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Just ordered this at jpc:

Erato, please let me know your thoughts on the music as soon as you hear some it. I've always wondered what the "other" Wagner sounded like. Kudos.

[Sergeant Rock]

Thought I'd buy some Shostakovich before that poor boy totally fades away 

Caetani's 8 and 11.

   


Sarge

[Conor71]

Had an order arrive today :
This is my 4th Bach MassIn B Minor - my others have been Karajan, Gardiner, Richter and now this one.

I like EMI's GROC series and have some other good recordings from it so I hope this will be a classic account of this great work!.

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Thought I'd buy some Shostakovich before that poor boy totally fades away 

Caetani's 8 and 11.

   


Sarge

Are you going to start collecting Caetani's Shostakovich recordings, Sarge? If so, you couldn't have picked a better modern set of these symphonies. The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giueseppe Verdi aren't a top-tier orchestra, but they certainly give this music their all and the end result is nothing short than outstanding. Caetani, Igor Markevitch's son, has this music in his blood.

[Que]

- the really wonderful, joyful Hengelbrock version (DHM), maybe the best...

Yes!

Q

[PaulSC]

What did you think of Gardiner ? You might think trying other HIP, because Karajan and Richter are really dull and Klempie is interesting but a little too far from the music (among the romantic performances, Jochum on EMI would be my first choice).
You could try :
- the beautiful Jacobs version (Berlin Classics),
- the one from Herreweghe (on Harmonia Mundi, it is the top priority, even if the Virgin one is good too, and a new one has been released on Phi),
- the really wonderful, joyful Hengelbrock version (DHM), maybe the best...

I'm taking notes! I have Gardiner and Herreweghe (HM) and enjoy them both. I also own and enjoy Suzuki, although I feel he underplays the drama of the music, and the King's Consort on Hyperion, which is more uneven but has plenty of drama and of course offers a very different sound world due to its use of boys rather than women on the higher vocal parts.

I will seek out Hengelbrock on DHM based on your endorsement...

Adding before I post: especially now that I see Q shares your enthusiasm for it.

[Antoine Marchand]

- the really wonderful, joyful Hengelbrock version (DHM), maybe the best...

Yes!

I will find a soulmate if somebody says Joshua Rifkin & Co. 

[Conor71]

Quote from: Discobole on February 21, 2012, 07:51:23 PM

What did you think of Gardiner ? You might think trying other HIP, because Karajan and Richter are really dull and Klempie is interesting but a little too far from the music (among the romantic performances, Jochum on EMI would be my first choice).
You could try :
- the beautiful Jacobs version (Berlin Classics),
- the one from Herreweghe (on Harmonia Mundi, it is the top priority, even if the Virgin one is good too, and a new one has been released on Phi),
- the really wonderful, joyful Hengelbrock version (DHM), maybe the best...

Yes, I like Gardiner a lot and have his recording as part of the big 22 Disc box of Bach's Sacred Music.

Thanks for the recommendations - I will check them out and consider getting the Hengelbrock version if I end up being unhappy with the Klemperer recording

[DieNacht]

Artone Wilhelm Kempff 4CD. A lot of Brahms and Beethoven, also Mozart and Schumann.

This is a good series, dedicated to various individual performers, each with 4 CDs of historical recordings (usually pre-1960) and a small biographical booklet. Got this one for less than 3 Euros today. Due to the sales here, I don´t think I ever gave more than 5 Euros for a set, in spite of Crotchet demanding £ 25, for instance.

Now have the Kempff, Rubinstein, Michelangeli, Celibidache, Serkin, Heifetz, Arrau, Mengelberg & Horowitz sets ...

[Todd]

 



Two of the newer LvB sonata cycles to get underway.  They share two works in common - Op 22 & Op 81a - so I'll be able to compare directly.  Biss I know, and I like him in LvB, but after hearing him in person, I'm more wary.  He was not as good as on disc.  The young Ms Lim may prove interesting.  The second disc of the set has five sonatas - Opp 7, 14, and 27 - which means she plays really, really fast.  Will that be a good thing?

