Ludwig van Beethoven THE SYMPHONIES / 5 OVERTURES Wiener Philharmoniker Karl Böhm
DG 1971 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op.68, "Pastoral" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-wiRQ7pHc&t=941sMy first exposure to Beethoven's symphonies was thru the Sixth. Played it so much I got burnt out on it. Have not played it in years. Still wonderful. Cheers |
Ludwig van Beethoven TRIPLE CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, & PIANO IN C, OP.56 David Oistrakh(violin), Mstislav Rostropovich(cello), Sviatoslav Richter(piano) Berliner Philharmoniker Hebert von Karajan EMI Great Recordings of The Century 1970 / 1997 Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C Op. 56 Notes: "Four months after taping the "Triple" in Berlin, it was to be repeated in Moscow. But having supported Solzhenitsyn in the Russian press, Rostropovich was 'replaced', and (much to official dismay) Oistrakh and Richter refused to perform with any other cellist. Finally, the authorities were forced to relent: "Those who witnessed the concert," wrote Rostropovich, "remember it to this day, for it was an occasion when music won over oppression." Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVqbzl-SKLwLargo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJ3dcBJSjkRondo alla polacca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O98HHUxw1HkCheers |
Johannes Brahms DOUBLE CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN & CELLO IN A MINOR, OP.102
David Oistrakh(violin), Mstislav Rostropovich(cello) The Cleveland Orchestra George Szell EMI Great Recordings of The Century 1970 / 1998 Notes: "A feared martinet, ruthless authoritarian, brilliant chamber musician and incomparable orchestra-builder, Szell once wrote to Oistrakh, confiding that "there is no musician today that I respect more than you; nobody with whom I feel more "at home" when I play and with whom I feel so strongly that we are heart and soul." Wow!
Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor Op. 102
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et1zSwsXubECheers |
Beethoven Triple Concerto .
Three absolute Titans who are never going to be equalled in this piece .
I wore out a few LP's playing this piece every night and I never got sick of it. These three were equally matched in temperament with Richter incandescent on the piano holding everything together. Oh yes and Karajan for a change number 4 on the ratings.!! |
Rok2kid
interesting story about Rostropovich and Solzhenitsyn
I know richter Rostropovich and oistrakh are unequaled in their respective instruments but I couldn’t get into their triple, it was a bit dry and uninspired For me
have you listened triple by geza anda, schneiderhan, fournier? Another great one is szell fleisher stern
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Maria João Pires playing the Goldberg Variations. Absolutely sublime. She made the recording Rowan’s the end of her career and you can tell she’s playing how she feels it. She doesn’t have anything to prove, so none of the showboating you see in other recordings. But it’s clear what a showman she was without showing it. |
Tatiana nikolayeva, anyone familiar with her ? Listening to her Bach and Shostakovich On idagio |
Tocatta and fugue by nikolayeva as well as fugue in G must listen on IDAGIO |
I couldn’t get into their triple, it was a bit dry and uninspired For me
have you listened triple by geza anda, schneiderhan, fournier? Another great one is szell fleisher stern
ei001h: I only have two performances of The Triple, the one I posted and another by the Eroica Trio with the Prague Chamber Orchestra. I try to only post the stuff I actually own. I have not heard the two performances you mention in your post. As far as the Oistrakh, Rostropovich and Richter being Dry, I'm afraid that sort of evaluation is way above my level of expertise and appreciation. I'm not that advanced. At my stage, I just rely on my Gurus to find the good performances. Thanks for the post Cheers |
Ludwig van Beethoven BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTOS Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
EMI 1953 / 1999 Mono Notes: "The two artist first performed together in August 1947, four months after Furtwängler was allowed to work again after being cleared of second world war offences by a de-Nazification court. In 1933 Furtwängler
invited Menuhin and two other Jewish musicians, Artur Schnabel and Huberman, to appear as soloists with the Berlin Philharmonic. All three refused. From then until the end of the second world war, Menuhin and Furtwängler
worked for the most part in different cultural worlds." Beethoven: Philharmonia Orchestra Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 Allegro ma non troppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5znyEn3bVILarghetto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBmKcTIZWksRondo - Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ose2TfywsCheers |
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Question: what's a good pressing of Ravel's "
Le Tombeau De Couperin"
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I assume you refer to the orchestral version? If so:
Jean Martinon/Orchestre de Paris. 1975, Angel/EMI. Vol. 4 of the series “Orchestral Music of Ravel”. Fantastic performance with excellent sonics. There’s something about the great French orchestras playing this music that is just right.
