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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Box Blather

Last post by Mookalafalas - Today at 04:25:05 AM

After "almost" getting it for years, I finally got a second hand edition of this--for about $45. I just played a few random disks today, but suspect it may be the greatest purchase, in CP terms, I've ever gotten.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Florestan - Today at 04:11:49 AM

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 04:00:40 AM

Yes, Sylvia Capova is real - and a pianist of distinction.

Angela Giulini has been declared a fictitious character by Discogs. Nevertheless, there is purportedly a picture of her on the internet. It's not surprising that some people make money by inventing fictional pianists in a world where we are constantly confronted with deceit.

Not pianists only. They create fictional galactic stars out of nothing, like Taylor Swift.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Mookalafalas - Today at 03:59:26 AM

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...

Last post by 71 dB - Today at 03:34:13 AM

The absolute best:

There are many good performances.

Thanks for these! Since I am to explore all the symphonies, the Jurowski looks good and "modern sound" is a plus (modern sound can be bad if the sound engineers did lousy job).

[William Walton.Orchestral Works.See for details front cover,LPO, Bryden Thomson.Recorded: 1991, at the St. Jude's Church, London, UK.]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Harry - Today at 03:28:50 AM

William Walton.
Orchestral Works.
See for details front cover,
LPO, Bryden Thomson.
Recorded: 1991, at the St. Jude's Church, London, UK.

How beautiful are these recordings from yore. Well balanced recordings and performances. Listening to them is like discovering these works all over again. Everything is done with taste and respect for the composer. Not a step wrong with Thomson on this recording, plus the warm yet detailed resonance of St. Jude's.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Last post by prémont - Today at 03:28:29 AM

The other names I saw attached were Sylvia Capova and Angela Giulini. The latter is fictitious. Capova might be real?

Creating fictional pianists is bizarre. Wasn't Joyce Hatto enough?

Yes, Sylvia Capova is real - and a pianist of distinction.

Angela Giulini has been declared a fictitious character by Discogs. Nevertheless, there is purportedly a picture of her on the internet. It's not surprising that some people make money by inventing fictional pianists in a world where we are constantly confronted with deceit.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Florestan - Today at 03:01:07 AM

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 02:48:48 AM

Well, I find Hanslick's comment particularly inept in view of the fact that the main theme of the finale has more than a vague resemblance to that of Mendelssohn's VC, and Felix certainly was not a vodka-drinking, unkempt, cursing muzhik.. I wonder what Hanslick may have said about Mussorgsky, who in his late years probably literally smelled like vodka. 

There are known examples of alcoholism among composers of other cultures. But in Russia, more than anywhere else, heavy drinking is literally elevated to the rank of valor and national pride. Have you seen the movie Brother 2? The protagonist, a simple and kind Russian man Danila comes to America to the devil of hell, an American capitalist who embezzled other people's money. And before the showdown begins, he forces him at gunpoint to drink vodka in glasses. By the way, this is a very curious movie for understanding the modern Russian ideology (namely, the fierce hatred of all non-Russians, especially Anglo-Saxons), much more to the point than any of Dostoevsky's books.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Last post by Madiel - Today at 02:47:58 AM

Dieter Goldmann is a fictitious name. I own one of these budget releases where all three sonatas are attributed to Tomsic. However, I question whether it is her playing the Appassionata Sonata. Indeed, she recorded the Appassionata Sonata for the Koch label, but that is a separate recording. Interestingly, the budget Appassionata is much superior to hers.

The other names I saw attached were Sylvia Capova and Angela Giulini. The latter is fictitious. Capova might be real?

Creating fictional pianists is bizarre. Wasn't Joyce Hatto enough?