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George

#50660
July 10, 2009, 08:02:10 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on July 10, 2009, 08:00:37 PM
I have quite a number of Arthur Grumiaux's recordings.  What a virtuoso violinist he was ...

He and Haskil made a great pair.

Dancing Divertimentian

#50661
July 10, 2009, 08:03:47 PM
Quote from: erato on July 10, 2009, 02:05:36 AM
Funny how the Leipzigers so seldom pop up in discussions about string quartet ensembles and recordings on this forum. Yet I find them usually among the very best.

Yes, I agree. Although admittedly my Leipziger collection is somewhat on the skimpy side (Schubert, Brahms, Mozart, six discs total).

Have you (or anyone) heard their Schoenberg? Arditti's are all I own...
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Coopmv

#50662
July 10, 2009, 08:21:43 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on July 10, 2009, 07:39:24 PM
Perfect performances by Stephen Hough and great sound quality for these Hummel's piano concertos recorded 20 years ago:

:)

Not all CD's are created equal.  I have a number of 20-year old CD's by Chandos and they all sound great even by today's SQ standard.

FideLeo

#50663
July 10, 2009, 10:25:23 PM Last Edit: July 10, 2009, 10:38:50 PM by masolino


Symphony 97  

HIP for all and all for HIP! Harpsichord for Bach, fortepiano for Beethoven and pianoforte for Brahms!

RussellG

#50664
July 11, 2009, 12:51:25 AM
Recorded 1993:

The new erato

#50665
July 11, 2009, 01:11:13 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 10, 2009, 08:03:47 PM
Yes, I agree. Although admittedly my Leipziger collection is somewhat on the skimpy side (Schubert, Brahms, Mozart, six discs total).

Have you (or anyone) heard their Schoenberg? Arditti's are all I own...
Unfortunately no. Juillard and LaSalle for me there....

val

#50666
July 11, 2009, 01:11:54 AM
German Chamber Music of 17th Century              

/ Sigiswald & Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen, Janine Rubinlicht   (HARMONIA MUNDI, 1971)


A beautiful anthology of Sonatas and Partitas composed by Biber, Kuhnel, Rosenmuller, Schenck and Buxtehude. The Sonatas in E minor of August Kühnel and Johann Rosenmüller, this one with a strong Italian influence, are the most inspired moments of this CD. A curiosity: Sigiswald Kuijken playing the viola da gamba with his brother Wieland in Schenck's Ciacona.

Harry

#50667
July 11, 2009, 02:05:28 AM Last Edit: July 11, 2009, 02:10:42 AM by Harry
Quote from: John on July 10, 2009, 02:57:41 PM
My features say it all with this one.  

A long time ago, when I was still wild, and bought 80% of the catalogue of MDG, these Martinu's where a highlight in all what I bought.
Its immensely well performed and recorded. Martinu pur sang!

Harry

#50668
July 11, 2009, 02:09:46 AM
Sipping my weekend Machiatto mixed with a delicious espresso of a devastating caliber, and added some freshly made bakery of my own hands, I add spice to it all with the Volume 17 of Haydn's Baryton Trio's, Nos. 118-126. Believe me the mix is amazing. :)

karlhenning

#50669
July 11, 2009, 05:07:25 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on July 10, 2009, 08:21:43 PM
Not all CD's are created equal.

Elitist! (<- joke)

Harry

#50670
July 11, 2009, 05:13:17 AM
Cannot get enough of this music, that haunts me like the Ghost of Jacob Marley...... :)

DavidRoss

#50671
July 11, 2009, 05:26:29 AM
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto #1 -- like eating leftover wedding cake for breakfast
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

rubio

#50672
July 11, 2009, 05:32:41 AM
I find Klemperer's grand, sweeping, Brucknerian performance of the Pathetique just to my liking and a nice contrast to e.g. Mravinsky. The Philharmonia always sounded excellent under Klemperer's baton and the Schumann 4 delivered here is also great.



"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley

hautbois

#50673
July 11, 2009, 06:21:43 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 10, 2009, 04:45:43 AM
Would you have occasion to play with a harpist, Howard? Somehow this morning, the idea of oboe & harp sounds enticing to me. That capricious Muse of mine! (Capricious she may be, but she never let me down yet.)

Absolutely. Do it!

Howard

Coopmv

#50674
July 11, 2009, 06:25:17 AM
Now playing CD3 from this set ...



Harry

#50675
July 11, 2009, 06:31:58 AM
This music is slowly getting under my skin too!

DavidW

#50676
July 11, 2009, 06:33:19 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 10, 2009, 08:03:47 PM
Have you (or anyone) heard their Schoenberg? Arditti's are all I own...

Yes, but I have only one other recording to compare to, and they take very different approaches.

rubio

#50677
July 11, 2009, 06:46:37 AM
Rozhdestvensky/LSO provides me with a very fine version of Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony. It's on the medium fast to slow side with some nice playing from the LSO.

"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley

Opus106

#50678
July 11, 2009, 07:04:38 AM
Regards,
Navneeth

FideLeo

#50679
July 11, 2009, 07:42:15 AM


Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564
HIP for all and all for HIP! Harpsichord for Bach, fortepiano for Beethoven and pianoforte for Brahms!
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