Recordings That You Are Considering

[Daverz]

If you're going to purchase a full set of his symphonies, I'd personally go for Rozhdestvensky.

Here's the bargain of the decade in Shostakovich symphony sets:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Dimitri-Schostakowitsch-Symphonien-Nr-1-15/hnum/5849111

[George]

I came across this video on youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUpUK9nRPA4   

and i am now considering this :



Any views, please ? thank you 

I don't know that one, but the Marston CD devolted to him is excellent. I am not sure if it's still in print, though.

[Papy Oli]

I don't know that one, but the Marston CD devolted to him is excellent. I am not sure if it's still in print, though.

ok, I have bookmarked that Marston site...really just in case... 

Looking through the Bolet CDs on Amazon, and judging by content/forces, the Newton twofer might seem to be a re-release of 2 decca CDs :



if that is indeed the case, the PC's samples off the Decca MP3 version do sound good 

[The new erato]

As Newton is a label redicated to Decca reissues, that sounds entirely plausible.

[Scarpia]

As Newton is a label redicated to Decca reissues, that sounds entirely plausible.

They don't restrict themselves to Decca.  I've noticed DG, Philips and EMI recordings in their catalog as well.

[Lethevich]

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Does anybody know how this compares to the Philips set, which I have and enjoy greatly.

[Bogey]

Possibly one or two from these four:

 
   

[Todd]

The DG Original Masters devoted to Fournier was superb, one of the better sets I've heard.  So when I saw that EMI has a similar box, I thought it might be worthwhile.  When I saw some of the works I determined I must buy it.  A Dvorak Cello Concerto with Kubelik from '48.  A Brahms Double Concerto with Oistrakh and Galliera.  A Faure Second Piano Quartet with Marguerite Long and Jaques Thibaud.  And Beethoven's Cello Sonatas with Schnabel.  The only thing I am considering is when to buy - now, or early next year. 

[Antoine Marchand]

I have listened to clips of the Faust and she seems to have a rough, kind of scratchy tone. Not ugly but not attractive either. If/when you have time, if you can sell me on Capuçon being a bit more romantic, a bit more full-bodied, that would put the set squarely in my shopping cart. He certainly sounded very good in the Brahms Double Concerto CD.

I don't know Faust/Melnikov, so I can't compare; but Schroeder/Immerseel is another excellent option, absolutely OOP for a long time and very cheap these days:



Amazon.de

EUR 15.99

[Daverz]

[Brian]

Oooh, that set is allegedly only 12 quid in Amazon UK.

[Antoine Marchand]

Incredibly, Schroeder plays the violin there, a baroque violin, indeed. 

[SonicMan46]

I don't know Faust/Melnikov, so I can't compare; but Schroeder/Immerseel is another excellent option, absolutely OOP for a long time and very cheap these days:

Looks good to me!  I own 2 sets on modern instrument of these works, so should be a nice contrast - and was just $10 on the Amazon USA MP - 

[Gurn Blanston]

Looks good to me!  I own 2 sets on modern instrument of these works, so should be a nice contrast - and was just $10 on the Amazon USA MP - 

I expect you'll be delighted with that one, Dave. I have 3 or 4 PI sets, and this is the best of them (overall).

[Scarpia]

I don't know Faust/Melnikov, so I can't compare; but Schroeder/Immerseel is another excellent option, absolutely OOP for a long time and very cheap these days:



Amazon.de

EUR 15.99

Whoever did the artwork on this release is daft.  Why is the release entitled "Sonatas for Fortepiano" when they are sonatas for violin and piano.  It gets worse when you look at the back cover, where the main title "Sonatas for Fortepiano" is juxtaposed with the individual work titles, "Sonata for Pianoforte and violin"  Can't make up their minds?

[Bulldog]

Whoever did the artwork on this release is daft.  Why is the release entitled "Sonatas for Fortepiano" when they are sonatas for violin and piano.  It gets worse when you look at the back cover, where the main title "Sonatas for Fortepiano" is juxtaposed with the individual work titles, "Sonata for Pianoforte and violin"  Can't make up their minds?

