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DavidRoss

#20140
January 25, 2011, 08:19:03 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 25, 2011, 08:12:50 AM
Heh. Now imagine living in a country that actually has a great cathedral  ;)
No need to imagine, Brian.  BTW, while you're there, don't forget to pop up to York.  The cathedral is only one of its charms.
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Mirror Image

#20141
January 25, 2011, 11:05:51 AM
More Ravel on the way...

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abidoful

#20142
January 25, 2011, 11:09:05 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 25, 2011, 11:05:51 AM
More Ravel on the way...

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AAAH!! That Rachmaninov must be quite something. Michelangeli had so STRANGE repertoire! I forgot he played the Fourth; I must hear it some day.

Mirror Image

#20143
January 25, 2011, 11:20:45 AM
Quote from: abidoful on January 25, 2011, 11:09:05 AM
AAAH!! That Rachmaninov must be quite something. Michelangeli had so STRANGE repertoire! I forgot he played the Fourth; I must hear it some day.


I bought this recording for the Ravel. I'm not sure how the Rachmaninov is on this recording, but his Ravel is much praised and me being a huge fan of Ravel I had to buy it.

jlaurson

#20144
January 25, 2011, 11:23:34 AM Last Edit: January 25, 2011, 11:26:45 AM by jlaurson
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 25, 2011, 11:20:45 AM

I bought this recording for the Ravel. I'm not sure how the Rachmaninov is on this recording, but his Ravel is much praised and me being a huge fan of Ravel I had to buy it.

I like the Ravel. But the performance to have this for is in fact the Rach4. It's astonishing. The Ravel, well... Zimerman/Boulez is still what gets me weakest at the knees. Haas I think I gave away after a few listens... reviewed it here/then: http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/03/dg-originals-review.html. Found the left-hand concerto the weaker recording (my issues with this, rather than interpretation).
Hope you like it better.

Mirror Image

#20145
January 25, 2011, 11:27:33 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 25, 2011, 11:23:34 AM
I like the Ravel. But the performance to have this for is in fact the Rach4. It's astonishing. The Ravel, well... Zimerman/Boulez is still what gets me weakest at the knees.


Everybody has their favorites of course. I admire the Zimerman/Boulez a lot just like I admire both Argerich accounts with Abbado and, though a lot more subtle, Roge/Dutoit. I just can't wait to hear this recording.

jlaurson

#20146
January 25, 2011, 11:33:37 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 25, 2011, 11:27:33 AM

Everybody has their favorites of course. I admire the Zimerman/Boulez a lot just like I admire both Argerich accounts with Abbado and, though a lot more subtle, Roge/Dutoit. I just can't wait to hear this recording.
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2005:

Ravel's piano concerto(s) have been well served with recordings. No one plays with the helter-skelter excitement that Argerich brings to her DG recording of the G major concerto (DG Originals, coupled with Prokofiev's 3rd piano concerto, Abbado conducting); Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's version on EMI (GRoC, with his unrivaled Rachmaninov 4th piano concerto) is stellar and precise. Krystian Zimerman and Pierre Boulez have had the last word so far, and they give us the concerto for left hand, also. Their sparkle, their precision gives you every note and still all the excitement you could wish for. Add to that Pascal Rogé (who recently recorded the G major again, logically coupled with the Gershwin concerto, in SACD surround sound from Oehms)

well... seems our tastes are not so far apart on that concert, then...

Mirror Image

#20147
January 25, 2011, 11:34:05 AM
Quote from: jlaurson on January 25, 2011, 11:23:34 AMHaas I think I gave away after a few listens... reviewed it here/then: http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/03/dg-originals-review.html. Found the left-hand concerto the weaker recording (my issues with this, rather than interpretation).

Hope you like it better.

Maybe I'll like the Haas/Paray, maybe I won't. I'm a collector of Ravel concerti, so the more interpretations I have, the better equipped I'll be to do comparisons.

P. S. Yes, our tastes are similar for these concerti. :D

Florestan

#20148
January 25, 2011, 11:53:54 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 25, 2011, 08:02:32 AM
Sure wish more folks felt the same way...especially about the West.  We've been overrun.  The desecration of our natural grandeur is like subdivision of a great cathedral into bedsits and cube farms.

Believe me or not, I've seen an old Utrecht church turned into a block of flats.  :o

Now, Holland and US share a fair amount of Calvinism, so maybe it's not that strange...  ;D
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Florestan

#20149
January 25, 2011, 11:54:58 AM
Quote from: Brian on January 25, 2011, 08:12:50 AM
Heh. Now imagine living in a country that actually has a great cathedral  ;)

Imagine living in a country that actually has several great cathedrals...  ;D
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

DavidRoss

#20150
January 25, 2011, 12:55:58 PM
Quote from: Florestan on January 25, 2011, 11:53:54 AM
Believe me or not, I've seen an old Utrecht church turned into a block of flats.  :o

Now, Holland and US share a fair amount of Calvinism, so maybe it's not that strange...  ;D
I believe you, sadly....   As for Calvinism in the US--sounds as if you last visited at least 150 years ago.  Things have changed a bit since.  ;)

Quote from: Florestan on January 25, 2011, 11:54:58 AM
Imagine living in a country that actually has several great cathedrals...  ;D
He's in the UK these days, no longer in the Republic of Texas.  8)
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Brian

#20151
January 25, 2011, 01:55:33 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 25, 2011, 12:55:58 PM
He's in the UK these days, no longer in the Republic of Texas.  8)

You just saved me having to sic Bill Bryson on our friend Florestan!

Mirror Image

#20152
January 25, 2011, 01:59:09 PM
Anyway getting back on topic....

One more on the way:

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DavidRoss

#20153
January 25, 2011, 02:37:33 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 25, 2011, 12:55:58 PM
I believe you, sadly....   As for Calvinism in the US--sounds as if you last visited at least 150 years ago.  Things have changed a bit since.  ;)
Perhaps I spoke too soon.  Mead, as usual, makes some good points: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17896.msg484813.html#msg484813
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

The Diner

#20154
January 25, 2011, 05:21:23 PM
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Scarpia

#20155
January 25, 2011, 05:22:55 PM
Quote from: mn dave on January 25, 2011, 05:21:23 PM
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As I mentioned somewhere, I've been enjoying his Beethoven Sonatas (more or less the opposite of Ravel).

The Diner

#20156
January 25, 2011, 05:30:31 PM
Quote from: Scarpia on January 25, 2011, 05:22:55 PM
As I mentioned somewhere, I've been enjoying his Beethoven Sonatas (more or less the opposite of Ravel).

LvB's sonatas are the opposite of Ravel's stuff, or you have not been enjoying this pianist's interpretations of Ravel?

Scarpia

#20157
January 25, 2011, 06:26:48 PM
Quote from: mn dave on January 25, 2011, 05:30:31 PM
LvB's sonatas are the opposite of Ravel's stuff, or you have not been enjoying this pianist's interpretations of Ravel?

Beethoven and Ravel are opposite.  I haven't heard Lortie's Ravel but I imagine it's probably good.   I just acquired a ton of Ravel piano music, or I'd be interested.

Mirror Image

#20158
January 25, 2011, 06:50:43 PM
More goodies on the way...

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Conor71

#20159
January 25, 2011, 08:54:59 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 25, 2011, 06:50:43 PM
More goodies on the way...

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Thats some really pretty music youve got there! 0:) - Enjoy MI :)
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