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Landed today:

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I also received confirmation that my Gergiev set of Shostakovich shipped out yesterday.

[Conor71]

This arrived today:

[Holden]

 



Two of the newer LvB sonata cycles to get underway.  They share two works in common - Op 22 & Op 81a - so I'll be able to compare directly.  Biss I know, and I like him in LvB, but after hearing him in person, I'm more wary.  He was not as good as on disc.  The young Ms Lim may prove interesting.  The second disc of the set has five sonatas - Opp 7, 14, and 27 - which means she plays really, really fast.  Will that be a good thing?

I auditioned Vol 1 of the Lim on NML and was totally underwhelmed with her playing. It was quirky with senseless use of rubato to make musical points that Beethoven didn't write into his music. In short, her playing irritated me in that much of the phrasing was interrupted with what I would call micro ritardandos. In Op 22 I, which she attempted to play in a quick, lively and light fashion, her passage work was rather muddy in places as her right hand outpaced her left. I won't bother to hear her again.

[The new erato]

Just ordered this for a very good price on amazon.es:

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[Sergeant Rock]

Are you going to start collecting Caetani's Shostakovich recordings, Sarge?

I don't know yet. I wanted to sample a couple first. After reading reviews, 8 and 11 seemed the best place to start: they are interpretively unique. I'm also interested in the CD with 5 & 6...and possibly 1 & 15. Which symphonies do you think he does best?

Sarge

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I don't know yet. I wanted to sample a couple first. After reading reviews, 8 and 11 seemed the best place to start: they are interpretively unique. I'm also interested in the CD with 5 & 6...and possibly 1 & 15. Which symphonies do you think he does best?

Sarge

I think Caetani really does well in 4-6 and 11. The 8th is a decent performance though I thought the first movement was too fast of a tempi or at least one that I just couldn't get adjusted to and not only that but some of the emotional weight I like in this movement just seems like it's that quite there. I would go for the disc with 5 and 6 next. Really outstanding performances there.

[Sergeant Rock]

I think Caetani really does well in 4-6 and 11. The 8th is a decent performance though I thought the first movement was too fast of a tempi....

That's why I went for the Eighth--for something different. ("...this is without question the swiftest performance on disc. At merely 20 minutes, the first movement will shock you..."--Classics Today). I don't know if I'll like it (I tend to prefer broader tempos in general) but I doubt it will bore me 

I'll pick up 5 & 6 next then. Thanks for the recommendation. You and the Hurwitzer once more agree 

I have several Fourths that satisfy completely (Rostropovich, Rozhdestvensky, Previn, Rattle, Kondrashin/Dresden) and don't feel the need for another just now but I'll keep Caetani's in mind.

Sarge

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That's why I went for the Eighth--for something different. ("...this is without question the swiftest performance on disc. At merely 20 minutes, the first movement will shock you..."--Classics Today). I don't know if I'll like it (I tend to prefer broader tempos in general) but I doubt it will bore me 

I'll pick up 5 & 6 next then. Thanks for the recommendation. You and the Hurwitzer once more agree 

I have several Fourths that satisfy completely (Rostropovich, Rozhdestvensky, Previn, Rattle, Kondrashin/Dresden) and don't feel the need for another just now but I'll keep Caetani's in mind.

Sarge

You're welcome, Sarge. Yeah, it is possible for Hurwitz and I to have similar tastes, but I guess what I just don't like about him is his general attitude, which, to me, seems pompous.

Anyway, I've been listening to Mark Wigglesworth's Shostakovich recordings and they are really ticking me off! I don't like his approach to the dynamics of the music at all, but like the Caetani 8th, it's a different approach. I'm not going to sell the recordings, of course, but they're not going to be played with any kind of frequency. I like more energy and emotionally driven Shostakovich performances. Wigglesworth just sounds too polite.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Some budget acquisitions on JPC de.

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Some budget acquisitions on JPC de.

I hope you enjoy the Panufnik recordings, Harry. I still haven't decided if I like his music yet or not. On one hand, some it sounds great, but then, on the other hand, there's just something missing in it. I can't quite figure it out.