If you refer to the piano version, Robert Casadesus’ recording on Columbia is a must hear. The sonics (mono) are good, but a bit “dated” by audiophile standards. Still, amazing playing. |
@frogman Yes, the orchestral version. Thank you for the recommendation!
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Johannes Brahms CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA IN D, OP. 77 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim EMI Classics 1992 Notes: " Originally, the work had four movements but two months before the first performance Brahms wrote to Joachim that he had thrown out the middle movements and that a "miserable Adagio" had taken their place. The first performance took place in Leipzig on 1 January 1879 with Joachim as soloist and Brahms conducting. The initial success was only moderate but now, for over one hundred years, the work has taken its place, alongside Beethoven's, among the greatest concerto's ever written for violin."
I. Allegro non troppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j_voU2NOK8&t=52s
II. Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYF2_uOzKj0
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMLrq7oABm0Cheers |
Johannes Brahms HANDEL VARIATIONS - RHAPSODIES - PIANO PIECES Handel Variations Op. 24 Murray Perahia (piano) Sony Classics Recorded June 19-24, 2010 Funkhaus Berlin
Händel Variations, Op. 24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFSpeq6NAECheers |
If you want the greatest Handel Variations go for Arrau in the Phillips Brahms box or if you don't mind a poorer recording Julius Katchen who are vastly superior to Perahia. |
As I write I have just discovered a blistering account on Idagio from Nikolay Tokarev from a Rhur Festival recording. Stirring stuff indeed but I still prefer Arrau, he just seems to get into it better especially the fugue his piano tone is unmatched by anyone. |
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If you want the greatest Handel Variations go for Arrau in the Phillips Brahms box
Thanks, I will look for it. Cheers |
Johannes Brahms HANDEL VARIATIONS - RHAPSODIES - PIANO PIECES Murray Perahia (piano) Six Piano Pieces Op. 118
Murray Perahia (piano) Sony Classics Recorded June 19-24, 2010 Funkhaus Berlin
Intermezzo in A Minor, Op. 118, No. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_QFFHqo7qEIntermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y4Iz9Y47Xo
Ballade in G Minor, Op. 118, No. 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qlrYcZQoIs
Intermezzo in F Minor, Op. 118, No. 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XrHnKRcGxA
Romance in F Major, Op. 118, No. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvXmwNwXHK0
Intermezzo in E-flat Minor, Op. 118, No. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gndLtJe9CqICheers |
I was just sampling a few youtube videos of Yuja Wang. She undoubtedly has bionically fast fingers and hands, but I wasn't sensing much artistry. What are your impressions? |
Not a 'go to' artist for me, but she sure is first class eye candy! And a good performer as well. |
Her concerts are usually sold out. Bionic fingers, indeed.
