What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Peregrine]

Schubert, D.959/Schnabel

[Papy Oli]

LOL
Direct Offers or Marketplace?

Direct Offers 

At least this one turned up with Royal Mail....the other order i placed with amazon that was despatched yesterday too with "Home Delivery Network" failed to make it... how an attempted delivery at work can fail at 5.23pm in the largest building on an industrial estate with still about 25+ people in it is beyond me   

[Renfield]

Yes, that's the condition.  Synaesthesia.  Never knew Grimaud saw things this way.

It's not a condition!

(Synaesthete here. And you'd be surprised about how observable it is when a composer/performer/artist is a synaesthete, to another synaesthete of similar "type". )

[Solitary Wanderer]

h k gruber ~ frankenstein!! franz welser-most emi classics

Wacky, but wonderful 

[Scriptavolant]

Op. 130

Ligeti: Quartet No. 1 "Nocturnal Metamorphoses" - Accademia del Quartetto



Berio: Six Encores pour Piano

[Peregrine]

Schubert, D.960/Schnabel

[Brian]

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Budapest Symphony conducted by Arpad Joo
Jeno Jando, piano

...this guy is good! Doesn't match Sudbin's new performance, I suppose, but the performance is fantastic. The orchestra plays well but the pianist, ...well! He makes Tchaikovsky's runs up and down the keyboard sound like small potatoes. This recording favors the "virtuoso showpiece" approach over the "titanic emotional struggle" favored by Richter in a rather dull performance with DG; Jando's Tchaikovsky doesn't deserve its out-of-printedness.

[Mark]

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Budapest Symphony conducted by Arpad Joo
Jeno Jando, piano

...this guy is good! Doesn't match Sudbin's new performance, I suppose, but the performance is fantastic. The orchestra plays well but the pianist, ...well! He makes Tchaikovsky's runs up and down the keyboard sound like small potatoes. This recording favors the "virtuoso showpiece" approach over the "titanic emotional struggle" favored by Richter in a rather dull performance with DG; Jando's Tchaikovsky doesn't deserve its out-of-printedness.

Brian, is this a Naxos recording? I have this one. It's the only Jando recording of this work which I can find on their download site ... which, allegedly, is supposed to make available ALL of their back catalogue.

[AnthonyAthletic]

It's not a condition!

(Synaesthete here. And you'd be surprised about how observable it is when a composer/performer/artist is a synaesthete, to another synaesthete of similar "type". )

What do I know?    Told you I didn't
Seen a BBC documentary about it a while ago which was pretty amazing.

[Solitary Wanderer]

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata & Beethoven Notturno

Nobuko Imai Viola & Roger Vignoles Piano

[longears]

Leonard Bernstein conducting the NYPO in Sibelius's 3rd on Sony.  A terrific performance of a marvelous symphony.  Lively tempos, great structural clarity, gorgeous full-bodied winds, flawless strings and brass--what more could one wish?

[hildegard]

Nice Art Work, Hildegard!
What about the performance, Art as well.....

I like this recording for many reasons, Harry, aside from the fact that I have been a lifelong Arrau fan. I find it compelling, though, because Tchaikovsky was not Arrau's territory in the same way that Beethoven, Chopin, or Liszt were. The same is true of Accardo, whose Paganini prowess is legendary.

But, there is no disappointment here. Even at 76 when Arrau recorded this, the opening movement features his  trademark majestic pacing tempered with the more reflective playing, characteristic of his later years. But in the third movement, his agility knows no age as he reverts easily to an appropriate brisk tempo.

Accardo on the other hand was in his 30s when this was recorded. While his virtuosity clearly stands out, it is the warm, expressive passages that linger in the mind and ear the most. Both men had long collaborations with Sir Colin, and the integration with the orchestras is seamless, Arrau with the Boston and Accardo with the BBC.

As to the art, Harry, what can I say! Looks to me like a little bit of Photoshop going on here, but still appropriately romantic, given the genre of these pieces. All that is missing is the red rose. 

[George]

I like this more than Harry, so far. The first symphony lacked some excitement, but had some real beauty and great sonics.




Heard only the Tchaikovsky PC 1 so far, but really liked it, especially the Conductor/Orchestra.

[Brian]

Brian, is this a Naxos recording? I have this one. It's the only Jando recording of this work which I can find on their download site ... which, allegedly, is supposed to make available ALL of their back catalogue.

LaserLight out of print, found used for $2 at a local used book shop. Available here for a quid and a half.

[Que]

Q

[wilhelm]

[Harry]

Very good choice......

[Mark]

Me like the look of this.

May I say, sir, that you have excellent tastes?

[Peregrine]

First time I've heard this recording

Lovely subtle way to start the day...

[karlhenning]

Last night:

Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 43 (fourth movement)
Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Opus 52
Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Opus 104
Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Opus 105
Tapiola, Opus 112
Valse triste, Opus 44 No. 1

SFSO / Blomstedt

Of brilliance absolute!