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ChopinBroccoli

Quote from: Tsaraslondon on September 17, 2019, 11:10:15 AM
This looks like his second recording, which was digital and recorded in 1981. His earlier version, recorded in 1966, is generally regarded as being better.



It definitely is
"If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it!"
- Handel

aligreto

Rubinstein from L'Amour De La Vie





Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 [1st movement]
Liszt: Nocturne in A flat Op. 62/3
Mendelssohn: Spinning Song
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance [from El Amor Brujo]

ChopinBroccoli

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 17, 2019, 12:18:24 PM
Yes.

When a friend of mine played this recording, we reached a place where all the horns are playing. I said to my friend, the horns are marked fortissimo in the score here. Does this sound fortissimo to you?

"Nope," says he....

Exactly

Incidentally, I haven't heard it yet but the Petrenko/Royal Liverpool 10th got rave reviews... have you heard it?
"If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it!"
- Handel

aligreto


ChopinBroccoli

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 17, 2019, 12:23:20 PM
Another excellent performance is Jansons/Phila.

No question, outstanding in every way
"If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it!"
- Handel

Karl Henning

Quote from: ChopinBroccoli on September 17, 2019, 01:40:50 PM
Exactly

Incidentally, I haven't heard it yet but the Petrenko/Royal Liverpool 10th got rave reviews... have you heard it?

Don't believe I have.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Kontrapunctus

CD 1 (of 3). Fantastic in every aspect.


Daverz

#142087
Quote from: Tsaraslondon on September 17, 2019, 11:10:15 AM
This looks like his second recording, which was digital and recorded in 1981. His earlier version, recorded in 1966, is generally regarded as being better.



There's a live Karajan recording from Moscow that's supposed to be even betterest!  I haven not encountered it.

EDIT: I should have looked on youtube.  Everything is on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/v/E2XI8SoJito

There've been a lot of good ones lately: Petrenko; Nelsons; Sladkovsky; Michael Sanderling

TD:

Checkmate, full Ballet

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Gorgeous.

JBS

The Fourth and the Eighth
[asin]B06X3Q2H6Z[/asin]
Now here's Schubert sounding like Schubert.

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Brian

Relaxing unwinding evening of Kathryn Stott playing Liszt from a Conifer album early in her career.

Ken B

Prokkers
Piano Sonata 1
Boris nBerman

André



Never heard of Ernst (1814-1865) before, but his music appears to have been recorded rather extensively. This CPO production is a generously filled 2 disc set currently selling for a song at JPC.

Virtuoso stuff with a fine ear for brilliant sonorities and caressing melodies. A huge fan of Paganini, Ernst could play his works by ear after attending a concert by the master. He was also a renowned violist, playing Harold in Italy under Berlioz in Brussels, Vienna, St-Petersburg and London. He was a member of the Beethoven Quartet Society of London, playing the viola with Wieniawski, Joachim (violins) and Piatti (cello). He championed Beethoven's late quartets when they had not yet gained wide currency. Intimate with Wieniawski, Berlioz, Mendelssohn and regarded by Joseph Joachim as the greatest violinist of his era, his musical partners included Liszt, Chopin and Clara Schumann. He traveled Europe giving concerts before retiring due to illness.

Karl Henning

Quote from: Brian on September 17, 2019, 04:11:27 PM
Relaxing unwinding evening of Kathryn Stott playing Liszt from a Conifer album early in her career.

Nice!

TD:
Mompou
Música Callada
El Pont (1946)
Muntanya (Dansa) (1915)
Jordi Masó
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

listener

TCHAIKOWSKY:  Piano Concerto no. 2 (no cuts)
Peter Donohoe, piano   with Nigel Kennedy, violin and Steven Isserlis, cello  in the second movement
Bournemouth S.O.   Rudolf Barshai, cond.
Paul REALE:  Cello Sonatas 1 & 2, and shorter pieces
Kim Cook. cello    Christopher Guzman, piano
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

JBS

Second listen
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Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Que

#142096
Quote from: Toccata&Fugue on September 17, 2019, 03:02:48 PM
CD 1 (of 3). Fantastic in every aspect.



Your enthusiasm for this set, and Harry's, made me put this on the wishlist!  :)

Q

Que

Quote from: JBS on September 17, 2019, 07:29:03 PM
Second listen
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A absolutely adore Froberger, but can't deal with Vartolo.....

Q

Que


Kontrapunctus

Quote from: Que on September 17, 2019, 09:39:32 PM
Your enthusiasm for this set, and Harry's, made me put this on this wishlist!  :)

Q
It's a winner! Wonderful music, which was previously unfamiliar to me, virtuoso playing, and crystal clear/realistic sound.