learsfool
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| Classical Music for Aficionados edcyn, I agree with you on Brendel - not just for Beethoven, but for just about anything. Definitely my favorite pianist, and usually very underrated on audiophile sites, why I am not quite sure, since his recordings on Philips have excellent sou... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados twoleftears, I highly recommend the Giuliani/Vienna Bruckner 7. Best performance of it I have ever heard on recordings. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Schubert - I was referring not to musical styles but to styles of horn playing. Sound concepts, equipment played on, etc. The New York horn players in the not very distant past had a very distinctive style - players like John Barrows, Gunther... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I'll repeat some of what I just posted on the jazz thread here, since the Ravel Pavane has been brought up in both. Myron Bloom, the former principal horn of the Cleveland Orchestra in most of Szell's recordings, has died the other day. His Pava... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Checked in tonight to catch up on this thread, and noticed some postings of the Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess. For me personally, one of the very most beautiful versions of the opening horn solo was Myron Bloom's, with the Cleveland Orchestra ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Frogman - I have never really been away, but I am only on the site maybe once a week or so nowadays, sometimes less. I have been tempted to chime in many times but refrained. I am always amused to see the large number of deleted posts when I ch... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I was catching up on posts on this thread over the last week or so tonight and saw a couple of mentions of Gunther Schuller. In addition to being a great writer/jazz historian, he was also a great composer, both of jazz and "classical" music. He ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados For another great version of the Goldberg Variations, try the one recorded by the Canadian Brass. Definitely my favorite recording of theirs. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Just checked in after a few weeks. In the Beethoven Sonata discussion, surprised no one mentioned Alfred Brendel. One of the greatest, and all three of his sets are great. Definitely a musician's musician/pianist. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Wow- I have been away from this board for a few weeks and there have been some interesting discussions here! I don't think anyone responded to Pete, who asked about programs for cataloging a collection. I found the ones I looked at wanting for c... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I haven't ever read that Gardiner book, though I would like to. That's one to add to my list, for sure. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Hi Schubert - Pablo Casals used to do the same thing, apparently. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I have been away from this site for a long time now, and have just caught up with this thread. I'll mention that I too would agree that Grimaud is one of the best working today. I've had the good fortune to work with her I think on three differen... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I can't resist posting here today about two things (I have always been "lurking" here every so often catching up on the thread). First, RIP Roy Hargrove. The trumpet world and the jazz world have lost another one way too early. Got to hear him l... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I would agree with rvpiano on Trifonov. He is a huge talent, I have worked with him before. It was a few years ago at least that he played with my orchestra. I am not as familiar with his recordings, but the one or two I have heard confirm that i... |