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The new erato

#4500
October 29, 2009, 04:53:00 AM
Quote from: Drasko on October 17, 2009, 10:07:30 AM
Brand new Isabelle Faust/Alexander Melnikov set on HM is garnering surprising amount of raves over on r.m.c.r. Haven't seen any professional reviews yet, but having heard both of them I'll venture a guess that the set could really be great.
And now a 10/10 from the Hurwitzer. Suprisingly cheaply available from prestoclassical currently.....hmmmmm. Do I need another set to supplant my Suk/Panenka and Grumiaux/Haskil? Any opinions? The supposedly modern sound on HM at least will be an attraction.

Que

#4501
October 29, 2009, 11:12:12 PM
Quote from: erato on October 29, 2009, 04:53:00 AM
And now a 10/10 from the Hurwitzer. Suprisingly cheaply available from prestoclassical currently.....hmmmmm. Do I need another set to supplant my Suk/Panenka and Grumiaux/Haskil? Any opinions? The supposedly modern sound on HM at least will be an attraction.

Those oldies are stiff competition! :)

Q

Wanderer

#4502
October 30, 2009, 12:12:59 AM
Quote from: erato on October 29, 2009, 04:53:00 AM
And now a 10/10 from the Hurwitzer. Suprisingly cheaply available from prestoclassical currently.....hmmmmm. Do I need another set to supplant my Suk/Panenka and Grumiaux/Haskil? Any opinions? The supposedly modern sound on HM at least will be an attraction.

Not to supplant, but to complement. It's a very good modern set, though by no means the best out of those that have been issued in recent years.

The new erato

#4503
October 30, 2009, 02:11:05 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 30, 2009, 12:12:59 AM
Not to supplant, but to complement.

Agree, noone can supplant Suk.

Quote from: Wanderer on October 30, 2009, 12:12:59 AM
It's a very good modern set, though by no means the best out of those that have been issued in recent years.

What, in your opinion, is?

jlaurson

#4504
October 30, 2009, 04:13:58 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on October 30, 2009, 12:12:59 AM
Not to supplant, but to complement. It's a very good modern set, though by no means the best out of those that have been issued in recent years.

I haven't heard them yet, but my colleague says: YES. Great detail and nuance, fine dynamic gradations yet the guts to be rough when necessary--and each sonata given its discernibly own approach. (That's the distillate of his review-to-come.)


Todd

#4505
October 30, 2009, 11:35:45 AM



One of the few Pogorelich recordings I never got around to, I think I'll try it in its newest guise when it becomes available.





Hearing Ms Schaefer in more Bach sounds most intriguing, and her partners here seems intriguing too.


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Bulldog

#4506
October 30, 2009, 11:40:09 AM
Quote from: Todd on October 30, 2009, 11:35:45 AM



Hearing Ms Schaefer in more Bach sounds most intriguing, and her partners here seems intriguing too.


I just hope Hahn keeps the vibrato to a minimum, something she didn't do in her Mozart violin sonatas disc.

Dancing Divertimentian

#4507
October 30, 2009, 08:17:16 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 30, 2009, 11:35:45 AM



One of the few Pogorelich recordings I never got around to, I think I'll try it in its newest guise when it becomes available.

If you have deep pockets (you seem to ;D) this one might be worth it but I've owned it for a couple years now and I've never been happy with it.

I figured if there were one composer immune to Pogorelich's tinkering it would be Mr. Romanticist (Schumann) but to me nothing works.

I don't hear much in the Beethoven, either. 
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Lethevich

#4508
October 31, 2009, 12:04:51 AM


Is this listenably recorded?
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Coopmv

#4509
October 31, 2009, 04:51:26 AM
Quote from: Lethe on October 31, 2009, 12:04:51 AM


Is this listenably recorded?

Which orchestra did Solti make this recording with?   VPO?

Lethevich

#4510
October 31, 2009, 06:30:50 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on October 31, 2009, 04:51:26 AM
Which orchestra did Solti make this recording with?   VPO?

The bulk are CSO, I believe, reissued from this:



His CSO recordings on Decca have especially had some balance issues. Apparently the others are VPO and Bavarian RSO.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Coopmv

#4511
October 31, 2009, 06:34:57 AM
Quote from: Lethe on October 31, 2009, 06:30:50 AM
The bulk are CSO, I believe, reissued from this:



His CSO recordings on Decca have especially had some balance issues. Apparently the others are VPO and Bavarian RSO.

Most of my Solti's CD recordings were by VPO.  I probably have more CSO recordings by Reiner on CD.  I do, however, have a good number of CSO recordings by Solti on LP.  I thought the SQ of Solti's recordings with VPO is generally quite good.  No?

Renfield

#4512
October 31, 2009, 08:35:56 AM
Quote from: Lethe on October 31, 2009, 12:04:51 AM


Is this listenably recorded?

IIRC, it's A liTTLe bIT glARINg at oddLY inapproprIatE times, but overall fairly listenable. And it could be the playing that's causing this, too.

Coopmv

#4513
October 31, 2009, 08:40:43 AM
Quote from: Renfield on October 31, 2009, 08:35:56 AM
IIRC, it's A liTTLe bIT glARINg at oddLY inapproprIatE times, but overall fairly listenable. And it could be the playing that's causing this, too.

Isn't this kind of unusual, as London/DECCA has always been a company that knows about recording engineering?  What happens to the DECCA sound?

Lethevich

#4515
October 31, 2009, 09:05:27 AM
Quote from: Renfield on October 31, 2009, 08:35:56 AM
IIRC, it's A liTTLe bIT glARINg at oddLY inapproprIatE times, but overall fairly listenable. And it could be the playing that's causing this, too.

Ta. That recording style is more than worth putting up with for music that Solti is at home with, which am hoping will be the case for this.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

DarkAngel

#4516
October 31, 2009, 11:38:45 AM Last Edit: October 31, 2009, 11:41:46 AM by DarkAngel
Quote from: Coopmv on October 31, 2009, 08:40:43 AM
Isn't this kind of unusual, as London/DECCA has always been a company that knows about recording engineering?  What happens to the DECCA sound?

I would not hesitate to recommend this cheap 2CD R Strauss set, no sound issues for me......all recorded 1973-79 in late analog, three different orchestras. Solti is known for accentuating brass section..........

George

#4517
October 31, 2009, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on October 30, 2009, 08:17:16 PM
If you have deep pockets (you seem to ;D) this one might be worth it but I've owned it for a couple years now and I've never been happy with it.

I figured if there were one composer immune to Pogorelich's tinkering it would be Mr. Romanticist (Schumann) but to me nothing works.

I don't hear much in the Beethoven, either. 

Hey Don!!

Yeah, I spun that a few months ago and it left little impression on me.

Dancing Divertimentian

#4518
October 31, 2009, 09:51:35 PM
Quote from: George on October 31, 2009, 09:20:48 PM
Hey Don!!

Yeah, I spun that a few months ago and it left little impression on me.

'Sup, George!

So neither of us like this disc. Why do I get the feeling Todd won't care? ;D
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Bogey

#4519
November 01, 2009, 05:44:17 PM
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