Only problem from my perspective: too many words, Mr Salmon, too many words.

It's so common in blogs.

Good luck!

Ah yes, I do tend to go on a bit. It's the novelist in me...

Cheers

Pete

[Caliban]

It's the novelist in me...

Sounds interesting. Friend of yours?

[Flosshilde]

Naughty, Caliban, very naughty

[Richard Tarleton]

Holá Ruedas de Queso - in Spanish you sound like the name of a half-decent Rioja. Thinking about it your project sounds a bit like a musical equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's "Supersize me", if less injurious to health, other than mental. There must be a fair amount of dross even in Gramophone. Reassure us you don't have to listen to the end in every case. I've thought of a new acronym which might apply- LITS. Answers on a postcard.

[Wheels of Cheese]

Holá Ruedas de Queso - in Spanish you sound like the name of a half-decent Rioja. Thinking about it your project sounds a bit like a musical equivalent of Morgan Spurlock's "Supersize me", if less injurious to health, other than mental. There must be a fair amount of dross even in Gramophone. Reassure us you don't have to listen to the end in every case. I've thought of a new acronym which might apply- LITS. Answers on a postcard.

Yes, to the end. Of everything. If you're going for 'insane', best to go the whole hog. Will work on the acronym...

Love the Spanish translation!

Anyway, there's a new one up today. Onwards!

http://www.peter-salmon.co.uk/peters...els-of-cheese/

[Wheels of Cheese]

Done a new one, I have. Martha Argerich and Friends, Lugano 2011. It's a beauty...

http://www.peter-salmon.co.uk/peters...els-of-cheese/

[Wheels of Cheese]

Done a new one, I have. Martha Argerich and Friends, Lugano 2011. It's a beauty...

http://www.peter-salmon.co.uk/peters...els-of-cheese/

More Wheels of Cheese for your amusement and edification.

One of the challenges I set myself in writing Wheels of Cheese was that I would attempt to come at the pieces I was going to listen to with naught but a cursory glance at the title of the piece, eschewing the addictive activity of poring over liner notes and the vasty vasty fields of secondary texts that propagate outwards around any piece of work. I was to approach each piece as a newborn baby, rolling its way towards an electric heater, soon to find out the difference between good and, well, not so much... Wheels of Cheese #12 - out now

http://www.peter-salmon.co.uk/​peter...els-of-cheese/