Recordings That You Are Considering

[haydnguy]

I have both the Mendelssohn and Carter discs - superb, a brilliant quartet. Looking forward to their new Carter/Naxos disc.

I'm also interested in what they perform by Ruth Crawford Seeger who was the stepmother of folk musician Pete Seeger. 

[Mandryka]

I am thinking of buying the 20 CD set of Michelangeli on the Document label.

I can't list the performance details here -- too many! Here are links to the recordings (2 volumes) on arkivmusik which give full performance details:

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=136813
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=134517

Are there any Michelangeli fans out there who can tell me which of the performances are good ones? And are there any other CDs which are essential to hear?

I only know two Michelangeli recordings -- the Debussy Preludes and Images on DG, the 1957 London concert on Testament. I am very impressed and I want to hear more, so please, just hit me with any ideas.
Thanks.

[George]

I am thinking of buying the 20 CD set of Michelangeli on the Document label.

I have them both. They are great. I can't say one is better than the other, for they are consistent in performance and sound. Grab them both! 

[Coopmv]

Historical recordings issued under the Document label do not appear to be widely available.  I bought this set by Helmut Walcha just before last Christmas and the set was a steal ...

[Drasko]

I am thinking of buying the 20 CD set of Michelangeli on the Document label.

Try this thread, from about here:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,8229.msg202221.html#msg202221
to until sidoze and donwyn take it off and run away with it

[canninator]

I am considering the Schoenberg Quartet Complete for for Strings by Schoenberg on Chandos. Can anyone comment on this set? Is it of uniformly high quality, inconsistent, or just plain bad?

Many thanks

[DavidRoss]

Julia Fischer, Bach Ctos--her new Decca disc (and last, alas!) is receiving much praise over at CMG.  A listen to some of the cuts via Rhapsody shows this to be a sweetly restrained and gracious performance of these favorites and I'm considering adding it to a collection which really doesn't need any more recordings of these works.

While on Rhapsody I also listened to her playing of the D minor Chaccone and rather enjoyed the same qualities.  My faves among complete Sonatas & Partitas recordings are the delightfully dancing Rachel Podger and the grandly imposing Arthur Grumiaux.  My little taste of Fischer suggests a different approach of graceful restraint that might make a valued addition.  However, I have toyed from time to time with adding another contemporary recording and have considered Ehnes, Tetzlaff, and Fulkerson, but as with Fischer have heard but snippets of their sets. 

I suppose before pulling the trigger I should check out the Bach recordings threads here--but I'll be grateful for informed opinions about these recordings anyone might care to offer here.

[haydnguy]

One of my favorite current performers. 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Try this thread, from about here:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,8229.msg202221.html#msg202221
to until sidoze and donwyn take it off and run away with it

Whew, I think Tony and I shared a pint after that one!

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Michelangeli on Music & Arts.

Beethoven piano sonatas Op.22 (11/11/78, Paris) and Op.26 (4/13/82, London).

Chopin 2nd piano sonata (10/29/73, Tokyo).

[ezodisy]

Whew, I think Tony and I shared a pint after that one!

lol! I'm not going to look but will happily share another! 

[Coopmv]

I am very interested in this historical recording ...

[Drasko]

MDT is having Alia Vox offer and europadisc has HM Musique d'Abord offer. Any thoughts on these?

[jlaurson]

superb, stunning, sublime!

[Opus106]

superb, stunning, sublime!

You just set off the Over-used Adjective Alarm System.

[jlaurson]

You just set off the Over-used Adjective Alarm System.

I thought I could masque the absence of essence with an extra of exuberance.

Aside, I really _do_ think that that set is terrific, tremendous, titillating.

[Brian]

I thought I could masque the absence of essence with an extra of exuberance.

Aside, I really _do_ think that that set is terrific, tremendous, titilating.

s ... t ... if we make you comment on it again, will you use only adjectives starting with u? 

[Renfield]

I thought I could masque the absence of essence with an extra of exuberance.

Aside, I really _do_ think that that set is terrific, tremendous, titilating.

Is its greatness also unquestionable, ubiquitous, utter?

Or had you meant to declare it a regnal, rousing, resplendent recording, previously?


Verily vast virtuosity, vibrantly visualised, worshipful words working wonders; zestful, zany zeal!


Edit: I alternatively considered pronouncing the recording a zestful zoroastrian zymurgy, but that surely borders on the pornographic.

[canninator]

superb, stunning, sublime!

At that price, a must buy.

[jlaurson]

Is its greatness also unquestionable, ubiquitous, utter?

Or had you meant to declare it a regnal, rousing, resplendent recording, previously?


Verily vast virtuosity, vibrantly visualised, worshipful words working wonders; zestful, zany zeal!


Edit: I alternatively considered pronouncing the recording a zestful zoroastrian zymurgy, but that surely borders on the pornographic.

AAArgh.... am again aggravated by bumbling, blistering brainiac bastard. Crimminy.