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Opus106

#50040
June 30, 2009, 10:24:48 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 30, 2009, 09:05:01 AM
Chopin Polonaises
Frederic Chopin (Composer), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Performer)

Oh man, that's too much info.!

;D

Quote from: John on June 30, 2009, 09:20:51 AM

Dorati did who...!? :o

;)
Regards,
Navneeth

Keemun

#50041
June 30, 2009, 10:31:09 AM
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven

The new erato

#50042
June 30, 2009, 10:35:03 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 10:23:22 AM


Also listened to Panocha Quartet on a couple of Dvorak's late string quartets, having heard the same for one of them performed by the ABQ, Panocha hands down delivers a better performance, a bit more passionate, but more importantly it captures the rhythmic dance like quality of Dvorak which is pivotal for an engaging performance. 
The complete Dvorak quartets with the Panocha is currently available at europadisc on a 8 disc set at 18 GBP!

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/47221/Dvorak_-_Complete_String_Quartets_.htm

Drasko

#50043
June 30, 2009, 10:35:31 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 10:23:22 AM
Also listened to Panocha Quartet on a couple of Dvorak's late string quartets, having heard the same for one of them performed by the ABQ, Panocha hands down delivers a better performance, a bit more passionate, but more importantly it captures the rhythmic dance like quality of Dvorak which is pivotal for an engaging performance.  ABQ's performance is so detached you would think that they were playing Dittersdorf! :D

Why not try some Czechs playing Brahms? For me Prazak catches the rustic lilt of Brahms' 3rd quartet splendidly.

n.b. - I guess you both really like Haydn, but there must be more than one portrait around, bit confusing this way ;)

George

#50044
June 30, 2009, 10:38:12 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 10:23:22 AM
I've been listening to Brahms chamber works-- piano trios and quartets performed by BAT and company, a transcription of the clarinet trio for viola with Bashmet and others, string quartets performed by ABQ.  BAT's performances of the piano trios and quartets are thrilling, and almost orchestral in depth.

Gotta love the BAT!  :)

Hotter
Schubert Leider
Original Masters Set
DG

DavidW

#50045
June 30, 2009, 10:38:44 AM
Quote from: erato on June 30, 2009, 10:35:03 AM
The complete Dvorak quartets with the Panocha is currently available at europadisc on a 8 disc set at 18 GBP!

http://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/47221/Dvorak_-_Complete_String_Quartets_.htm

Oh I have that, well one up, I have the complete supraphon set of Dvorak's chamber works which includes the Panocha set.  For everyone else that doesn't have it, click on Erato's link and buy it, it's a fantastic set!

The new erato

#50046
June 30, 2009, 10:41:33 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 10:38:44 AM
Oh I have that, well one up, I have the complete supraphon set of Dvorak's chamber works which includes the Panocha set.  For everyone else that doesn't have it, click on Erato's link and buy it, it's a fantastic set!
They have a 4 CD set of the Piano Quartets, Various quintets and sextets as well, very cheap. I love these performances. Add the trios with the Suk trio on a double, and you're ready to roll with Dvoraks chamber music.

Franco

#50047
June 30, 2009, 10:42:35 AM
John O'Conor playing Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, "Walstein".

Very enjoyable playing, he kind of reminds of Arrau.

DavidW

#50048
June 30, 2009, 10:42:48 AM
Quote from: Drasko on June 30, 2009, 10:35:31 AM
Why not try some Czechs playing Brahms? For me Prazak catches the rustic lilt of Brahms' 3rd quartet splendidly.

n.b. - I guess you both really like Haydn, but there must be more than one portrait around, bit confusing this way ;)

I was confused too.  Yesterday I was catching up on that thread, and I said to myself "I'm not that polite and courteous, did I really say that?" and then I'm like oh yeah that's Gabriel. :D

I'll buy the Prazak recordings if they have a cd only release.  I don't feel like paying the sacd snake oil toll.  It's not that I'm that much of a cheap skate, I just don't want to pay the extra for tech I don't care about.

