The Classical Chat Thread

[DavidW]

Boy Kremer's cadenzas in the Beethoven Violin Concerto (in the Harnoncourt set) are out of control!  Really wild, out there let's have fun.

What are your favorite candenzas that you've heard in recordings or performances?

[karlhenning]

Boy Kremer's cadenzas in the Beethoven Violin Concerto (in the Harnoncourt set) are out of control!  Really wild, out there let's have fun.

What are your favorite candenzas that you've heard in recordings or performances?

The Schnittke cadenze? Kremer in the Opus 61 could be the clincher for me ...

[DavidW]

The Schnittke cadenze? Kremer in the Opus 61 could be the clincher for me ...

Another vote for Kremer!   What is the Schnittke cadenza... as in he wrote a candenza for the lvb vc or there is a great cadenza in one of his concertos?

[jlaurson]

Another vote for Kremer!   What is the Schnittke cadenza... as in he wrote a candenza for the lvb vc or there is a great cadenza in one of his concertos?

Schnittke wrote a cadenza for Beethoven's op.61; Gidon Kremer recorded it with Neville Marriner & AStMitF (Philips).


L.v.Beethoven
Violin Concerto (w/Schnittke Cadenza)
Kremer - Marriner

Myself, I am partial to the Beethoven-Schneiderhan cadenza ("op.61b")

[karlhenning]

Thanks for the clarification, Jens.

[DavidW]

Yes thanks, cool Jens!

[DavidW]

Great operas in 10 minutes, this was funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNReqUGtsc

[Mn Dave]

Ripping my meager classical CD collection to my hard drive.  I think I have more download albums than CD's.

[jlaurson]

Mahler in Leipzig

Here from Night No.2:

Mahler Festival Leipzig: Salonen - Dresden - Third Symphony


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2011/05/mahler-festival-leipzig-salonen-dresden.html

[DavidW]

Ripping my meager classical CD collection to my hard drive.  I think I have more download albums than CD's.

I have about 4 gigs of downloaded albums vs ~215 gigs of flac or ~80 gigs of mp3s ripped.  I think I'm going to need a bigger hd soon.  Is your meager my meager?  I bet your collection is bigger!

[Mn Dave]

I have about 4 gigs of downloaded albums vs ~215 gigs of flac or ~80 gigs of mp3s ripped.  I think I'm going to need a bigger hd soon.  Is your meager my meager?  I bet your collection is bigger!

Are you talking just classical or everything?

[DavidW]

Are you talking just classical or everything?

For me it doesn't matter I don't have that much pop music. But to answer your question-- everything.

[Mn Dave]

For me it doesn't matter I don't have that much pop music. But to answer your question-- everything.

It might be around the same gig size as yours but I don't rip anything to FLAC either. So maybe more recordings.

[Mn Dave]

I've been taking classical music seriously for about 26 years now.

[DavidW]

It might be around the same gig size as yours but I don't rip anything to FLAC either. So maybe more recordings.

Uh yeah that is 3x more!

[DavidW]

I've been taking classical music seriously for about 26 years now.

You've been taking classical music seriously since I was 5!

[Mn Dave]

You've been taking classical music seriously since I was 5!

Really? Ha! You're a youngin'.

[jlaurson]

Mahler in Leipzig

Here from Night No.4:

Mahler Festival Leipzig: Nezét-Séguin - BRSO - Seventh Symphony


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2011/05/mahler-festival-leipzig-nezet-seguin.html

[jlaurson]

Mahler in Leipzig

Here from Night No.3:

Mahler Festival Leipzig: Märkl - MDR SO - Tenth Symphony


http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2011/05/mahler-festival-leipzig-markl-mdr-so.html

[Lethevich]

I know it's the podium, but Celi looks so creepy here - like one of the Rheingold giants in Boulez's floppy-arms production.