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« Reply #330 on: June 06, 2006, 12:35:06 PM » |
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I think I'll probably get Kovacevich's EMI set, then; that and Salonen's Stravinsky box set on Sony. Oh, I really shouldn't carry credit cards with me...
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« Reply #331 on: June 06, 2006, 01:38:48 PM » |
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Not fair to Todd at all. Maybe Todd does have a desire to own almost every LvB piano sonata cycle, but his reviews clearly show that he does not "love" them all. Acquiring and loving are two different things.
Dear heavens. Do I really have to utilize the "big grin" rather than the "eye roll" emoticon for you to recognize that I'm gently kidding--not criticizing--our resident LvB sonata maven? Besides, Todd most obviously loves to listen to Beethoven in all these many interpretations, whether his evaluation of the performance be pro or con. And through his commentary, we are the wiser and the richer for it. Cheers, Dirk |
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« Reply #332 on: June 06, 2006, 03:33:45 PM » |
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Dear heavens. Do I really have to utilize the "big grin" rather than the "eye roll" emoticon for you to recognize that I'm gently kidding--not criticizing--our resident LvB sonata maven?
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« Reply #333 on: June 06, 2006, 07:49:17 PM » |
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Nice choice, I got the Kovacevich set last week and have heard about half. I find it to be a solid, agressive and exciting reading these works. Overstock has the best price on it BTW.
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« Reply #334 on: June 06, 2006, 08:56:57 PM » |
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That overstock? The local store sells it for about 60 euros. Overstock.com has it for $57 US. |
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« Reply #335 on: June 06, 2006, 09:36:35 PM » |
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Overstock.com has it for $57 US.
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« Reply #336 on: June 06, 2006, 09:43:33 PM » |
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With international shipping and handling, customs, duties, taxes and insurance charges, it comes to about 78 euros ($101 US). Hadn't counted on that, Sorry!  Please let me know what you think once you've heard it. It might be my fave. I think he combines elements of many of my fave perf. He has Gulda's polish, Annie's fire and Kempff's beauty. Add to that a more agressive Beethoven than I have ever heard and you have the makings of a classic cycle. |
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« Reply #337 on: June 07, 2006, 01:28:08 AM » |
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Hadn't counted on that, Sorry! Please let me know what you think once you've heard it. It might be my fave. I think he combines elements of many of my fave perf. He has Gulda's polish, Annie's fire and Kempff's beauty. Add to that a more agressive Beethoven than I have ever heard and you have the makings of a classic cycle. Haha you were slamming it just a few days ago!  Now it's your fav. |
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« Reply #338 on: June 07, 2006, 01:31:30 AM » |
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Haha you were slamming it just a few days ago! Now it's your fav. I was??? |
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« Reply #339 on: June 07, 2006, 01:50:31 AM » |
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I was???
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« Reply #340 on: June 07, 2006, 01:58:11 AM » |
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Yeah you said that it was too aggressive for your taste... Are you messing with me? If so, shame on you.  If no, you totally got me confused with some other earthling. |
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« Reply #341 on: June 07, 2006, 02:03:28 AM » |
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Are you messing with me? If so, shame on you. If no, you totally got me confused with some other earthling. No, no I swear! But it was initial impressions, tentative so not like you were waffling, I just tought that it was funny is all... |
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« Reply #342 on: June 07, 2006, 02:08:50 AM » |
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No, no I swear! But it was initial impressions, tentative so not like you were waffling, I just tought that it was funny is all... OK, fair enough. It is funny that sometimes the recordings I like the least at first, later turn out to become a fave. This is also true of Backhaus, though he takes longer for me to get into. |
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« Reply #343 on: June 07, 2006, 02:29:49 AM » |
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OK, fair enough. It is funny that sometimes the recordings I like the least at first, later turn out to become a fave. This is also true of Backhaus, though he takes longer for me to get into.
Same here, and others that I initially like I grow to dislike! I initially didn't like Kempff's LvB cycle, nor Schnabel's recordings... isn't that funny? |
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« Reply #344 on: June 07, 2006, 02:31:34 AM » |
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Same here, and others that I initially like I grow to dislike! I initially didn't like Kempff's LvB cycle, nor Schnabel's recordings... isn't that funny? With the Kempff, I totally hear you. With the Schnabel, I liked him all along. |
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