Elizabeth, thanks for reminding me about " Die Kluge ". You are so right. Must dig it out and listen again. For me:
Schubert, Quintet in C, 2nd movement and the beginning bars of Mozart's Requiem. In another vein: Bach's Magnificat and the main theme of his "Musical Offering", Mahler: Kindertotenlieder with Kathleen Ferrier....and "Ella Fitzgerald sings the Blues". |
Tejo, is that Amalia Rodriguez, the great Fado singer? I heard her live at Lorenço Marques, Maputo now, in the early fiftees. P l e a s e tell me the name and marque of the CD/LP, She moved me to tears then, when I was a young boy.... |
Thankyou Tejo, that would be very kind. Sad, that she recently died, its a loss. Listened to Pires again, by the way and you are right, such a lightness and yet such intensity. Wonderful!! Regards, |
Dwpc...and what do you think of the Tannhäuser overture?
One of the most sensual-erotic music that has ever been written, I think. |
Yes, I think I know what you mean, Dwpc, and "concentrated" is an excellent word for it. I must go dig it out again and listen.
Cheers |
Tubegroover do you speak LP or CD or both?
What you should definitely try to get is the rendering by the Alban Berg Quartet and while we are at it, try the Schubert Quintet in C minor also by the Alban Berg Quartet. Don't recall now, who plays the other cello, perhaps Rostropovitch, but I'm not sure. There is also a wonderful rendering with Heifetz, Piatigorski and Primrose on RCA shaded dog and by the great Casals with Isaac Stern on Phillips.
Regards, |
Yes,Rcprince, especially the second movement. When I heard that for the first time, it was almost a mystical expierience, like a prayer, and had tears streaming down my face.....and I don't tend to "hystericalisms". It was one of the great musical moments of my life. The other two were the main theme of Bach's Musical Offering and the beginning of Mozart's Requiem. Those were moments, I'll never forget and they belong to the inner treasures of the heart which make life worth living. |
Frank, I think you have a point with K's first Beethoven cycle, have you heard Abado's cycle, also on DGG? The rendering is exiting, though alas typical of DDG's worst! |
Hello Frap. It is indeed good to to see this place alive an kicking again. I wholeheartedly agree with you about the early von Karajan renderings of LvB. I could never really warm to the Kleiber, whereas I loved Reiner's Eroica and the Pastorale, which he did with the CSO. You make me curious about the Horenstein Maler, which I never had the chance to hear. I'll go hunting for Unicorns though I suppose, as in the fairytales, they are rare beasts indeed! |
