I believe she is a major talent.
Original, probing with a blazing technique.
However, I believe she still has some maturing to do.
Original, probing with a blazing technique.
However, I believe she still has some maturing to do.
Classical Music for Aficionados
I would like to start a thread, similar to Orpheus’ jazz site, for lovers of classical music.
I will list some of my favorite recordings, CDs as well as LP’s. While good sound is not a prime requisite, it will be a consideration.
Classical music lovers please feel free to add to my lists.
Discussion of musical and recording issues will be welcome.
I’ll start with a list of CDs. Records to follow in a later post.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Vanguard Classics — Vienna Festival Orch. Prohaska, conductor.
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite et. al. DG — Chicago Symphony Abbado, conductor.
Brahms: Symphony #1. Chesky — London Symph. Orch. Horenstein, conductor.
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat. HDTT — Ars Nova. Mandell, conductor.
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Analogue Productions. — Dallas Symph Orch. Johanos, cond.
Respighi: Roman Festivals et. al. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
All of the above happen to be great sounding recordings, but, as I said, sonics is not a prerequisite.
I will list some of my favorite recordings, CDs as well as LP’s. While good sound is not a prime requisite, it will be a consideration.
Classical music lovers please feel free to add to my lists.
Discussion of musical and recording issues will be welcome.
I’ll start with a list of CDs. Records to follow in a later post.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Vanguard Classics — Vienna Festival Orch. Prohaska, conductor.
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite et. al. DG — Chicago Symphony Abbado, conductor.
Brahms: Symphony #1. Chesky — London Symph. Orch. Horenstein, conductor.
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat. HDTT — Ars Nova. Mandell, conductor.
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Analogue Productions. — Dallas Symph Orch. Johanos, cond.
Respighi: Roman Festivals et. al. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
All of the above happen to be great sounding recordings, but, as I said, sonics is not a prerequisite.
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For those who think of all the Violin Concertos , like me, is the Brahms,. here is a great one . I heard it yesterday at a friends house and just bought it at Amazon . Has excellent Double Con. as well. Not a few think that the Gewandhaus under Chailly was as good as any band in the world . https://youtu.be/_10S9WBoSMc?t=2 |
Think you could knock this out, rv? Wish I could , at a concert in Glasgow University . Tomorrow ! https://youtu.be/IhYPBRedFnI?t=1 |
Angela Hewitt has a new Fazioli piano to replace the one that movers dropped. But the new one has only 3 pedals, whereas the old one had 4.You can't always get what you want. https://www.facebook.com/Angela-Hewitt-201013549988366/videos/angelas-new-fazioli/311645020196585/ |
@rvpiano Rv Thanks for that , it's not always one is allowed to play what one likes when you also have to earn living. I love the Well tempered Clavier there is so much to learn from them. I remember a saying by Busoni that was, Bach is the Old Testament and Beethoven The New and together they make Liszt possible. (Yes maybe !!!!). |
"Greenland, with a population of only just over 56,000, and most of that contained in a few of the largest cities, you could immunize half of the population in a good solid 8 hour shift." I'm guessing you mean vaccinate rather than immunise. The best case scenarios indicate 90% immunisation ( but only after the second dose in the recommended timescale). No such figure is being offered for the worst case. Anyway, how do people feel about the various Zenph re-recordings out there? I feel that the 1955 Goldberg's by Gould were pretty good tonally. Very listenable indeed. |
@cd318 Although not my favourite pianist by any means Mr Goulds 1955 Goldbergs given the Zenph treatment are now very enjoyable indeed and if I want to listen to Gould's account then that is the one I pick up. I am really saddened that Mr Zenph's wizardry was assasinated by big record companies never to return. Shame on them can you imagine that Zenph could have brought Rachmaninov and Hoffman and possibly all the Golden Age pianists back to life but no, big business had to crush it till another centenary would come up and they would reissue hiss ridden reissues again and again. Just imagine a little collaboration and we could have been listening to musicians recorded from 60 years and more sounding as if they were in your home. No big business won't let the little man win. Signing off now in case I blow a gasket. |
@jim204, "Although not my favourite pianist by any means Mr Goulds 1955 Goldbergs given the Zenph treatment are now very enjoyable indeed and if I want to listen to Gould's account then that is the one I pick up." I feel exactly the same. I do listen to the others, though the original quirky1955 took a bit of getting used to as I had heard the 1981 first, but this is the one that demonstrates the advances in recording technology between 1955 analogue (or even 1981 early digital) and 2007. As for Rachmaninov, yes I wouldn't have minded hearing Zenph's re-recording of Ashkenazi's PC2. Or even Perahia's first try at Mozart's PC21. The originals are still marvelous though. "We did a sales call at Sony, and met with the president of Sony Music," says Zenph president John Q. Walker, recalling a meeting with Sony Classical, which owns the masters for the original 1955 recording. "He took our demo CD, listened to it for three minutes, and said "Let's do albums." Some more background here. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10439850 |
