Recordings That You Are Considering

[Daverz]

I have been wondering what Martucci's music is like, since Toscanini, with his undying loyalty to his beloved teacher, promoted Martucci's music like mad (and apparently driving a lot of people mad in the process)!

Well, it's cheap enough to find out.  As I said, YMMV.  Toscanini's certainly did.

[Daverz]

Slothful?  By-the-numbers?  Sound issues?  Good heavens, man...you must be thinking of some other recording! This is the one conducted by Barshai, that's B A R S H A I, with the German Youth Philharmonic, and the playing is impassioned and inspired! 

(If it really is this one you hate, then I should pay more attention to your preferences, for you might be a perfect reverse-reference.)

Slothful interpretation I take as meaning that Barshai may ignore some of Mahler's directions?  Any sound isues don't bother me, but I know orchestral musicians are better at hearing balance issues than I am.

[Don]

Sorry to disappoint. Hype is all this has going for it. Better regrip and regroup, gentlemen. This Mahler 5 is wonderful only if you like slothful interpretation and by the numbers playing. There are sound issues, too, but who really cares after that.

This is the first time I've ever heard any negative comments about the Barshai - I don't agree.

[mahlertitan]

Sorry to disappoint. Hype is all this has going for it.

yeah, people tend to get all hyped up abut some youth orchestra

This Mahler 5 is wonderful only if you like slothful interpretation and by the numbers playing.

what do you mean by slothful? can you be more specific? Do you mean sluggish??? I have no idea what the hell you are talking about.

There are sound issues, too, but who really cares after that.

again, i have no idea what the hell you are talking about. What sound issues?

[Harry]

I have been wondering what Martucci's music is like, since Toscanini, with his undying loyalty to his beloved teacher, promoted Martucci's music like mad (and apparently driving a lot of people mad in the process)!

Martucci's music is fine, and since I have doubles there, they will in time show up in my refusal bin......

[rubio]

I wonder if this one is any good? I already have the Fournier recording of the Stücke im Volkston, but the soundclips I heard of this CD in the Gramophone mag sounded really promising and a bit more lively/good-mooded.

[not edward]

I probably don't need this sonata, but the couplings look nice. (And I love his recording of the concertos and Totentanz.)

[BorisG]

I'm curious about the Chopin transcriptions.

[Mark]

I wonder if this one is any good? I already have the Fournier recording of the Stücke im Volkston, but the soundclips I heard of this CD in the Gramophone mag sounded really promising and a bit more lively/good-mooded.

Outstanding sonically and interpretively. So good, I bought it twice: once as a download, then immediately as a CD. 0:)

[rubio]

Outstanding sonically and interpretively. So good, I bought it twice: once as a download, then immediately as a CD. 0:)

It's on my list . Anybody heard this one:

[BorisG]

It's on my list . Anybody heard this one:

It would be a wise purchase. His Mozart, Balakirev, Scriabin, and Rachmaninov, I enjoy very much.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

It's on my list . Anybody heard this one:

I have the two Scriabin works on this set (first issued on an EMI all-Scriabin disc) and can give them an enthusiastic thumbs up.

[Don]

Just heard that a new recording of the Goldberg Variations is coming out - Burkard Schliessmann on 2 Bayer SACD discs - over 80 minutes.  Since this work is about my favorite and the pianist is also, buying this one is a no-brainer.

[Lethevich]

Just heard that a new recording of the Goldberg Variations is coming out - Burkard Schliessmann on 2 Bayer SACD discs - over 80 minutes.  Since this work is about my favorite and the pianist is also, buying this one is a no-brainer.

Do you keep a want list of OOP Goldberg recordings you have not been able to find for a decent price? Your collection is impressive, and I wouldn't mind pointing out one you may be wanting want if I run across it cheaply...

[Renfield]

Do you keep a want list of OOP Goldberg recordings you have not been able to find for a decent price? Your collection is impressive, and I wouldn't mind pointing out one you may be wanting want if I run across it cheaply...

Somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if Don already has all the Goldbergs he might have wanted, and have ever been released.

[Lethevich]

Somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if Don already has all the Goldbergs he might have wanted, and have ever been released.

Yip - I wanna see that collection through to completeness... Guinness world records await...

[Renfield]

Yip - I wanna see that collection through to completeness... Guinness world records await...

And then it would be fitting if Don changed his last name to Goldberg; unless it already is Don Goldberg, at that!

[Don]

Do you keep a want list of OOP Goldberg recordings you have not been able to find for a decent price? Your collection is impressive, and I wouldn't mind pointing out one you may be wanting want if I run across it cheaply...

No, I don't keep an OOP list.  Although it might seem I'm a fanatic about the Goldbergs, that's not really the case.  I just acquire them as I become aware of a release that's available.

[Don]

And then it would be fitting if Don changed his last name to Goldberg; unless it already is Don Goldberg, at that!

Or, I could go with "Well Tempered Don".  The only reason I have more Goldbergs than WTC's is that there are more of them that have recorded.

[Renfield]

Or, I could go with "Well Tempered Don".  The only reason I have more Goldbergs than WTC's is that there are more of them that have recorded.

Well, it certainly does have a ring to it...

"The Well-Tempered Don": Keep your Goldbergs close; keep your 48's closer!