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[rubio]

How do you rate Weingartner's Beethoven? Do you consider any of these performances great? His 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th and 9th with the WP exist on Opus Kura.

   

[Gustav]

Is anyone familiar with these recordings?  They just arrived on eMusic (and I see they're available to download on Amazon.com as well).
 

I only have the 7th. The sound is very good for an recording made in 1977, a must have.

[Lilas Pastia]

I have both, but haven't listened to them yet. At this point in my life, I need to find the proper occasion - which never occurs in the Summer months. As cryptic as this may seem, it only means that a full hour+ of my life can spared when most earthly preoccupations are out of the way. IOW during the cold months, or fully half a year  . 

However, being a longtime Böhm afficionado and even longer Bruckner unconditional fan, I can vouch blindfolded for these readings. Will certainly report when the time has come.

[Que]

How do you rate Weingartner's Beethoven? Do you consider any of these performances great? His 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th and 9th with the WP exist on Opus Kura.

I have that 3 & 8. Pretty amazing IMO.
Reminds most of Erich Kleiber, and maybe also early-Walter.

Transfer is impeccable and strongly recommended.

Q

[Wanderer]

These look interesting...




Fantasia contrappuntistica & Mozart and Liszt transcriptions

[ragman1970]

> Violin Concertos of Gubaidulina and Bach

I know her "old" Bach recordings and don't like them!

[rickardg]

Prokofiev symphonies with LSO/Gergiev

Hot? Or not?

[not edward]

Prokofiev symphonies with LSO/Gergiev

Hot? Or not?

I found it somewhat in between: as you'd expect, the music gets a broad-brush "exciting" approach, which doesn't necessarily make for very deep musicmaking. I thought 2 & 7 probably came off best, but found 1 poor. As complete sets, I definitely prefer it to Jarvi, but I've not heard the others.

[SonicMan46]

Well, the last few days, I've been goin' through the Sept-Oct issue of Fanfare - below is a list of some of the recordings that were of interest to me (i.e. great reviews + composers that I like or would like to obtain) - those w/ an * are the ones that I've already ordered but not received:

Bax* - Tone Poems w/ Handley on Chandos - believe there are several volumes?

Beethoven* - Bagatelles w/ Nicholson - have not heard of this pianist but the comments were outstanding!

Bon, Anna* - Keyboard Sonatas w/ Harbach - mysterious female composer; have just one other recording - 

Dohnanyi* - Violin Concertos on Naxos - again, great review?

Galuppi - Keyboard Sonatas w/ Martella on the Tactus label - not sure?

Goldberg - Trio Sonatas on MDG (guy that JS Bach wrote the Variations!) - 

Lebrun - Oboe Concertos w/ Indermuhle - love the instrument, so will likely purchase later - comments?

Samartini* - Chamber Works - both brothers; multi-CD offering on Brilliant - expect this to be good!

Spohr* - Clarinet Concertos Nos. 3/4 on Hyperion; already own Nos. 1/2, so expect excellent performances!

Vivaldi - Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 w/ Gatti on Glossa - can't believe Op. 1? - anyone have this offering?

So, have already ordered many of these CDs - looking foward to any comments - thanks! 

[Lethevich]

Bax* - Tone Poems w/ Handley on Chandos - believe there are several volumes?

2 volumes, both apparently very good (I haven't heard the new one) as could be expected. He has also recorded 8 or 9 volumes of orchestral works on the same label, and there is a lot of crossover between the forms. A good alternative is available here - I have heard some of the tone poems done by Lloyd Jones coupled with his symphony discs, and if these are performed as well, then this is a fine disc. Thomson's recordings seem to be out of print...

Dohnanyi* - Violin Concertos on Naxos - again, great review?

Gramophone also liked this a lot.

[SonicMan46]

2 volumes, both apparently very good (I haven't heard the new one) as could be expected. He has also recorded 8 or 9 volumes of orchestral works on the same label, and there is a lot of crossover between the forms. A good alternative is available here - I have heard some of the tone poems done by Lloyd Jones coupled with his symphony discs, and if these are performed as well, then this is a fine disc. Thomson's recordings seem to be out of print...

Gramophone also liked this a lot.

Sara - thanks for the comments - I have the complete Bax Symphonies w/ Handley on Chandos, so wanted to try some of his non-symphonic music - probably will end up obtaining both volumes.

Own the usual Dohnanyi but was not aware of much of his other music, including the violin works, so looking forward to those discs (along w/ the others ordered!) - Dave 

[eyeresist]

Prokofiev symphonies with LSO/Gergiev

Hot? Or not?

Not. He lacks the necessary sophistication, and IMO doesn't shape the music as much as it needs. 2 has nice clear recording though (which makes a change). There's no one great Prokofiev set, as far as I know - though I haven't heard Weller, who is still out of print. I have Kitaenko's partial set on the way, which should be "interesting".

[Hector]

Haha, does it cure insomnia?

Unbelievably, I heard it again.

I am beginning to quite like it but shall resist anything commissioned by the Prince of Wales, who, as you may know, is quite bonkers!

[M forever]

I have Kitaenko's partial set on the way, which should be "interesting".

What, the recordings on Melodiya with the Moscow Philharmonic?

[karlhenning]

I found it somewhat in between: as you'd expect, the music gets a broad-brush "exciting" approach, which doesn't necessarily make for very deep musicmaking. I thought 2 & 7 probably came off best, but found 1 poor. As complete sets, I definitely prefer it to Jarvi, but I've not heard the others.

Very interesting, thanks, Edward!

[antoine]

Bach: Complete Partitas - Gianluca Luisi, piano



http://www.onclassical.com/artists/luisi/partitas-i/
http://www.onclassical.com/artists/luisi/partitas-ii/

[Don]

Bach: Complete Partitas - Gianluca Luisi, piano



http://www.onclassical.com/artists/luisi/partitas-i/
http://www.onclassical.com/artists/luisi/partitas-ii/

Are these discs on any particular record label, or are they only available thru download?

[Lilas Pastia]

Anybody listened to the BIS disc of Christopher Rouse?



That's the only one I could find. First Symphony, Clarinet Concerto, and Iscariot for chamber orchestra.

[eyeresist]

What, the recordings on Melodiya with the Moscow Philharmonic?

Yes, issued through Venezia, which I think has domestic Russian distribution of Melodiya's catalog.

[M forever]

I didn't know they were available on Venezia, but I am not surprised seeing how much Melodiya material they have released. Have you already ordered them? I would recommend against buying these. The interpretations and the playing aren't anything in any way special, and they aren't typically "Russian" either (whatever that may mean). But the biggest problem is the sound which is pretty horrible. Like some other Russian recordings from the same period (I think these recordings were made in the 70s or 80s), particularly many of Rozhdestvensky with his Ministry of Culture Orchestra, these sound totally weird because a lot of processing has been applied to them. In some places, it sounds as if the orchestra was 100 yards away in an airplane hangar, sometimes it jumps right in your face (especially when there are wind soli, they often are right in front of the orchestra suddenly), sometimes you have a mix of both - it almost sounds as if the strings and winds had been recorded in different spaces. And, of course, you get that extremely screechy brass sound which some people think is "typically Russian", but it isn't. While these orchestras do indeed often have rather aggressive brass sections, they sounded much rounder and less extreme in real life, and the string sound was also much darker and fuller. I don't know why they went so absolutely crazy when they recorded and mixed these performances, but the results are really more or less completely unlistenable.