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.
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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I couldn’t get into their triple, it was a bit dry and uninspired For me 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=N5znyEn3bVI Larghetto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBmKcTIZWks Rondo - Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ose2Tfyws Cheers |
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