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Dvorak's Cello Concerto
rubio:
I think I only have one recording of this treasured work, Rostropovich/Karajan (which I like a lot). Then I became aware today of the recording of Fournier/Szell. Fournier is my favourite cellist, so this one is super-tempting. Has anybody here heard it? What do you think of it? And which are your favourite recordings of this work?
And what about Queyras/Belohlavek?
hornteacher:
The Queyras/Belohlavek is fantastic, and the coupling Dumky Trio is also great. My personal favorite though is here:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=102169
Brian:
The Fournier is extraordinary. One of my top five "desert island discs", for sure, from any genre or style - simply extraordinary playing from everyone involved from first note to last. I have Hornteacher's favorite, and it is absolutely superb - with great modern sound and a beautiful Silent Woods, too - but I just can't bring myself to rate it more highly than Pierre Fournier's recording. Few things are quite so beautiful in life...
:)
Mark:
The Fournier recording is also top choice for this work in the recently published, '1001 Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die'. I might get it. Even though I've always loved Du Pre's handling of it.
Tyson:
Fournier is easily better than both duPre and Rostropovich (and everyone else) in this work.
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