Drasko

#50049
June 30, 2009, 10:55:53 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 30, 2009, 10:42:48 AM
I'll buy the Prazak recordings if they have a cd only release.  I don't feel like paying the sacd snake oil toll.  It's not that I'm that much of a cheap skate, I just don't want to pay the extra for tech I don't care about.

Don't think there is, all recent Praga releases are hybrid multichanel SACDs.

Christo

#50051
June 30, 2009, 11:51:19 AM
One of those `discoveries' - indeed more a direct result of stark agitprop by some of my dear fellow BSE's in the Scandinavian and Finnish composers thread >:D - that some of us have been playing repeatedly, these months.

I mean the pleasant surprise of the rather beautiful Symphony (1927) by Norwegian composer Alf Hurum (1882-1972), who spent most of his life in Hawaii, where he founded and led the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. The symphony being one of the outcomes of that cooperation, though he wrote it during a stay in California and its subtitles, general mood and even folk-song references link it strongly to his Norwegian background.

           

... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

DavidRoss

#50052
June 30, 2009, 01:02:32 PM
Schiff, WTC.  Beautifully played, of course, richly warm and expressive.  If he can sustain this throughout both books, then I'll hunt down Don and buy him lunch next time I'm in Albuquerque  (don't hold your breath, Mr. S. -- it could be a long wait!).  8)
"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

Elgarian

#50053
June 30, 2009, 01:25:57 PM


I remember reading somewhere that she was too young to tackle the violin sonata when she made this, but I think it's lovely. I bet Elgar would've liked it.

Bogey

#50054
June 30, 2009, 01:45:38 PM
Rachmaninov
The Isle of the Dead
Stokowski/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Pearl
Recorded 1946
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

The new erato

#50055
June 30, 2009, 01:48:29 PM Last Edit: June 30, 2009, 02:13:43 PM by erato




Good stuff.

EDIT: Whta the heck was going though Hurwitz head when he dissed these two marvellous symphonies whifh I easily find better than symphonies by the likes of Alfven, Petterson-Berger and Madetoja (to pick some Nordic contemporaries) and the equal of the fine symphonies  by Erkki Melartin.

Bulldog

#50056
June 30, 2009, 02:59:06 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 30, 2009, 01:02:32 PM
Schiff, WTC.  Beautifully played, of course, richly warm and expressive.  If he can sustain this throughout both books, then I'll hunt down Don and buy him lunch next time I'm in Albuquerque  (don't hold your breath, Mr. S. -- it could be a long wait!).  8)

Just keep in mind that I'll be in Boston for a week starting 9 July to visit my son and see some of the hallmarks of my youth.  I haven't been back since the 1970's.

In the meantime, I've been listening to Haydn's cello concertos courtesy of Coin and Hogwood (the best ever recording of the work).

ChamberNut

#50057
June 30, 2009, 03:03:12 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on June 30, 2009, 02:59:06 PM
In the meantime, I've been listening to Haydn's cello concertos courtesy of Coin and Hogwood (the best ever recording of the work).

I thought you didn't like Haydn, Don?  Must be thinking of someone else.

Bulldog

#50058
June 30, 2009, 03:23:09 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 30, 2009, 03:03:12 PM
I thought you didn't like Haydn, Don?  Must be thinking of someone else.

Maybe not.  I think I have stated that Haydn is not one of my favorite composers, but that's a long way from not liking his music.  For the record, I love those cello concertos, the solo keyboard works and a few of his sacred choral works. 

SonicMan46

#50059
June 30, 2009, 03:57:26 PM
Danzi, Franz (1763-1826) - Piano Quintets w/ Christine Schornsheim on the fortepiano & the Reicha Quintett; period instruments recorded in 1999; wonderfully performed & recorded!

Albrechtsberger, J. (1736-1809) & Sperger, J.M. (1750-1812) - String Trios w/ Belvedere Trio Wien - wonderful disc of classic 'string music' w/ upfront recordings as expected on this label -  :D


 
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