Any piece that you have lots of recordings of but still not completely happy?

[hornteacher]

The big one for me has always been Beethoven's piano concerto's. Never seem happy with them, have shipped in/out quite a lot over the years.

For 5, currently have Van Cliburn and Fischer (pretty chuffed with these TBH)
For 4, Bronfman
For 3 Gilels (live Orfeo) and Bronfman
And for 1, have Richter

Glad you mentioned that.  I've looking in vain for a cycle and thought something must be wrong with me if I can't find a good LvB PC cycle.

My favorite CD is Kissen (but he has not recorded #1, #3, or #4 as of yet).

[Mozart]

Beethovens 9th!

I have a lot of recordings but Im still not happy with the piece!

[George]

Beethovens 9th!

I have a lot of recordings but Im still not happy with the piece!

Fricsay,

Karajan '62,

Karajan '77

[PerfectWagnerite]

You might consider Karajan's '77 Berlin recording. It was a Grand Prix du Disque winner and comes highly recommended by several British critics, including Ivan March who says, "Both soloists sing with eloquence. What is especially appealing is the beautifully recorded contribution of the Vienna Singverein, full and well focused (just sample the grave 'Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras' – so well balanced with the orchestra)."


Sarge

Say no more Sarge, those criteria alone disqualify it from being a good recording.

[Holden]

Chopin PS #2

Saint-Saens PC #2

Verdi Requiem

[Brian]

1. Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings
2. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
3. Dvorak's Symphony No. 7

[chrisg]

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique.

If only they'd let me conduct...

cg

[BorisG]

You might consider Karajan's '77 Berlin recording. It was a Grand Prix du Disque winner and comes highly recommended by several British critics, including Ivan March who says, "Both soloists sing with eloquence. What is especially appealing is the beautifully recorded contribution of the Vienna Singverein, full and well focused (just sample the grave 'Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras' – so well balanced with the orchestra)."

It's budget priced too: check it out here at Amazon.UK

Sarge

I like that one too. 1976 recording.

[Daverz]

Gliere, Ilya Murometz.  Rakhlin might be the best (I have a transfer from Lp; don't remember who did it off the top of my head).  Stokowski is very good for what it is, a chopped to bit version of the score.  Of course, some people think the music is shit anyway.

[BorisG]

For me it's Mahler's 9th - for some reason I am still not completely happy with all my recordings. Trying to find one that is sonically stunning, that captures the quietness of the opening pages and the subsequent eruptive power, plus the stillness of the closing pages.

Do you have any other pieces that you feel the same way?

Yes, but they are dwindling. Most recent examples, Berezovsky Khachaturian piano concerto, Pisarev Mendelssohn piano concerti, Abbado Mahler 8, McAslin and MacGregor Britten violin and piano concerti, Perenyi Hindemith cello concerto, Joo Kodaly orchestral works, Kulka Penderecki violin concerto 1, Postnikova Schnittke piano concerto, R. Strauss Ashkenazy Ein Heldenleben, Leinsdorf Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Dance suite from keyboard pieces by Francois Couperin, Zinman Sinfonia Domestica, Parergon.

[Daverz]

1. Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings
2. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
3. Dvorak's Symphony No. 7

What do conductors get wrong in those?  My favorite of the Serenade is Barbirolli/Philharmonia.

[val]

JS BACH: Mathews Passion. I have Harnoncourt I and II, Jochum, Leonhardt, Herreweghe, not mentioning those I had in LP (Klemperer, Wöldicke, Richter) but I am not completely happy with none of them. I prefer Harnoncourt I and Jochum, but I am still waiting for the "VERSION".

Regarding Brahms 3rd Symphony I had an ideal version in LP, Böhm with the VPO in a mono version from the fifties. But I cannot find it in CD.

[Harry Collier]

Glad you stepped in, Premont. After reading Harry C's post I was about to repeat myself. Now I don't have to 

Sarge

Actually, I agree 95%; Klemperer is pretty well ideal. I still find the Ländler a bit extreme in tempo. Maybe I'd better join everyone else and change "Beethoven 6th" to "Beethoven 9th".

I don't dare tell anyone on this board, but I have just proudly taken delivery of Klemperer's 1960 Philharmonia recording of the Bach Brandenburgs. Shush ... I'll be lynched by the harpsichord brigade.

[Sergeant Rock]

Say no more Sarge, those criteria alone disqualify it from being a good recording.

Believe it or not, PW, once in a blue moon Gramophone makes a good call 

Sarge

[Hector]

For me it's Mahler's 9th - for some reason I am still not completely happy with all my recordings. Trying to find one that is sonically stunning, that captures the quietness of the opening pages and the subsequent eruptive power, plus the stillness of the closing pages.

Do you have any other pieces that you feel the same way?

Me, too.

I have Abbado's Berlin CD on order.

The other work is Elgar's 2nd.

Lyrita have reissued Boult's coupled with the 1st on two CDs for the price of one.

I know that I will just have to buy them.

[orbital]

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[George]

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We can delete posts now. 

[orbital]

We can delete posts now. 

I misread HEctor's post as if he was looking for a satisfying Elgar's Cello concerto and I recommended Fournier, but what he actually wrote was Edgar's 2nd symphony 

[Sergeant Rock]

Actually, I agree 95%; Klemperer is pretty well ideal. I still find the Ländler a bit extreme in tempo.

Harry, you have to visit Bavaria or Austria sometime. The folk dance tempos are quite slow. Klemperer knew what he was doing.

I don't dare tell anyone on this board, but I have just proudly taken delivery of Klemperer's 1960 Philharmonia recording of the Bach Brandenburgs. Shush ... I'll be lynched by the harpsichord brigade.

I own Klemp's Bach Suites...I won't tell if you won't



Sarge

[BachQ]

Regarding Brahms 3rd Symphony I had an ideal version in LP, Böhm with the VPO in a mono version from the fifties. But I cannot find it in CD.

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