The Romantics in Period Performances

Atriod · August 28, 2023, 04:04:51 PM

Any suggestions for Schumann? I heard Martin Helmchen's Gesänge der Frühe when that came out and I wasn't crazy about it. Maybe unfairly to Helmchen, for me Dina Ugorskaja's Schumann album is one of the greatest Schumann albums I've ever heard.

vers la flamme · August 30, 2023, 03:20:18 AM

Quote from: Zauberschloss on August 28, 2023, 04:04:51 PMAny suggestions for Schumann? I heard Martin Helmchen's Gesänge der Frühe when that came out and I wasn't crazy about it. Maybe unfairly to Helmchen, for me Dina Ugorskaja's Schumann album is one of the greatest Schumann albums I've ever heard.

Have you heard any of Tobias Koch?

Que · August 30, 2023, 03:33:22 AM

Quote from: vers la flamme on August 30, 2023, 03:20:18 AMHave you heard any of Tobias Koch?

Or Andreas Staier.

San Antone · October 06, 2023, 05:15:44 AM

Schubert: Impromptus

Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)

Schubert's eight impromptus were written in 1827, though only the first two were published during the composer's lifetime. The D899 set is structured along the lines of a Classical sonata, whilst the D935 set is rather less conventional in form: the third piece is is a series of variations on 'Rosamunde', and the set concludes with a dazzling scherzo. Brautigam plays a Paul McNulty copy of a Conrad Graf fortepiano dating from around the time that the pieces were composed.

vers la flamme · October 11, 2023, 08:33:56 AM

Any good HIP/PI Mendelssohn symphonies?

Jo498 · October 11, 2023, 09:03:34 AM

I only know Spering/op.111 (Naive? might have appeared on different French labels) for "Lobgesang" which makes one of the best cases for a piece I find somewhat problematic. Not sure I have heard any of the instrumental symphonies with old instruments.

DavidW · October 11, 2023, 03:00:00 PM

Concerto Koln for the string symphonies. I have some favorite PI conductors that tackled the main symphonies, but I just never listened to those recordings.

Pohjolas Daughter · October 11, 2023, 03:10:12 PM

Quote from: DavidW on October 11, 2023, 03:00:00 PMConcerto Koln for the string symphonies. I have some favorite PI conductors that tackled the main symphonies, but I just never listened to those recordings.

I have liked the Concerto Koln recordings that I've heard. I have some of them.

PD

JBS · October 11, 2023, 05:34:30 PM

This is a fairly new release, but I can't say what it's like: having two versions on the same CD is a bit too completist even for me.

Jo498 · October 11, 2023, 10:58:44 PM

Yes, the Concerto Köln string symphonies I forgot about, but AFAIK they didn't record any of the later ones. Fey did, although with modern instruments. Norrington and Brüggen recorded at least 3+4.

Que · October 11, 2023, 11:17:23 PM

Quote from: vers la flamme on October 11, 2023, 08:33:56 AMAny good HIP/PI Mendelssohn symphonies?

Frans Brüggen did 3, 4 & 5 with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.

Unfortunately not a complete cycle but really good!

Que · December 06, 2023, 01:56:54 PM

New recording:

Que · December 06, 2023, 01:59:42 PM

And boxed up:

Leo K. · December 10, 2023, 09:41:18 AM

Quote from: JBS on October 11, 2023, 05:34:30 PMThis is a fairly new release, but I can't say what it's like: having two versions on the same CD is a bit too completist even for me.

Thanks for the heads up, this kind of release is exactly my cup of tea!