Is anyone familiar with this LP? Sibelius: Violin Concerto / David Oistrakh / Ehrling / Stockholm Festival Orch. 1954 on Angel Just listened to it on YouTube and was very impressed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n-QHS888r4 What are some other notable recordings of this Sibelius work? |
Great as Oiistrakh was/is I can think of 2 others I think better in the Sibelius. Kyung Wha Chung , London SO/ Andre Preven/ Decca Cho-Liang Lin Esa-Pekka Salonen/Philharmonia Orchestra /SonyThe Finn really brings it home . To me this young lady, who died young, is the best of them all . Plane crash in 1940’s. https://youtu.be/gWV6gkeUUyo?t=26Philharmonia/ Walter Susskind This was made in 1945 and though the recording was not great she was . In this recording everything is Great ! https://youtu.be/A2gni0hiIz4?t=5 |
I had not heard this till now. Will need a few takes on the Sibelius with this band. That said , I believe Julia Fisher is the greatest violinist alive . https://youtu.be/hiwd2TUZ9gM?t=3 You Tell Me. |
A great big yes to Julia Fischer for me , she is a supreme virtuoso and probably the best of todays bunch . She is dammed near as good on the piano also. My love affair started with her a number of years ago when she was playing the Dvorak Concerto at the Proms and got a rapturous applause from the audience. She came back on a number of times and then came back with her violin and stood stock still as if pondering something. After a short time she looked up and apologised for saying nothing so she told us that when she walked on she didn't know what to play and since there was twenty four of the we knew then that it would be Paganini's 24 Caprices but she said it so matter of factly that we all knew she had them all at her fingertips. What a performer, no other today like her. Now about the Sibelius Violin Concerto for me it's another young lady I listen to , it's Lisa Batiashvhili who captured me . She is wonderfully accompanied by Daniel Barenboim at the helm of the Staatskapelle Berlin. there are parts that the playing just takes your breath away. |
@rvpiano RV I noticed your comment abut Milstein and yes I would definitely put him with the other two but I doubt if there was anyone who could play the sonatas and partitas of Bach like him his sense of structure and ability to land on a note after the most ferocious arpeggios with perfect intonation is nothing short of staggering. I listen to the D Minor Partita from him at least once a week |
I heard the Barenboim several times Jim.Like everything he does it was done very well. I heard his orchestra many times when it had other names and he has lifted to a higher level. But , I still think E-P Salonen is a better conductor and Cho-Liang Lin gives an immacaculate performance from the first to last note, second to none ! Of course we all hear what we hear. I hope Scotia hears they had better get off the T- vessel built on Clyde-Side / i |
I heard Nathan Milstein play Tchaikovsky concerto with Eugene Normandy and Philadelphia Orchestra, Thanksgiving 1960. His bow began shedding, concertmaster offered his, offered shaken off, music proceeded with NM pulling loose hair off the bow whenever he had a 2 second break. When it was all over, thunderous applause of course, and Milstein reached up to Ormandy on the podium, who lost his balance on his bad leg, and nearly tumbled, but Milstein saved his fall. Never forgotten. Meanwhile, now listening to Maria Tipo (born 23 December 1931) play Bach on her piano. So fine. |
I would never challenge Milstein on Bach, or anything else for that matter. Of late I like to listen to this British lady as well. https://youtu.be/wTVJ0BtIoMA . And I will never not drop in to hear this good man. https://youtu.be/ZOm4DlsqvcU |
Maria Tipo, Chopin Nocturne >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGnLj4F0yas |
Mendelssohn: complete piano works, Howard Shelley, 4 vols. Honestly, I don't know why M's piano music, beyond the Romance sans paroles, isn't more widely played. Excellent. Also excellent performance and excellent piano sound from Hyperion. Hyperion are on a roll. Brahms, complete Variations for piano. Garrick Ohlsson. Wow! Some, err, muscular music here. Extraordinarily good piano sound. |
Mendelssohn: complete piano works, Howard Shelley, 4 vols.i have only the three cd but i concur with your enthusiasm Mendelssohn is an always underestimated genius like Haydn, compared to some others, but save for personnal taste, it is truly a great composer.... Shelly is sure a very great pianist....This music can be listen all day long... |
Now here is a d.960 for you rv . I call her goldylocks, not too much , not too little! (with a 58+9 first) https://youtu.be/c3gQhCsPZ8w?t=1 A lot of people play Schubert , few understand him like her . |
Mendelssohn's 'Songs Without Words' was my first attraction to his music for solo piano (many years ago). I started with Barenboim's and most recently acquired Shelley's in the 4 vol set. All good - I think I still like Barenboim's more of these two. But, forgetting anything but the shear beauty of the sound, I can't resist 'pigging out' with Kyoko Tabe's recording on Denon. It just 'sings'! To me anyway. :-) Try it if you haven't already. |
@schubert Len, if of any interest to you there is a glorious madrigal recording on Qobuz at the moment. Verdelot : Madrigals for Four Voices.by Profeti Della Quinta. It is some of the finest singing I have heard in a very long time with perfect diction so in tune with each other. I'm afraid to say I hadn't heard of Philippe Verdelot before this but I will definitely be looking him up for more . |