What did Beethoven call them?

[Scarpia]

What did Beethoven call them?

Breitkopf calls them Sonate für Pianoforte und Violine.

[Antoine Marchand]

I expect you'll be delighted with that one, Dave. I have 3 or 4 PI sets, and this is the best of them (overall).

I expect you'll be delighted with that one, Dave. I have 3 or 4 PI sets, and this is the best of them (overall).

Hi, Gurn. I know five complete versions of these works on period instruments:

Immerseel/Schröeder (DHM)

Vodenitcharov/Terakado (Denon)

Huvé/ J. Fleezanis (Cyprès)

Verney/Hudson (Nimbus)

Nicholson/Kurosaki (Accent)

Additionally, I have three single discs on PI instruments: Immerseel/ Seiler (Zig-Zag Territoires), Staier/Sepec (HM) & Bezuidenhout/Mullova (Onyx).

Personally, I just own two complete sets (Schröeder & Terakado).

Would you recommend some of the remaining three complete sets in particular? 

[Antoine Marchand]

Breitkopf calls them Sonate für Pianoforte und Violine.

Well, these works were not published as a complete collection, so -for example- the Kreutzer sonata is for "piano ed violino obligato" and the Opus 96 is "für Piano-forte und Violin". My own Immerseel/Schröeder set is titled "Sonaten für Klavier und Violine" and "Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin" (although I can't read the booklet because is in Japanese):

[Gurn Blanston]

Hi, Gurn. I know five complete versions of these works on period instruments:

Immerseel/Schröeder (DHM)

Vodenitcharov/Terakado (Denon)

Huvé/ J. Fleezanis (Cyprès)

Verney/Hudson (Nimbus)

Nicholson/Kurosaki (Accent)

Additionally, I have three single discs on PI instruments: Immerseel/ Seiler (Zig-Zag Territoires), Staier/Sepec (HM) & Bezuidenhout/Mullova (Onyx).

Personally, I just own two complete sets (Schröeder & Terakado).

Would you recommend some of the remaining three complete sets in particular? 

Antoine,
Well, I have that one (same cover as yours has  ), Fleezanis & Huvé, and Vodenitcharov/Terakado. In addition, one that you somehow missed, Johannes Leertouwer &  Julian Reynolds on Globe:



Despite some negative things I've read about them, I quite enjoy the Fleezanis and Huvé set. They keep up a brisk pace throughout, managing a total time of 3':37"! Someone (Bunny?) had posted that Fleezanis' violin had been modernized so she felt it negated the set as true period work. I don't buy that. It has a very nice sound (an 1800 Storioni), and Huvé's pianoforte likewise (an 1815 Schanz that sounds quite appropriate). I have no regrets over owning these at all, and for the experienced listener who enjoys brisk tempos, this is a commendable set.

Vodenitcharov/Terakado. I haven't spent enough time with this one to have a strong opinion, but I am a fan of Terakado, who has been around the block in PI orchestras (Principal in La Petite Bande in particular). The couple of listens that I've had so far were very favorable, although it is a hard one to get hold of, HMV Japan has (had) it.

Then, Johannes Leertouwer &  Julian Reynolds. I like this one too. The instruments are mixed in age, with Leertouwer playing an 1663 Stainer (!!) and Reynolds an 1845 Rosenberger of Vienna. The overall sound is thus a bit on the modern side, but very rich and full. For a newcomer to PI, or someone who just doesn't like old fortepianos, this is the one to get.

Then too, I have a few singles like you do, all three of these, in fact (Immerseel/ Seiler (Zig-Zag Territoires), Staier/Sepec (HM) & Bezuidenhout/Mullova (Onyx)). I think Bezuidenhout/Mullova would make a great cycle but I don't see them doing it (not their thing), and exactly the same goes for Staier/Sepec. In fact, I don't know who out there right now could be expected to have a go at a new cycle.

Anyway, I like what I have, wouldn't mind having more.