The one recording you think everyone should bin

[Great Gable]

I believe the April 19, 1942 recording (not the March recording) is the one played in celebration of Hitler's birthday (April 20).  Here is his  DISCOGRAPHY.

I agree - well that's what my one says. Although I have a version on Archipel which is the crappy bootleg - does this appear on another label with better sound?

[Peregrine]

I agree - well that's what my one says. Although I have a versions on Archipel which is the crappy bootleg - does this appear on another label with better sound.

AFAIK that's the only available recording, and the reason I got rid. There's a limit to my tolerance of historical recordings...

Now if Tahra came up with something, I'm sure that would be loads better...

[George]

I agree - well that's what my one says. Although I have a versions on Archipel which is the crappy bootleg - does this appear on another label with better sound.

Yes, Archipel puts out seemingly nothing but crappy bootlegs. 

Seems ridiculous that you can buy these anywhere in the US, while I have to order overseas for reputable Historical releases.   

[Renfield]

Seems ridiculous that you can buy these anywhere in the US, while I have to order overseas for reputable Historical releases.   

The Old World triumphs!

[snyprrr]

bump for laughs

[Que]

bump for laughs

I wised up since then... 0:)

Q

[UberB]

Pretty much all of the recordings by Brendel, Schiff, Perahia and Uchida. Just overly fussy, clinical, boring and lifeless playing. Although I admit Perahia's Mozart concertos and Goldberg Variations are okay (the latter is nowhere near Gould though).

Also a lot of Karajan's stuff (Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms etc) is seriously overrated.

[raduneo]

We have lots of discussion here about recordings we all recommend. But what about those we recommend others DON'T buy? Well, now we have a thread for this, too.

I'm going to kick off with this lacklustre effort:



Now it's your turn.

I LOVE this recording. In my mind it is the only one that balances the raw nervous/angry energy, with the sublime, lyrical intimate moments. I am going to burn in hell, aren't I?

[Drasko]

I LOVE this recording. In my mind it is the only one that balances the raw nervous/angry energy, with the sublime, lyrical intimate moments. I am going to burn in hell, aren't I?

I like it too, so I guess we'll burn together.

As for thread topic I'd suggest Arthur Schonensomething's Chopin on Alpha, hideous.

[Ken B]

Klemperer's St Matthew Passion.

This turned me off the SMP for years. I generally love Klemperer. It takes a great musician to do anything remotely this awful.

[ritter]

I almost got  lapidated by friends of mine for saying this the other day, but I stand by my comment  :

20 years ago, I thought Gieseking's Debussy was the nec plus ultra...nowadays, I really can't understand what all the brouhaha is about...I find it simply bland...

[Bogey]

I almost got  lapidated by friends of mine for saying this the other day, but I stand by my comment  :

20 years ago, I thought Gieseking's Debussy was the nec plus ultra...nowadays, I really can't understand what all the brouhaha is about...I find it simply bland...

Let me know if it needs a new home.

[ritter]

Let me know if it needs a new home.

Will keep this in mind, don't worry  ... but for the time being, I don't intend to go as far as punishing Gieskeing with exile from my collection 

[amw]

I can't think of very many recordings I've actually gotten rid of. On one occasion I checked out a library CD of Paganini caprices played by the usually reliable Thomas Zehetmair and found the playing sloppy, rushed and oddly interpreted. So I returned it and checked out a different version of the Paganini caprices, played by Salvatore Accardo. These I found lacking in energy and displaying some odd intonation, so I returned that one too. I think I was on my fourth recording of those pieces before it occurred to me that maybe the problem was that I just didn't like Paganini.

Actually, I remember not enjoying a Bernstein/NY Phil recording of Brahms 2 and 3 very much. Everything about it just felt wrong. But I don't think it was really bad, just not up to the standards I was used to.

[Que]

I can't think of very many recordings I've actually gotten rid of. On one occasion I checked out a library CD of Paganini caprices played by the usually reliable Thomas Zehetmair and found the playing sloppy, rushed and oddly interpreted. So I returned it and checked out a different version of the Paganini caprices, played by Salvatore Accardo. These I found lacking in energy and displaying some odd intonation, so I returned that one too. I think I was on my fourth recording of those pieces before it occurred to me that maybe the problem was that I just didn't like Paganini.

You might want to check Michael Rabin:

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Perhaps not a very original recommendation, but a great recording.

Q

[Jay F]

I didn't know what "bin" meant as a verb, so I went back to the beginning of the thread. I agree with whoever nominated that Kleiber Beethoven 5 & 7 CD, whose giant-killer status eludes me completely. I've owned and "binned" it twice.

Also, I binned all of Wagner when I inherited 1,000+ classical CDs some years ago.

[Que]

Also, I binned all of Wagner when I inherited 1,000+ classical CDs some years ago.

Wow! I guess you either love him or you hate him with a passion! I don't quite get how I ended up somewhere in between?

Q

[Jay F]

Wow! I guess you either love him or you hate him with a passion! I don't quite get how I ended up somewhere in between?

Q

I sat through the Ring in Seattle in 1979 and 1980. It really was as bad as it sounded. My most Germanic-stuff-loving friend was thrilled to get all these Wagner CDs, though.

[kishnevi]

I've given away CDs when I had acquired duplicates as part of a box set, or a better remastering.  My individual Perahia and Rubinstein CDs will, once I weed them all out,  find a home at the local public library, for instance. 

But the only CD I've ever given away because of the sheer awfulness of the performance (as in, so bad I never want to hear a note played by this guy again) was a Bach-centered recital by Cameron Carpenter.

[Mookalafalas]

Klemperer's St Matthew Passion.

This turned me off the SMP for years. I generally love Klemperer. It takes a great musician to do anything remotely this awful.

   One of my favorite Klemperer pieces, and I really like Kemperer a lot.

  This is a fun thread. I've bought 2K cds over the last year, and the only thing I regret buying was the huge Furtwangler Membran box. Sound is a bit too historical for my ears.