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[Opus106]

Sviatoslav Richter
1977 Salzburg Recital
Orfeo

Absolutely wonderful! Much thanks to those who recommended this one!

Someone actually recommended a Richter to you!

[Que]

Q

[The new erato]

Back to baroque, now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived early this week ...

I'm playing this as well, received it a week ago (or slightly more). A very fine Messiah, nearly makes me rethink my position that Messiah is far from Handels best oratorium.

[The new erato]

A recent aquistion from Hyperions sale:



I've never heard Ives 1st before (nice, romantic work with no surprises aside form a few references to what sounds as familiar amreican tunes); the 4th I've got on LP with Serebrier on RCA (IIRC); haven't heard it for ages.

[Florestan]

I believe the Schumann Cello Concerto must have a piano part to it because according to my CD listing on Excel, one version has Barenboim and Du Pre while the other version has Maisky and Argerich - a cellist and a pianist ...

There is no piano part in Schumann's Cello Concerto. I've heard it live twice and own a CD: no piano at all. Maybe your listing shows it coupled with the piano concerto.

[Coopmv]

Q

Now back to baroque for Q - Gilles Requiem

[Coopmv]

There is no piano part in Schumann's Cello Concerto. I've heard it live twice and own a CD: no piano at all. Maybe your listing shows it coupled with the piano concerto.

I don't know for sure.  I have to check to see if Argerich and Barenboim just provided filler materials for the respective recordings.  Both clearly performed with their long-term cellist partners ...

[Coopmv]

I'm playing this as well, received it a week ago (or slightly more). A very fine Messiah, nearly makes me rethink my position that Messiah is far from Handels best oratorium.

I certainly enjoyed this version more than I did the many non-HIP versions I have.  However, I am not ready to declare this version as top of my list just yet. 

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD15 from this set - the most important work on this CD appears to be Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op. 65

[Harry]

Etienne Ozi.
Six Grandes Sonates from "Nouvelle Methode de Basson", Paris 1803.

Very beautiful, and so well played

[George]

Someone actually recommended a Richter to you!

I hope you were sitting down when you read that. 

[Keemun]

Bruckner
Symphony No. 8
Maazel
BPO

[Opus106]

I hope you were sitting down when you read that. 

I have come to expect strange things from GMG, but this, I must admit, was a little beyond what I could handle.

[Keemun]

I have come to expect strange things from GMG, but this, I must admit, was a little beyond what I could handle.

If you're not careful, I might post that I listened to Mozart for six hours straight.   

[George]

If you're not careful, I might post that I listened to Mozart for six hours straight.   

[George]

I have come to expect strange things from GMG, but this, I must admit, was a little beyond what I could handle.

Getting back on track, two Waldsteins - first by Cziffra, then by Lupu.

[SonicMan46]

I plan to get all his Ivory Classics CD's at BRO.  He was a terrific pianist IMO ...

Hi Stuart - well, BRO certainly has a LOT of his Ivory Classics recordings - possibly a 'box set' in the future?

My third or fourth time around w/ the Early Wild transcriptions! But also:

Weinberg, Mieczyslaw (1919-1996) - Concertos (cello, flute, & clarinet) - my first disc of this Soviet composer (apparently considered as a triumvirate w/ Prokofiev & Shosty) - not sure 'where' to go w/ him from here; he wrote about 2 dozen symphonies, 17 string quartets, and much more music!  CPO is putting out the SQs, but would like to see a 'box set' materialize?   

 

[mahler10th]

Oh well...

This 'new romantic composer' who lived for a time on buns and Extrawurst still kicks my buttocks with his symphony every time, no matter who plays...I got this version yesterday.  Sebastian Weigle has woven in some attention to detail which is nice to hear.  His orchetsra hold the notes very well.

Early last year, when I was becoming familiar with Rott, I wrote a mini review of Segerstam / Lathis' take on it, where I said I wasn't sure if Segerstam knew 'where he was going with it' and that he was somehow missing Rotts point.
Well, now that I understand the Symphony better and have heard many versions, I withdraw that nonsense.  It WAS ME WHO WAS MISSING THE POINT.  The Segerstam is actually very driven, completely coherent, and played out brilliantly.  So I am very sorry about that, the little review was misleading and came from ignorance.

Dennis Russell Davis, American conductor and champion of Rott, will probably become the best known interpreter of Rott though, because he believes in opening up Rotts music as much as a diehard fan can do, but my feeling on listening is that this Weigle is 'better played' than the DRD studio version.

I still think, though, the best is yet to come - DRD isn't finished yet.  And Paavo Jarvi has a concert coming up in Cincinatti round about the 18th of this month (02/10), and I've already heard what he has to say on Rott.  Buit I can't get there.  Anyone going, or know anyone who is going?

[Brahmsian]

If you're not careful, I might post that I listened to Mozart for six hours straight.   

You probably actually could, if you listened to the Great Mass in C minor about 5 straight times. I know that is one Mozart work you do like. 

[Opus106]

You probably actually could, if you listened to the Great Mass in C minor about 5 straight times. I know that is one Mozart work you do like. 

Or a Celibidache recording once.

Addendum: A Brucknerian like Celibidache. Not much surprise there, eh, Todd?