Volodos-like. Good musician. But not the great artistry yet. |
Wang certainly has a stunning technique but like Trifoniov and Buniatishvhilli they need to get into their third decade and beyond to gain some musicality, only then will they be unbeatable. |
One of my favorite violonist of all time is Arthur Grumiaux... I am drugged by his tone and light... When you listen to him you dont hear a virtuoso at all.... You see colors....And colors sings.... I cannot even recommend one album , perhaps Bach violin concertos the best ever....Or anything by this illuminated master.... Superlative artistry beyond most.... Try Mozart and dont listen to the sound look for the colors and light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjrM9l4AsXE Same light with different colors here in Handel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHBstDPPOs |
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Johannes Brahms VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D OP. 77 Nigel Kennedy (violin) The London Philharmonic Klaus Tennstedt EMI 1991 Notes: "For the most part, composers can be divided into two groups: those who copy other composers, and those that totally disrespect the past, reject it, and write something 'totally new'. Brahms was too rare to come from either of these categories. He correctly saw himself as being responsible for the development and evolution of the mainstream of classical music. Instead of copying or rejecting the work of his great predecessor, Beethoven, he developed and expanded Beethoven's music into a kind of music we can only call Brahms." allegro non troppo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_iRiq0bzoYadagio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAnbMxdW0zkallegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0oNfOrI0ngCheers |
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Johannes Brahms PIANO QUARTET NO. 1 IN G MINOR Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) Yuri Bashmet (viola) Mischa Maisky (cello) DG 2002 Notes: "Johannes Brahms's three piano quartets, on which he worked in the late 1850s, have differing characters. The C minor is impassioned and concise, while the A major is equable and balanced. The G minor, everyone's favorite, is the most varied in content. Brahms selected it for the all-important concert on 16 November 1862 at which he appeared before the Viennese public for the first time as pianist and composer." Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
I. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsioqZ9hCEA
II. Intermezzo (Allegro ma non troppo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F22zrRwiRc
III. Andante con moto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiCDo_f2KeQ
IV. Rondo alla Zingarese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9klc5KkM8fgCheers |
Robert Schumann FANTASY PIECES
Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) Mischa Maisky (cello) DG 2002 From the Notes: Speaking Of Clara Schumann, " She was one of the foremost pianists of the romantic era--the trio here was written for her by her husband Robert, and she also owned the quartet by Brahms, in the sense that she presided at the keyboard in the first performance. To have this music played by a dynamic woman pianist of our own time, Martha Argerich, is therefore doubly appropriate." Fantasy Pieces for Piano, Violin and Cello Op. 88
I. Romanze (Nicht schnell, mit innigem Ausdruck)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuKqXcZJdPQ
II. Humoreske (Lebhaft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBg5aXkOIlQ
III. Duett (Langsam und mit Ausdruck)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBVZltb1LPs
IV. Finale (Im Marsch-Tempo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5FlJ6I180kCheers
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Paul badura-skoda playing pianoforte (period instrument)
complete Schubert and Beethoven sonatas. Absolute magic, piano forte sounds so sweet and warm, it transforms the music and you hear it the way great masters did when they composed it. Bedura- skoda was one of the few to record all Schubert and Beethoven sonatas On both piano and pianoforte. Truly sublime sound and exquisite virtuosity |
Badura-Skoda in Mozart is my first choice, in spite of all others pianists interpretation...
The reason is simple,Mozart wrote his pieces on this instrument and it is evident by the hard contrasts this instrument made possible to express...
The Schubert is very interesting ....
I will recommend the Mozart like an absolute must.....
Anyway a very great instrumennt well served by a musician of the first order....
Peace to his soul.....
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Brahms / Tchaikovsky
VIOLIN CONCERTOS Jascha Heifetz (violin) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner RCA / Sony 1955 -1957 / 2005 SACD Notes:"When in the spring of 1878 Tchaikovsky completed his violin concerto, he dedicated it and presented it to Leopold Auer, who was perhaps the most noted virtuoso and certainly the greatest teacher of his time. The composer must have been bitterly disappointed when the master would not undertake the concerto, declaring it unplayable --- so terrifying were its difficulties." Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D, op. 77 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJFJgVYFQh4&t=700s
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxGp1Ii4r8M&t=59sCheers |
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Excellent advice on Mozart. I love it! Thanks |
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Fabulous work! One of my very favorite modern works and arguably the most popular composition out of the Second Viennese School. A twelve tone row with strong elements of late Romanticism making the paring with the Beethoven not quite as odd as it may seem at first glance. The chorale in the Adagio is a thing of beauty. Of note is the use of alto saxophone in the score for a very interesting color. Very good performance. Thanks. My favorite: https://youtu.be/j-4hIAYwW4k |
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Johann Sebastian Bach THE ART OF THE FUGUE Emerson String Quartet Philip Setzer (violin) Eugene Drucker (violin) Lawrence Dutton (viola) David Finckel (cello) DG 2003 Notes: Language that only a Musician would love, or understand. The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vF9owrxMoCheers Wiki: fugue Music - a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
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@frogman
I like your favorite Berg better than the one I posted. In any event, Berg does get a little better, to my ear, with repeated listening.
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Glad you liked it. It does take some time to “get” serial music. One has to surrender to the different musical language; kind of like post bop Coltrane compared to Prez. Try his opera “Wozzeck” sometime. Banned by the Nazis as “degenerate art”. Fabulous work.
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